AMY SMART

'Amy Lysle Smart' (born March 26, 1976) is an American actress and former fashion model.

Contents

Life and career

Early life

Career

Personal life

Filmography

References

External links

Life and career

Early life

Amy Lysle Smart was born in Topanga, California. Inspired by her friend Vinessa Shaw, Smart studied ballet for ten years and enrolled in acting classes when she was 16, but began her career as a fashion model, working in Italy, France, Mexico, and Tahiti (Club Med ads campaign directed by Bruno Aveillan).

Career

Smart had a very minor role in the 1997 film ''Starship Troopers'' as the co-pilot for (and friend of) Carmen Ibanez (Denise Richards). Amy had a starring role in the mini-series titled The 70s, playing a young woman from Ohio. In 1999, Smart played the girlfriend of a popular football player (played by James Van Der Beek) in the film ''Varsity Blues''. Also, Smart appeared in the series ''Felicity'', as a girlfriend of Scott Foley's character. She subsequently appeared in a number of films catering to a teenage audience, many of which were successful, including ''Road Trip'' (2000) and ''The Butterfly Effect'' (2004). In 2002, she was ranked #27 in ''Stuff'' magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" and in 2004, she was nominated for "Best Kiss" at the MTV Movie Awards for her role in ''Starsky & Hutch''.
In 2005, Smart co-starred with Ryan Reynolds in the romantic comedy film ''Just Friends'', which had a total domestic box office gross of $32 million^[1] and a total worldwide box office of $46.7 million.
Smart also had a small role in American sitcom ''Scrubs'', playing the wife of a coma patient, and was nicknamed TCW (Tasty Coma Wife) by JD and his friends. JD has a short relationship with her following the death of her husband. On September 1, 2006, ''Crank'' was released, in which she plays the girlfriend of the lead character, Chev (played by Jason Statham).
Smart was a regular cast member in the short-lived 2006 CBS television series ''Smith''. She also has voiced some of the characters in the animated series ''Robot Chicken'', created by Seth Green.

Personal life

Smart was the speaker for the Heal the Bay organization; she has also worked with the Humane Society and the "Environmental Media Association", and was named one of ''Organic Style'' magazine's "Women with Organic Style" of 2004.
Smart is engaged to actor Branden Williams, whom she has dated for over thirteen years. Her former roommate Ali Larter appeared alongside Smart in the film ''Varsity Blues'' and modeled with her in Milan. Smart is also friends with author and animal communicator Amelia Kinkade, and was acknowledged in Kinkade's second book, ''The Language of Miracles''. Is a Vegetarian

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	''Campfire Tales''	Jenny
1997	''High Voltage''	Molly
	''Starship Troopers''	Cadet (Later Lt.) Lumbreiser
1998	''How to Make the Cruelest Month''	Dot Bryant
1998	''Strangeland''	Angela Stravelli
1999	''Outside Providence''	Jane Weston
	''Varsity Blues''	Jules Harbor
2000	''Road Trip''	Beth Wagner
2001	''Rat Race''	Tracy Faucet
2002	''Interstate 60''	Lynn Linden
2003	''After School Special''	Naomi Feldman
2004	''Starsky & Hutch''	Holly
	''The Butterfly Effect''	Kayleigh Miller
2005	''Just Friends''	Jamie Palamino
	''Bigger Than the Sky''	Grace Hargrove
	''The Best Man''	Sarah Marie Barker
2006	''Crank''	Eve
	''Peaceful Warrior''	Joy
2007	''Life in Flight''

References

1. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433400/business

External links

★ Amy Smart Fan Site

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★ Interview, 2/24/04, Dark Horizons

★ Interview, 8/01, Hollywood.com