Editing Amy Irving

{{short description|American actress and singer}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Amy Irving
| image              = Amy Irving cropped.jpg
| image_size         = 
| caption            = Irving at the Governor's Ball Party after the [[1989 Academy Awards]]
| birth_name         = <!-- Valid citation required for full name for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) -->
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1953|9|10}}
| birth_place        = [[Palo Alto, California]], U.S.
| alma_mater         = {{plainlist|
* [[American Conservatory Theater]]
* [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]]
}}
| occupation         = Actress
| years_active       = 1965–present
| spouse             = {{unbulleted list
| {{marriage|[[Steven Spielberg]]|1985|1989|reason=divorced}}
| {{marriage|[[Bruno Barreto]]|1996|2005|reason=divorced}}
| {{marriage|Kenneth Bowser|2007}}
}}
| children           = 2
| father             = [[Jules Irving]]
| mother             = [[Priscilla Pointer]]
| relatives          = [[David Irving (director)|David Irving]] (brother), [[Austin Irving]] (niece)
}}

'''Amy Irving''' (born September 10, 1953) is an American actress and singer, who has worked in film, stage, and television. Her accolades include an [[Obie Award]], and nominations for two [[Golden Globe Awards]] and an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]].

Born in [[Palo Alto, California]], to actors [[Jules Irving]] and [[Priscilla Pointer]], Irving was involved in theater in [[San Francisco]] before her family moved to [[New York City]] during her teenage years. In New York, she made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in ''[[The Country Wife]]'' (1965–1966) at age 13. Irving studied theater at San Francisco's [[American Conservatory Theater]] and at the [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]]. She made her feature film debut in [[Brian De Palma]]'s ''[[Carrie (1976 film)|Carrie]]'' (1976) and had a lead role in ''[[The Fury (film)|The Fury]],'' a 1978 supernatural thriller.

In 1980, Irving appeared in a Broadway production of ''[[Amadeus (play)|Amadeus]]'' and the film ''[[Honeysuckle Rose (film)|Honeysuckle Rose]]'' (1980). She was cast in [[Barbra Streisand]]'s [[musical (film)|musical epic]] ''[[Yentl (film)|Yentl]]'' (1983), for which she was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]. In 1988, she received an Obie Award for her [[Off-Broadway]] performance in a production of ''[[The Road to Mecca (play)|The Road to Mecca]]'', and was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Award]] for her performance in the comedy ''[[Crossing Delancey]]'' (1988).

Irving went on to appear in the original Broadway production of ''[[Broken Glass (play)|Broken Glass]]'' (1994) and the revival of ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' (1997). In film, she starred in the ensemble comedy ''[[Deconstructing Harry]]'' (1997), and reprised her role as [[Sue Snell]] in ''[[The Rage: Carrie 2]]'' (1999) before co-starring opposite [[Michael Douglas]] in [[Steven Soderbergh]]'s crime-drama ''[[Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic]]'' (2000). She appeared in the independent films ''[[Thirteen Conversations About One Thing]]'' (2001) and ''[[Adam (2009 film)|Adam]]'' (2009). From 2006 to 2007, she starred in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of ''[[The Coast of Utopia]]''. In 2018, she reunited with Soderbergh, appearing in a supporting role in his horror film ''[[Unsane]]''.

