Amy Guterson

Amy Gordon Guterson (born 1967) is an American Orthodox Jewish actress, filmmaker, and educator. She is best known for her role as Chaya Epstein in the long-running video series Agent Emes. She is the founder and director of the Tzohar Seminary for Chassidus and the Arts and co-founder of the Jewish women's theater troupe Kol Isha. She is also a board member of the Arts and Torah Association for Religious Artists (ATARA), founded by Miriam Leah Droz. She attended high school at Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway Following her graduation from Stern in 1988, She also performed in Off-Broadway plays as well as Jewish repertory and Yiddish theatre, earning Actors' Equity Association membership. The following year, the troupe performed their first play, An Invisible Thread, at the Squirrel Hill Jewish Community Center. The name "Tzohar" comes from the Hebrew term for "window" used in the Biblical description of Noah's Ark, which also translates to "precious stone".

Personal life Guterson lives in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh with her husband, Dr. John Guterson, and their children.

Credits Acting YearTitleRoleNotes 2003-2012 Agent Emes Chaya Epstein Video series; recurring role

Film Year Title Credit(s) Notes 2005 Becoming Rachel Director, writer, co-producer (with Chaza Tombosky) Short film

Theatre