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Amy is a female given name, sometimes short for Amanda, Amelia (name), Amelia, Amélie (given name), Amélie, or Amita (other), Amita. In French language, French, the name is spelled ''"Aimée"''. People A–E * Amy Acker (born 1976), American actress * Amy Vera Ackman, also known as Mother Giovanni (1886–1966), Australian hospital administrator * Amy Adams (born 1974), American actress * Amy Alcott (born 1956) – American Hall of Fame golfer * Amy Archer-Gilligan, (1873–1962), American serial killer * Amy Beach (1867–1944), American composer and pianist * Amy Birnbaum (born 1975), American voice actress * Amy Bishop (born 1965), American professor and mass shooter * Amy Braverman, American statistician * Amy Brenneman (born 1964), American actress * Amy Bruckner (born 1991), American actress and singer * Amy Callaghan (born 1992), British politician * Amy Carmichael (1867–1951), British missionary to India * Amy Castle (born 1990), American actress and internet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Female
Female (Venus symbol, symbol: ♀) is the sex of an organism that produces the large non-motile ovum, ova (egg cells), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the Sperm, male gamete during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and males are results of the anisogamous reproduction system, wherein gametes are of different sizes, unlike isogamy where they are the same size. The exact mechanism of female gamete evolution remains unknown. In species that have males and females, Sex-determination system, sex-determination may be based on either sex chromosomes, or environmental conditions. Most female mammals, including female humans, have two X chromosomes. Female characteristics vary between different species with some species having pronounced Secondary sex characteristic, secondary female sex characteristics, such as the presence of pronounced mammary glands in mammals. In humans, the word ''female'' can also be used to refer to gender i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Birnbaum
Amy Birnbaum (born April 14, 1975) is an American voice actress, who works on the properties of 4Kids Entertainment. Career She has done many voiceovers for cartoons, mainly dubbing for English versions of anime. Her works can be found in anime dubs such as ''Pokémon'', ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', '' Kirby: Right Back at Ya!'', '' Magical DoReMi'', and '' G.I. Joe: Sigma 6''. Overall, Birnbaum is best known for voicing Téa Gardner in ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', and Charmy Bee in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game series from 2005 to 2009 starting with ''Sonic X''. Music Birnbaum sang with The Amalgamates at Tufts University and won critical acclaim for her solo work on their recordings. of The Amalgamates' "Grandma's Camper" Personal life Birnbaum is married and has two children. She currently works at '' |
Amy Chow
Amy Yuen Yee Chow (Chinese: 周 婉 儀; pinyin: Zhōu Wǎnyí; born May 15, 1978) is an American former artistic gymnast who competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. She is best known for being a member of the Magnificent Seven, which won the United States' first team gold medal in Olympic gymnastics. She is also the first Asian-American woman to win an Olympic medal in gymnastics. Early life Chow was born to Nelson and Susan Chow, who had immigrated to the United States from Guangzhou and Hong Kong, respectively. Chow began gymnastics training in 1981 at the age of 3. Her mother wanted her to be a ballerina and tried enrolling her in ballet schools, none of which would take a child that young. She then signed Amy up for classes at West Valley Gymnastics School in Campbell, California, where she joined an accelerated program at the age of 5, training under Mark Young and Diane Amos. Her younger brother, Kevin, was also a gymnast. Gymnastics career 1989–1993 At 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Childs
Amy Andrea Childs (born 7 June 1990) is an English television personality and model. She appeared in the first two series of the ITV2 reality series ''The Only Way Is Essex'', and subsequently starred in her own reality series '' It's All About Amy'' from 2011 to 2012. Childs came in fourth place in the Channel 5 series ''Celebrity Big Brother 8'' in 2011, and in 2014, she participated in the Channel 4 series '' The Jump''. Childs returned to ''The Only Way Is Essex'' in 2020. Early life Childs was born on 7 June 1990 in Barking, London, but relocated to Brentwood, Essex. She attended Raphael Independent School, where she was head girl.AMy Childs talks TOWIE rivalry and why she quit th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Cheng
Amy J. Cheng (b. 1970) is a Singaporean actress and creative director of ACT 3 Theatrics. She is best known for her role as Karen Tay in the television series '' Growing Up'' and as Jacqueline Ling in the 2018 romantic comedy-drama ''Crazy Rich Asians''. Career Stage Cheng is a co-founder and creative director of Act 3 Theatrics. She has performed in live theatre shows through Act 3 including ''Footsteps in the Night'', ''41 Hours'', and ''Confessions of the Three Unmarried Women''. She has had other stage roles in Singapore Repertory Theatre's ''Forbidden City'' and ''The Good Citizen'' and Escape Productions' ''The Deap Blue Sea'' and Esplanade's ''Letters from Home''. In 2006 she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Life! Theatre Awards for her role as the Banana Tree Spirit in the mandarin musical ''10 Brothers''. Television From 1996 until 2001 Cheng was a regular cast member of the Singaporean television drama '' Growing Up (1996 - 2001)'' as Karen Tay, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Chan (badminton)
Amy Chan MBE ( zh, p=Chén Niàncí, t=陳念慈; also known as Chan Lim Chee; born 27 June 1961) is a retired badminton player from Hong Kong who won gold medals in World championships and Commonwealth games. About Chan has two brothers and one sister (Chen Aici), who grew up in the East Block of North Point New Village on Hong Kong Island in her early years. Her father was a clerk. She graduated from Ho Tung Government Industrial Girls' High School (now renamed Ho Tung Middle School) in 1980, and then enrolled in Luo Phu Quoc Education College, and completed the physical education course in 1983. She then graduated from the Department of Physical Education of Springfield University in 1991. Chan won the women's singles championship in nine Hong Kong badminton tournaments from 1975 to 1983. In 1979, aged only 17, she won the mixed doubles championship at the World Badminton Championships (WBF) partnering Ng Chun Ching. In 1988, she represented Hong Kong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Carter
