Amy Redford

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Amy Redford
Born
Amy Hart Redford

(1970-10-22) October 22, 1970 (age 53)
Education San Francisco State University (BA)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • filmmaker
Years active1999–present
Parents
Relatives James Redford (brother)

Amy Hart Redford (born October 22, 1970) is an American actress and filmmaker. [1] [2]

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Early life

Amy Redford's parents are historian and environmental activist Lola Van Wagenen and film director and actor Robert Redford.

She received her BA in Drama/Theatre Arts in 1994 from San Francisco State University. She also attended the University of Colorado Boulder and studied theatre in England at LAMDA.

Career

She has acted in such films as Maid in Manhattan , This Revolution , Sunshine Cleaning , The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams , and The Understudy , and on such television shows as Sex and the City , Law & Order: Criminal Intent , and The Sopranos . Redford directed the film The Guitar which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. [2] [3] She also starred in the film When I Find the Ocean.

In 2022, Redford directed Roost which had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. [4] [5] She also served as a producer on The Lincoln Project for Showtime, directed by Karim Amer and Fisher Stevens. [6]

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