Amy Carlson Biography

Fast Facts

• At the Western Heritage Awards in 2004, she won a Bronze Wrangler award for Outstanding Factual or Fictional Drama for her role in "Peacemakers․"
• In 1994, she spent time in Rwanda after the war to help with the relief efforts
• Has supported charitable organizations like Help USA, Heifer International, and the American Indian Empowerment Fund
• Was nominated for Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Female Newcomer in 1995 and Hottest Romance in 1997 for her role in "Another World․"
• After moving to Chicago, she studied improv at Improv Olympic and acting at The Actor's Center
• Graduated cum laude from Knox College, where she appeared in productions of "Noises Off" and "School for Scandal․"
• Had early success in the TV series "Another World" in the mid-1990s
• Made her screen acting debut in the film "The Babe" in 1992
• Best known for her role as Linda Reagan in "Blue Bloods" and as Alex Taylor in "Third Watch․"