Amy Lynn Carter (born October 19, 1967) is the daughter of the thirty-ninth U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his First Lady of the United States, first lady Rosalynn Carter. Carter entered the limelight as a child when she lived in the White House during the Carter presidency. Early life and education Amy Carter was born on October 19, 1967, in Plains, Georgia. In 1970, her father was elected Governor of Georgia, and then in 1976, President of the United States. She was raised in Plains until her father was elected governor, whereupon she moved with her family into the Georgia Governor's Mansion in Atlanta. She later moved to the White House when her father was elected U.S. president. Carter attended majority black public schools in Washington during her four years in the White House; first Thaddeus Stevens School (Washington, D.C.), Stevens Elementary School and then Rose Hardy Middle School. Mary Prince (nanny), Mary Prince (an African American woman convicted of murder, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Cimorelli
Cimorelli is an American singing group from El Dorado Hills, California consisting of 5 sisters: Christina, Katherine, Lisa, Amy, and Lauren. They first gained popularity on YouTube singing cover music and were subsequently signed to Universal Music's Island Records and Republic Records labels in 2009. Their oldest brother, Mike Jr., was a member of the group from 2007 to 2008, while their youngest sister Dani was a member from 2010 to 2020. The group's sound is mainly family-friendly pop music with tight harmonies and occasional band instruments. Their lyrics are centered on the themes of self-worth, friendship, love, heartbreak, and their Christian faith. Cimorelli is now an independent band and reside in Nashville, Tennessee. they have released nine extended plays, three full-length albums titled '' Up at Night'', ''Alive'', and ''Sad Girls Club'', a mixtape called ''Hearts on Fire'', and two Christmas compilation albums. Early life and education The Cimorelli sisters gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Castle
Amy Jessica Castle (born April 2, 1990) is an American actress and internet personality. She is known for her role as Viki Vanderheusen on ''Passions'', as the "Cuppycake Girl, and as a YouTube Partner under the channel "SandCastleInc." Career In February 1994, she sang The Cuppycake Song at 3 years old. She released an album called Balloons in 1995 to go along with the song. The original video went viral on the internet. After that, she began studying acting at the age of 4, and signed with her manager and first agent in Fall of 1998. On her fifth audition, she landed the role of young Ally on the hit TV series '' Ally McBeal''. During the show's second and third seasons she appeared in eight episodes. Since then, she has appeared in many other shows, including ''The Norm Show'', ''Providence'', ''Lizzie McGuire'', ''Oliver Beene'', ''Malcolm in the Middle'', and '' Summerland''. In 2002, Castle won a Young Artist Award for "Best Performance In A Comedy Series - Guest Starr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Carmichael
Amy Beatrice Carmichael (16 December 1867 – 18 January 1951) was an Irish Christian missionary in India who opened an orphanage and founded a mission in Dohnavur. She served in India for 55 years and wrote 35 books about her work as a missionary. Early life Amy Beatrice Carmichael was born in the small village of Millisle, County Down, Ireland, in 1867, as the oldest of seven siblings. Her parents were David Carmichael, a miller, and his wife Catherine, both devout Christians. Amy attended Harrogate Ladies College for four years in her youth. Amy's father moved the family to Belfast when she was 16 years old, but he died two years later. In Belfast, the Carmichaels founded thWelcome Evangelical Church In the mid-1880s, Carmichael started a Sunday-morning class for the ‘Shawlies’ (mill girls who wore shawls instead of hats) in the church hall of Rosemary Street Presbyterian. This mission grew quickly to include several hundred attendees. At this time Amy saw an advert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Callaghan
Amy Callaghan (born 21 May 1992) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for East Dunbartonshire since the 2019 general election. She unseated the then Liberal Democrat leader, Jo Swinson, with a narrow majority of 149 votes or 0.3%, overturning her majority of 5,339 votes two years earlier. Background Callaghan attended primary and secondary school in Clydebank. She then attended the University of Strathclyde where she gained a BA Honours in Politics. Before pursuing a political career, Callaghan worked in retail, hospitality, and social care. In 2015 she began her work with the SNP as a Parliamentary Assistant in the Scottish Parliament for the former Scottish Government Minister for Environment and Land Reform, Aileen McLeod MSP. Following the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, Callaghan worked as Office Manager to Rona Mackay, the MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden. Callaghan was diagnosed with melanoma when she was 19 and cite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Bruckner
Amelia Ellen Bruckner (born March 28, 1991) is an American actress and singer noted for her roles in the Disney Channel shows ''Phil of the Future'' and '' American Dragon: Jake Long''. Bruckner has also been featured in Hollywood films such as ''Nancy Drew'', in which she plays Bess Marvin and in '' Rebound'' in the role of "Annie". Biography Personal life Bruckner was raised in Conifer, Colorado. She has an older sister, Annye Landaverde (née Bruckner). Amy graduated from Athens Academy in Athens, Georgia, and attended the Gallatin School at New York University. She attended law school at UCLA School of Law from 2019 to 2021. She is now an associate at Katten Muchin and Rosenman LLP. Film and television Bruckner began her career in the fourth grade, guest starring in shows like '' ER'', ''Malcolm In the Middle'', ''The West Wing'', ''Oliver Beene'', ''Judging Amy'', and '' Ally McBeal''. Music She sang a backing soprano vocal role in ''Cinderella'''s song "A Dream Is a W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
