Amy Wright

Amy Wright is an American actress and former model. She has appeared in such films as Not a Pretty Picture, The Deer Hunter, Breaking Away, The Accidental Tourist, Hard Promises, Crossing Delancey, and Miss Firecracker. She is the widow of actor Rip Torn.

Early years Born in Chicago, Wright is a graduate of Beloit College. Her father was a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago. She developed an interest in acting when she was in high school. Encouragement from a teacher at an acting workshop led her to appear in school plays, and she majored in theater arts at Beloit. After that, she taught high school in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. During that time she acted in summer stock theater.

Career Wright acted in summer-stock productions in Rockford, Illinois, before going to New York, where she studied acting with Uta Hagen. Wright also appeared on Broadway in the original productions of Fifth of July and Noises Off. Wright currently is on the faculty of HB Studio in New York City.

Personal life Wright was married to actor Rip Torn when he died in 2019, and the couple had two daughters, Katie and Claire Torn.

Filmography

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Television