==Early life==
Irving was born on September 10, 1953, in Palo Alto.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-irving-in-praise-of-older-women/|title=Amy Irving: In Praise Of Older Women|date=26 April 2006|work=CBS News|access-date=1 July 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205232104/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-irving-in-praise-of-older-women/ |archive-date=December 5, 2020 }}</ref> Her father was film and stage director [[Jules Irving]] (born Jules Israel) and her mother was actress [[Priscilla Pointer]].<ref name=":0" /> Her brother is writer and director [[David Irving (director)|David Irving]] and her sister, Katie Irving, is a singer and teacher of deaf children. Irving's father was of Russian-Jewish descent,<ref name=lat/> and one of Irving's maternal great-great-grandfathers was also Jewish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americanjewisharchives.org/FAJF/results.php?pg=37 |title=First American Jewish Families |publisher=American Jewish Archives |date=September 21, 2015 |access-date= October 4, 2016}}</ref> Irving was raised in her mother's faith of [[Christian Science]], and her family observed no religious traditions.<ref name=lat>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-17-ca-47056-story.html |title=The Amy Chronicles|author=Pacheo, Patrick |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 8, 1986 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104210801/https://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-17/entertainment/ca-47056_1_amy-irving/2|archive-date=January 4, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

Her father co-founded the [[Actor's Workshop]] and she was active in local theater as a child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2007/02/07/famous-and-almost-famous-people-raised-in-palo-alto/|work=The Mercury News|title=Famous – and almost famous – people raised in Palo Alto|date=7 February 2007|access-date=18 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://people.com/archive/amy-irvings-enjoying-a-close-encounter-of-two-kinds-love-with-steven-spielberg-and-stardom-in-the-fury-vol-9-no-12/|work=People|title=Amy Irving's Enjoying a Close Encounter of Two Kinds: Love with Steven Spielberg and Stardom in 'The Fury'|author=Berns, Cherie|date=27 March 1978|volume=9|number=12|access-date=18 July 2017}}</ref> She attended the [[American Conservatory Theater]] in San Francisco<ref name=":0" /> in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and appeared in several productions there. She also trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. As a teenager, Irving moved with her family to [[Manhattan|Manhattan, New York]], where her father was appointed the director of the [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Repertory Theater]].<ref name=lat/> She graduated from the [[Professional Children's School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcs-nyc.org/page.cfm?page=1302|work=Professional Children's School|title=Alumni: Distinguished Alumni|access-date=18 July 2017|archive-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323171251/http://www.pcs-nyc.org/page.cfm?page=1302|url-status=dead}}</ref> and made her [[Off-Broadway]] debut at age 17 in ''And Chocolate on Her Chin''.

==Career==
Irving's first stage appearance was at nine months old in the production "Rumplestiltskin" where her father brought her on the stage to play the part of his child who he trades for spun gold. Then at age two, she portrayed a bit-part character ("Princess Primrose") in a play which her father directed. She had a walk-on role in the 1965–66 Broadway show ''[[The Country Wife]]'' at age 12. Her character was to sell a hamster to [[Stacy Keach]] in a crowd scene. The play was directed by family friend [[Robert Symonds]], the associate director of the [[Lincoln Center]] Repertory Theater, and who later became her stepfather after her father died and her mother remarried. Within six months of returning to [[Los Angeles]] from London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in the mid-1970s, Irving was cast in a major motion picture and was working on various TV projects such as guest spots in ''[[Police Woman (TV series)|Police Woman]]'', ''[[Happy Days]]'', and a lead role in the mini-series epic ''[[Once an Eagle]]'' opposite veterans [[Sam Elliott]] and [[Glenn Ford]], and a young [[Melanie Griffith]]. She played Juliet in ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' at the Los Angeles Free Shakespeare Theatre in 1975, and returned to the role at the [[Seattle Repertory Theatre]] (1982–1983).

[[Image:Opening night537.jpg|Irving at the opening night for ''Heartbreak House'', December 1983|right|thumb]]
Irving auditioned for the role of [[Princess Leia]] in ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'', which went to [[Carrie Fisher]]. She then starred in the Brian DePalma-directed films ''[[Carrie (1976 film)|Carrie]]'' as [[Sue Snell]] (her mother was also in ''Carrie''), and ''[[The Fury (1978 film)|The Fury]]'' as Gillian Bellaver. In 1999, she reprised her role as Sue Snell in ''[[The Rage: Carrie 2]]''. She starred with [[Richard Dreyfuss]] in 1980 in ''[[The Competition (1980 film)|The Competition]]''. Also in 1980, she appeared in ''[[Honeysuckle Rose (film)|Honeysuckle Rose]]'', which also marked her on-screen singing debut. Both her and [[Dyan Cannon]]'s characters were country-and-western singers, and both actresses did their own singing in the film. In 1983, she featured in [[Barbra Streisand|Barbra Streisand's]] directorial debut, ''[[Yentl (film)|Yentl]]'', for which she received an Academy Award nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]. In 1984, she co-starred in ''[[Micki + Maude]]''. In 1988, she was in ''[[Crossing Delancey]]'' (for which she received a Golden Globe nomination). That same year, she also gave another singing performance in the live-action/animated film ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', providing the singing voice for [[Jessica Rabbit]]. In 1997, she appeared in Woody Allen's ''[[Deconstructing Harry]]''. Irving also appeared in the TV show ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' as [[Emily Sloane]], portrayed Princess Anjuli in the big-budget miniseries epic ''[[The Far Pavilions]]'' and headlined the lavish TV production ''[[Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna]]''. More recently Irving appeared in the films ''[[Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic]]'' (2000), ''[[Tuck Everlasting (2002 film)|Tuck Everlasting]]'' (2002), ''[[Thirteen Conversations About One Thing]]'' (2002) and an episode of ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' in 2001.

