This lithe, pale, dark-haired ingenue may be best known as the placid, abused waitress Shelly Johnson in David Lynch's hallucinatory TV series "Twin Peaks" (ABC, 1990-92). Amick reprised the part in the feature prequel "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" (1992). Her other feature credits include the likably lowbrow thriller, "Stephen King's Sleepwalkers" (1992), in which she starred as a virgin who falls for a handsome high school student who's secretly a soul-eating mutant, and the lackluster comedy "Don't Tell Her It's Me" (1990). Amick received a somewhat more respectable star turn in the erotic thriller "Dream Lover" (1994), as an ambitious femme fatale with dark designs on her lover James Spader. She received praise for her delightfully spirited portrayal of bad girl Carrie Fairchild in the CBS nighttime soap "Central Park West/CPW" (1995-96) and for her turn as the shape-shifting Ariel, assistant to Mr. Rourke, in the updated "Fantasy Island" (ABC, 1998).
Education
Milestones
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1987 Moved to Los Angeles at age 16 (date approximate)
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1990 Feature acting debut, "Don't Tell Her It's Me"
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1990 TV series debut as a regular, playing Shelly Johnson in the cult-soap "Twin Peaks" (ABC)
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1990 TV-movie acting debut, "Jury Duty"
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1992 First feature lead, "Stephen King's Sleepwalkers"
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1992 Reprised role of Shelly in David Lynch's feature "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me"
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1994 Starred opposite James Spader in "Dream Lover"
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1995 Played bad girl Carrie Fairchild in CBS nighttime soap, "Central Park West/CPW"
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1998 Returned to series TV as co-star of the short-lived ABC series "Fantasy Island"
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1999 Had a recurring role as Nicole Kennedy in the WB drama "Dawson's Creek"
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1999 Signed to play Mrs. Freed in the NBC biopic "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story" opposite Judd Nelson
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2002 Cast in a recurring role on the WB's "Gilmore Girls"
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2004 Cast as Wendall Meade, a social worker and love interest to Dr. John Carter (Noah Wyle) on the medical drama "ER" (NBC)
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2005 Joined the cast of "Joey" (NBC) as a photographer and romantic interest of Matt LeBlanc's character
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Acted in commercials and music videos by Julio Iglesias, Dweezil Zappa, Herb Alpert, and Rick Astley