Irving's stage work includes ''[[Amadeus (play)|Amadeus]]'' (replacing [[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]] due to pregnancy) at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] for nine months, ''[[Heartbreak House]]'' with [[Rex Harrison]] at the [[Circle in the Square Theatre]], ''[[Broken Glass (play)|Broken Glass]]'' at the [[Booth Theatre]] and ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' with [[Jeanne Tripplehorn]] and [[Lili Taylor]] at the [[Roundabout Theatre]]. Additional Off-Broadway credits include: ''[[The Heidi Chronicles]]''; ''[[The Road to Mecca (play)|The Road to Mecca]]''; ''The Vagina Monologues'' in both London and New York; ''The Glass Menagerie'' with her mother, actress [[Priscilla Pointer]]; ''Celadine'', a world premiere at [[George Street Playhouse]] in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]]; and the 2006 one-woman play, ''A Safe Harbor for Elizabeth Bishop''. In 1994, she and [[Anthony Hopkins]] hosted the [[48th Tony Awards]] at the [[Gershwin Theatre]], New York.

Irving's last Broadway appearance was in the American premiere of [[Tom Stoppard]]'s ''[[The Coast of Utopia]]'' at New York's [[Lincoln Center]] during its 2006–07 season. In 2009, she played the title role in ''[[Saint Joan (play)|Saint Joan]]'', in an audio version by the [[Hollywood Theater of the Ear]]. In May 2010, Irving made her Opera Theatre of Saint Louis debut in the role of Desiree Armfeldt in Isaac Mizrahi's directorial debut of [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s ''[[A Little Night Music]]''. In October 2010, Irving guest-starred in "Unwritten," the [[Unwritten (House)|third episode]] of the seventh season of the Fox series ''[[House (TV series)|House M.D.]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Irving-Baker-House-1023052.aspx|title=Amy Irving and Dylan Baker to Guest-Star on House|work=TV Guide |publisher=TVGuide.com|access-date=September 15, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100916225111/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Irving-Baker-House-1023052.aspx| archive-date= 16 September 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> In 2013, Irving appeared in a recurring role in ''[[Zero Hour (2013 TV series)|Zero Hour]]''. In 2018, she co-starred in the psychological horror film ''[[Unsane]]'', directed by [[Steven Soderbergh]].<ref>{{cite web|work=MovieWeb|title=Unsane Trailer: Steven Soderbergh's First Horror Movie Is Here|author=Gallagher, Brian|date=January 29, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190220022955/https://movieweb.com/unsane-movie-trailer-2018-steven-soderbergh/|archive-date=February 20, 2019|url=https://movieweb.com/unsane-movie-trailer-2018-steven-soderbergh/|access-date=February 20, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In April 2023, Irving released her first album, ''Born In a Trunk'', featuring 10 cover songs pulled from her life and career.<ref>{{cite web | last=Fekadu | first=Mesfin| title=Oscar-Nominated Actress Amy Irving Set to Release First Album (Exclusive) | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=15 February 2023 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/amy-irving-first-album-born-in-a-trunk-1235326474/ | access-date=3 April 2023}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Irving dated American film director [[Steven Spielberg]] from 1976 to 1980. She then had a brief relationship with [[Willie Nelson]], her co-star in the film ''[[Honeysuckle Rose (film)|Honeysuckle Rose]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/willie-nelsons-memoir-recalls-making-movies-with-robert-redford/news-story/968c37143a1994669f180253a28e654f|work=The Australian|title=Willie Nelson's memoir recalls making movies with Robert Redford|author=Nelson, Willie|date=30 May 2015|access-date=18 July 2017}}</ref> The breakup with Spielberg cost her the role of [[Marion Ravenwood]] in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', which he had offered to her at the time,<ref name=perry>{{cite book|author=Perry, George|title=Steven Spielberg: The Making of his Movies|publisher=Orion|year=1998|pages=[https://archive.org/details/stevenspielberg0000perr/page/44 44–45]|isbn=0-7528-1848-1|url=https://archive.org/details/stevenspielberg0000perr/page/44}}</ref> but they reunited and were married from 1985 to 1989. She received an estimated $100 million divorce settlement after a judge controversially vacated a [[prenuptial agreement]] that had been written on a napkin.<ref name=clarke/>

In 1989, she became romantically and professionally involved with [[Cinema of Brazil|Brazilian film]] director [[Bruno Barreto]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/06/27/starting-over-34/|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|title=Starting Over|date= June 27, 1993|access-date= July 17, 2017|author=Hanson, Cynthia}}</ref> they were married in 1996 and divorced in 2005. She has two sons: Max Samuel (with Spielberg), born June 13, 1985; and Gabriel Davis (with Barreto), born May 4, 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/05/07/amy-irving-revealed/|work=Chicago Tribune|title=Irving Revealed|date=May 7, 1996|access-date=July 17, 2017|author=Caro, Mark|page=2}}</ref>

She married Kenneth Bowser Jr., a documentary filmmaker, in 2007. He has a daughter, Samantha, from a previous marriage with entertainment lawyer Marilyn Haft.<ref name=clarke>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/carrie-star-amy-irving-2-5m-upper-west-side-pad-article-1.1982565|work=New York Daily News|title='Carrie' star Amy Irving wants $2.5M for her Upper West Side pad|date=October 21, 2014|author=Clarke, Katherine}}</ref> The couple live in a barn converted into a home in rural [[Westchester County, New York]]. The building burned down in a fire in 2009, but the couple rebuilt it on the same spot with reclaimed wood, and still live there as of 2025, when the house was profiled in ''[[The New York Times]]'' "At Home" series. Irving also owns a $9M apartment in New York City which she purchased in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2015/11/30/amy-irving-buys-8-9m-manhattan-apartment/|work=New York Post|title=Amy Irving buys $8.9M Manhattan apartment|author=Keil, Jennifer Gould|date=30 November 2015|access-date=17 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Joanne |title=Amy Irving |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 13, 2025 |access-date=2025-03-13 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/14/realestate/amy-irving-home-album.html}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
|-
! scope="col" | Year(s)
! scope="col" | Play
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row"| 1976
|''[[Carrie (1976 film)|Carrie]]''
|[[Sue Snell]]
|
| align=center|<ref name=afi>{{cite web|work=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|title=Amy Irving Filmography|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Person/172734-Amy-Irving?sid=605061af-538f-4d64-9156-4ba6d0ced250&sr=3.6299553&cp=1&pos=0&isMiscCredit=false|access-date=February 20, 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 1978
|''{{sortname|The|Fury|The Fury (film)}}''
|Gillian Bellaver
|
| align=center|<ref name=afi/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1979
|''[[Voices (1979 film)|Voices]]''
|Rosemarie Lemon
|
| align=center|<ref name=afi/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1980
|''[[Honeysuckle Rose (film)|Honeysuckle Rose]]''
|Lily Ramsey
| 
| align=center|<ref name=afi/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1980
|''{{sortname|The|Competition|The Competition (1980 film)}}''
|Heidi Joan Schoonover
|
| align=center|<ref name=afi/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1983
|''[[Yentl (film)|Yentl]]''
|Hadass Vishkower
| 
| align=center|<ref name=afi/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1984
|''[[Micki & Maude]]''
|Maude Salinger
|
| align=center|<ref name=afi/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1987
|''[[Rumpelstiltskin (1987 film)|Rumpelstiltskin]]''
|Katie
|
| align=center|<ref name=afi/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1988
|''[[Crossing Delancey]]''
|Isabelle Grossman
| 
| align=center|<ref name=afi/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1988
|''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''
|[[Jessica Rabbit]]
|Singing voice
| align=center|  <ref name=tvg/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1990
|''{{sortname|A|Show of Force}}''
|Kate Melendez
|
| align=center|<ref name=afi/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1991
|''{{sortname|An|American Tail: Fievel Goes West}}''
|Miss Kitty
|Voice
| align=center|<ref name=afi/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1993
|''[[Benefit of the Doubt (1993 film)|Benefit of the Doubt]]''
|Karen Braswell
|
| align=center|<ref name=afi/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1995
|''Kleptomania''
|Diana Allen
|
| align=center|
|-
! scope="row"| 1995
|''Call of the Wylie''
|Mel
|Short film
| align=center|
|-
! scope="row"| 1996
|''[[Carried Away (1996 film)|Carried Away]]''
|Rosealee Henson
|
| align=center|<ref name=afi/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1996
|''[[I'm Not Rappaport (film)|I'm Not Rappaport]]''
|Clara Gelber
|
| align=center|<ref name=afi/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1997
|''[[Deconstructing Harry]]''
|Jane
|
| align=center| <ref name=tvg/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1998
|''[[One Tough Cop]]''
|FBI Agent Jean Devlin
|
| align=center| <ref name=tvg/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1999
|''{{sortname|The|Confession|The Confession (1999 film)}}''
|Sarah Fertig
|
| align=center| <ref name=tvg/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1999
|''{{sortname|The|Rage: Carrie 2}}''
|Sue Snell
|
| align=center|<ref name=afi/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1999
|''Blue Ridge Fall''
|Ellie Perkins
|
| align=center|
|-
! scope="row"| 2000
|''[[Bossa Nova (film)|Bossa Nova]]''
|Mary Ann Simpson
|
| align=center| <ref name=tvg/>
|-
! scope="row"| 2000
|''[[Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic]]''
|Barbara Wakefield
| 
| align=center|<ref name=afi/>
|-
! scope="row"| 2001
|''[[Thirteen Conversations About One Thing]]''
|Patricia
| 
| align=center|<ref name=afi/>
|-
! scope="row"| 2002
|''[[Tuck Everlasting (2002 film)|Tuck Everlasting]]''
|Mother Foster
|
| align=center|<ref name=afi/>
|-
! scope="row"| 2005
|''[[Hide and Seek (2005 film)|Hide and Seek]]''
|Alison Callaway
|
| align=center|<ref name=afi/>
|-
! scope="row"| 2009
|''[[Adam (2009 film)|Adam]]''
|Rebecca Buchwald
|
| align=center|<ref name=afi/>
|-
! scope="row"| 2018 
| ''[[Unsane]]''
|Angela Valentini
|
| align=center| <ref name=tvg/>
|-
!scope="row"| 2021
| ''[[A Mouthful of Air (film)|A Mouthful of Air]]''
| Bobbi Davis
| 
| align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/09/amanda-seyfried-mouthful-air-finn-wittrock-paul-giamatti-amy-irving-jennifer-carpenter-1202711336/|title='A Mouthful Of Air': Amanda Seyfried, Finn Wittrock, Paul Giamatti, Amy Irving & Jennifer Carpenter Set For Maven Pictures Drama|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|date=September 5, 2019|access-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref>
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
|-
! scope="col" | Year(s)
! scope="col" | Play
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row"| 1975
|''{{sortname|The|Rookies}}''
|Cindy Mullins
|Episode: "Reading, Writing and Angel Dust"
| align=center|
|-
! scope="row"| 1975
|''[[Police Woman (TV series)|Police Woman]]''
|June Hummel
|Episode: "The Hit"
| align=center|
|-
! scope="row"| 1975
|''[[Happy Days]]''
|Olivia
|Episode: "Tell It to the Marines"
| align=center|
|-
! scope="row"| 1976
|''[[James Dean (1976 film)|James Dean]]''
|Norma Jean
|Television film
| align=center|
|-
! scope="row"| 1976
|''[[Dynasty (film)|Dynasty]]''
|Amanda Blackwood
|Television film
| align=center|
|-
! scope="row"| 1976
| ''Panache''
|Anne
|Television film
| align=center|
|-
! scope="row"| 1976–1977
|''[[Once an Eagle (miniseries)|Once an Eagle]]''
|Emily Pawlfrey Massengale
|7 episodes
| align=center| <ref name=tvg>{{cite web|work=[[TV Guide]]|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/amy-irving/credits/139403/|title=Amy Irving Credits|access-date=February 20, 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 1977
|''[[I'm a Fool]]''
|Lucy
|Television film
| align=center|
|-
! scope="row"| 1984
|''{{sortname|The|Far Pavilions}}''
|Anjuli
|3 episodes
| align=center| <ref name=tvg/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1985
|''[[Great Performances]]''
|Ellie Dunn
|Episode: "Heartbreak House"
| align=center| 
|-
! scope="row"| 1986
|''[[Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna]]''
|[[Anna Anderson]]
|Television film 
| align=center| 
|-
! scope="row"| 1989
|''[[Nightmare Classics]]''
|The Governess
|Episode: "The Turn of the Screw"
| align=center| 
|-
! scope="row"| 1994
|''[[Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics]]''
|Melissa Sanders
|Episode: "The Theatre"
| align=center| 
|-
! scope="row"| 1998
|''[[Stories from My Childhood]]''
|Anastasia
|Voice, episode: "Beauty and the Beast"
| align=center| 
|-
! scope="row"| 1999
|''[[Spin City]]''
|Lindsay Shaw
|Episode: "The Great Debate"
| align=center| <ref name=tvg/>
|-
! scope="row"| 2001
|''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
|Rebecca Ramsey
|Episode: "Repression"
| align=center| <ref name=tvg/>
|-
! scope="row"| 2001
|''[[American Masters]]''
|Novels
|Voice, episode: "F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams"
| align=center| 
|-
! scope="row"| 2002–2005
|''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]''
|[[Emily Sloane]]
|9 episodes
| align=center| <ref name=tvg/>
|-
! scope="row"| 2010
|''[[House (TV series)|House]]''
|Alice Tanner
|Episode: "[[Unwritten (House)|Unwritten]]"
| align=center| <ref name=tvg/>
|-
! scope="row"| 2013
|''[[Zero Hour (2013 TV series)|Zero Hour]]''
|Melanie Lynch
|10 episodes
| align=center| <ref name=tvg/>
|-
! scope="row"| 2015
|''{{sortname|The|Good Wife}}''
|Phyllis Barsetto
|Episode: "Innocents"
| align=center| <ref name=tvg/>
|-
! scope="row"| 2018
|''{{sortname|The|Affair|The Affair (TV series)}}''
|Nan
|Episode #4.5
| align=center| 
|-
! scope="row"| 2019
|''[[Soundtrack (TV series)|Soundtrack]]''
|Polly
|2 episodes
| align=center| 
|}

==Stage credits==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
|-
! scope="col" | Year(s)
! scope="col" | Play
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row"| 1965–1966 
| ''[[The Country Wife]]''
| Ensemble
| [[Vivian Beaumont Theatre]]
| align=center|<ref name=pb>{{cite web|work=[[Playbill]]|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/amy-irving-vault-0000034514|title=Amy Irving|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190220013314/http://www.playbill.com/person/amy-irving-vault-0000034514|archive-date=February 20, 2019|access-date=February 20, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 1975
| ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''
| [[Juliet|Juliet Capulet]]
| Los Angeles Free Shakespeare Society
| align=center|<ref>{{cite news|date=July 20, 1975|title=Group to stage 'Romeo'|page=25|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28630729/progress_bulletin/|work=Progress Bulletin|location=Pomona, California|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 1981–1982
| ''[[Amadeus (play)|Amadeus]]''
| [[Constanze Weber|Costanze Weber]]
| [[Broadhurst Theatre]]
| align=center|<ref name=pb/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1982
| ''Romeo and Juliet''
| Juliet Capulet
| [[Seattle Repertory Theatre]]
| align=center|<ref>{{cite book|last=Shakespeare|first=William|author-link=William Shakespeare|title=Romeo and Juliet|page=64|year=2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge, England|editor=Loehlin, James N.|isbn=978-0-521-66769-2}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 1983
| ''[[Blithe Spirit (play)|Blithe Spirit]]''
| Elvira
| Festival Theatre, [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]], New Mexico
| align=center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28629088/the_santa_fe_new_mexican/|work=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]]|location=Santa Fe, New Mexico|date=June 24, 1983|page=29|title=Blithe Spirit|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 1983–1984
| ''[[Heartbreak House]]''
| Ellie Dunn
| [[Circle in the Square Theatre]]
| align=center|<ref name=pb/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1984
| ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]''
| Laura
| Festival Theatre, Santa Fe, New Mexico
| align=center|<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]]|title=Easy to be a celebrity in Santa Fe|date=August 3, 1984|via=Newspapers.com|location=Santa Fe, New Mexico|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28629229/the_santa_fe_new_mexican/|author=Hays, Mary}} {{open access}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 1987
| ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]''
| Masha
| [[Williamstown Theatre Festival]]
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1987/0828/lber.html|work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|title=Williamstown turns up the star power for Chekhov|last=DeVries|first=Hilary|date=August 28, 1987|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190220014851/https://www.csmonitor.com/1987/0828/lber.html|archive-date=February 20, 2019|access-date=February 20, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 1988
| ''[[The Road to Mecca (play)|The Road to Mecca]]''
|  Elsa Barlow
| Promenade Theater, New York
| align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/13/theater/review-theater-athol-fugard-s-road-to-mecca-examines-the-core-of-artistry.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 13, 1988|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160706202258/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/13/theater/review-theater-athol-fugard-s-road-to-mecca-examines-the-core-of-artistry.html|archive-date=July 6, 2016|title=Review/Theater; Athol Fugard's 'Road to Mecca' Examines the Core of Artistry|author=Rich, Frank|access-date=February 20, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 1990
| ''[[The Heidi Chronicles]]''
| Heidi
| Doolittle Theatre, Los Angeles
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-16-vw-2422-story.html|title=The Party Chronicles: a First-Night Fete|last=Allman|first=Kevin|date=October 16, 1990|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190220015723/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-10-16/news/vw-2422_1_heidi-chronicles|archive-date=February 20, 2019|access-date=February 20, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 1994
| ''[[Broken Glass (play)|Broken Glass]]''
| Sylvia Gellburg
| [[Booth Theatre]]
| align=center|<ref name=pb/>
|-
! scope="row"| 1997
| ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' 
| Olga
| [[Olympia Theatre (New York City)|Criterion Center Stage Right]]
| align=center| <ref name=pb/>
|-
! scope="row"| 2002
| ''[[The Guys]]''
| Joan
| The Bat Theatre Company, New York
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Playbill]]|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/tom-wopat-and-amy-irving-join-the-guys-may-14-com-105750|date=May 14, 2002|title=Tom Wopat and Amy Irving Join The Guys, May 14|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190220020447/http://www.playbill.com/article/tom-wopat-and-amy-irving-join-the-guys-may-14-com-105750|archive-date=February 20, 2019|access-date=February 20, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 2002
| ''[[Ghosts (play)|Ghosts]]''
| Mrs. A.
| Classical Stage Co.
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/11/theater/theater-review-an-ibsen-heroine-tries-out-20th-century-eroticism.html|date=November 11, 2002|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190220020426/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/11/theater/theater-review-an-ibsen-heroine-tries-out-20th-century-eroticism.html|archive-date=February 20, 2019|title=THEATER REVIEW; An Ibsen Heroine Tries Out 20th-Century Eroticism|author=Brantley, Ben|access-date=February 20, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 2004
| ''[[The Exonerated (play)|The Exonerated]]''
| 
| [[Lynn Redgrave Theater|Bleecker Street Theatre]]
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web |title=''The Exonerated'' |url=http://www.iobdb.com/Production/1695 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190220020737/http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/1695 |archive-date=February 20, 2019 |access-date=February 20, 2019 |work=The Lucille Lortel Archives |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 2004
| ''Celadine''
| Celadine
| George Street Playhouse
| align=center| <ref>{{cite web|work=[[Playbill]]|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/amy-irving-is-celadine-at-george-street-playhouse-beginning-nov-16-com-122593|title=Amy Irving Is Celadine at George Street Playhouse Beginning Nov. 16|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=November 16, 2004|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190220020958/http://www.playbill.com/article/amy-irving-is-celadine-at-george-street-playhouse-beginning-nov-16-com-122593|archive-date=February 20, 2019|access-date=February 20, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 2006
| ''A Safe Harbor for Elizabeth Bishop''
| [[Elizabeth Bishop]]
| [[59E59 Theaters]]
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Playbill]]|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/amy-irving-provides-a-safe-harbor-for-elizabeth-bishop-in-off-broadway-solo-com-131503|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190220021145/http://www.playbill.com/article/amy-irving-provides-a-safe-harbor-for-elizabeth-bishop-in-off-broadway-solo-com-131503|archive-date=February 20, 2019|title=Amy Irving Provides ''A Safe Harbor for Elizabeth Bishop'' in Off-Broadway Solo|date=March 21, 2006|author=Hernandez, Enio|access-date=February 20, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 2006
| ''[[The Coast of Utopia|The Coast of Utopia: Part I]]''
| Varvara
| Vivian Beaumont Theatre
| align=center|<ref name=pb/>
|-
! scope="row"| 2006–2007
| ''[[The Coast of Utopia|The Coast of Utopia: Part II]]''
| Maria Ogarev
| Vivian Beaumont Theatre
| align=center|<ref name=pb/>
|-
! scope="row"| 2008
| ''The Waters of March''
| 
| Summer Shorts Festival, New York
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/irving-kaplan-dabruzzo-and-more-slip-into-summer-shorts-in-nyc-july-31-com-152065|work=[[Playbill]]|title=Irving, Kaplan, D'Abruzzo and More Slip Into Summer Shorts in NYC July 31|author=Hetrick, Adam|date=July 31, 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190220021900/http://www.playbill.com/article/irving-kaplan-dabruzzo-and-more-slip-into-summer-shorts-in-nyc-july-31-com-152065|archive-date=February 20, 2019|access-date=February 20, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 2010
| ''[[A Little Night Music]]'' 
| Desiree Armfeldt
| [[Opera Theatre of Saint Louis]]
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Playbill]]|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/photo-call-a-little-night-music-at-the-opera-theatre-of-st-louis-com-169020|title=PHOTO CALL: A Little Night Music at The Opera Theatre of St. Louis|last=Fullerton|first=Krissie|date=June 7, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190220022046/http://www.playbill.com/article/photo-call-a-little-night-music-at-the-opera-theatre-of-st-louis-com-169020|archive-date=February 20, 2019|access-date=February 20, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 2011
| ''[[We Live Here]]'' 
| Maggie 
| [[Manhattan Theatre Club]]
| align=center| <ref>{{cite web|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2011/legit/reviews/we-live-here-1117946346/|title=''We Live Here''|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190220022400/https://variety.com/2011/legit/reviews/we-live-here-1117946346/|archive-date=February 20, 2019|author=Stasio, Marilyn|date=October 12, 2011|access-date=February 20, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 2019
| ''[[Lady in the Dark]]''
| Dr. Brooks
| [[New York City Center]]
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/26/arts/music/weill-lady-in-the-dark-mastervoices-review.html|title="Review:'Lady in the Dark' is Kurt Weill on the Couch"|author=Walls, Seth Colter|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=August 10, 2023|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Albums==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing other relevant details
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="5"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.4em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br/><ref>{{cite magazine |title=''Honeysuckle Rose'' chart history: Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/soundtrack/chart-history/tlp/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.7em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Country Albums|US {{small|Country}}]]<br/><ref>{{cite magazine |title=''Honeysuckle Rose'' chart history: Country Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/soundtrack/chart-history/clp/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.4em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br/><ref name="Kent">{{cite book|title=Australian Charts Book 1970—1992|author=David Kent|isbn=978-0-646-11917-5|year=1993|publisher=Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W.}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.4em;font-size:90%;"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br/><ref>{{cite web |title=Search results for "Honeysuckle Rose" -- Top Albums/CDs |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=honeysuckle+rose&ChartEn=Top+Albums%2fCDs& |website=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | date=17 July 2013 |access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.7em;font-size:90%;"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN {{small|Country}}]]<br/><ref>{{cite web |title=Search results for "Honeysuckle Rose" -- Country Albums/CDs |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=honeysuckle+rose&ChartEn=Country+Albums%2fCDs& |website=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | date=17 July 2013 |access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Honeysuckle Rose (album)|Honeysuckle Rose]]''<br />{{small|(credited as "Willie Nelson and Family")}}
|
* Released: July 18, 1980
* Label: [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
* Formats: LP, cassette
| 11
| 1
| 3
| 24
| 4
|
* [[Music Canada|MC]]: Gold{{Certification Cite Ref|region=Canada|type=album|title=Honeysuckle Rose|artist=Willie Nelson}}
* [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]: Platinum{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Honeysuckle Rose (soundtrack)|artist=Willie Nelson & Family}}
|-
! scope="row"| ''Born In a Trunk''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Born In A Trunk by Amy Irving - DistroKid |url=https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/amyirving/born-in-a-trunk |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=distrokid.com}}</ref>
|
* Released: April 7, 2023
* Label: Queen of the Castle Records
* Formats: Digital
|
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==Accolades==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Nominated work
! scope="col" | Outcome
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1984
| [[Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| ''[[Yentl (film)|Yentl]]''
| {{nominated}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 56th Academy Awards {{!}} 1984 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1984 |access-date=2021-06-18 |website=Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=4 October 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award]]
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play|Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play]]
| ''[[Heartbreak House]]''
| {{nominated}}
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web |title=1984 Awards – Drama Desk |url=https://www.dramadesk.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/1984-awards/ |access-date=2024-01-26 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| 1987
| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actress – Miniseries or Television film]]
| ''[[Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna]]''
| {{nominated}}
| align=center|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Amy Irving|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/amy-irving|access-date=2021-06-18|website=www.goldenglobes.com}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|1988
| [[Obie Awards]]
| [[Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress|Distinguished Performance by an Actress]]
| rowspan="2"|''[[The Road to Mecca (play)|The Road to Mecca]]''
| {{win}}
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.obieawards.com/events/1980s/year-88/|work=Obie Awards|title=1988|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190220013126/http://www.obieawards.com/events/1980s/year-88/|archive-date=February 20, 2019|access-date=February 20, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
| Drama Desk Award
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play|Outstanding Actress in a Play]]
| {{nominated}}
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web |title=1988 Awards – Drama Desk |url=https://www.dramadesk.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/1988-awards/ |access-date=2024-01-26 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| 1989
| Golden Globe Awards
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical|Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical]]
| ''[[Crossing Delancey]]''
| {{nominated}}
| align=center|<ref name=":1" />
|-
| 1994
| Drama Desk Award
| Outstanding Actress in a Play
| ''[[Broken Glass (play)|Broken Glass]]''
| {{nominated}}
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web |title=1994 Awards – Drama Desk |url=https://www.dramadesk.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/1994-awards/ |access-date=2024-01-26 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| 2001
| [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture]]
| ''[[Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic]]''
| {{win}}
| align=center|<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20011031175637/http://www.sagawards.org/pr_010130.html "Nominations announced for the 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards"]. Screen Actors Guild. 30 January 2001. Archived from [https://www.sagawards.org/pr_010130.html the original] on 31 October 2001. Retrieved 18 June 2021.</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
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