Amy is a female given name, sometimes short for
Amanda
Amanda is a Latin feminine gerundive (i.e. verbal adjective) name meaning, literally, “she who must (or is fit to) be loved”. Other translations, with similar meaning, could be "deserving to be loved," "worthy of love," or "loved very much b ...
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Amelia,
Amélie
''Amélie'' (also known as ''Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain''; ; en, The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain, italic=yes) is a 2001 French-language romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume L ...
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Amita. In
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Aimée
Aimée, often unaccented as Aimee, is a feminine given name of French origin, translated as "beloved". The masculine form is Aimé. The English equivalent is Amy. It is also occasionally a surname. It may refer to:
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Amy Acker
Amy Louise Acker (born December 5, 1976) is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Winifred Burkle and Illyria on the supernatural drama series ''Angel'' (2001–2004), as Kelly Peyton on the action drama series ''Alias'' (2005 ...
(born 1976), American actress
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Amy Vera Ackman
Amy Vera Ackman, known as Mother Giovanni (3 July 1886 – 23 August 1966) was an Australian hospital administrator and one of the Sisters of Charity.
Biography
Ackman was born into a Jewish family in Randwick, New South Wales, Randwick, Sydne ...
, also known as Mother Giovanni (1886–1966), Australian hospital administrator
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Amy Adams
Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress. Known for both her comedic and dramatic roles, she has been featured three times in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actresses. She has received various accolades, incl ...
(born 1974), American actress
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Amy Alcott
Amy Alcott (born February 22, 1956) is an American professional golfer and golf course designer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1975, and won five major championships and 29 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Ha ...
(born 1956) – American Hall of Fame golfer
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Amy Archer-Gilligan
Amy Duggan "Sister" Archer-Gilligan (October 31, 1873 – April 23, 1962) was a nursing home proprietor and serial killer from Windsor, Connecticut. She murdered at least five people by poisoning them. One of her victims was her second husband, ...
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Amy Beach
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (September 5, 1867December 27, 1944) was an American composer and pianist. She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music. Her Gaelic Symphony, "Gaelic" Symphony, premiered by the Boston Symph ...
(1867–1944), American composer and pianist
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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 ...
(born 1975), American voice actress
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Amy Bishop
On February 12, 2010, three people were killed and three others wounded in a shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. During a routine meeting of the biology department attended by approxim ...
(born 1965), American professor and mass shooter
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Amy Braverman, American statistician
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Amy Brenneman
Amy Frederica Brenneman (born June 22, 1964) is an American actress and producer. She worked extensively in television, coming to prominence as Detective Janice Licalsi in the ABC police drama series ''NYPD Blue'' (1993–1994). Brenneman nex ...
(born 1964), American actress
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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 ...
(born 1991), American actress and singer
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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 narr ...
(born 1992), British politician
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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 miss ...
(1867–1951), British missionary to India
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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."
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(born 1990), American actress and internet personality
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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 ...
(born 1995), American singer
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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 Hou ...
(born 1967), American political activist
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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.
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Chan has two brothers and ...
(born 1961), player from Hong Kong
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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 ...
, Singaporean actress
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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 ...
(born 1990), English reality TV star
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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 ...
(born 1978), American retired gymnast
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Amy Chua
Amy Lynn Chua (born October 26, 1962), also known as "the Tiger Mom", is an American lawyer, legal scholar, and writer. She is the John M. Duff Jr. Professor of Law at Yale Law School with an expertise in international business transactions, law ...
(born 1962), Chinese-American law professor and writer
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Amy Cotton
Amy Cotton (born 22 January 1980) is a judoka from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the women's half heavyweight division (-78 kg) at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She represented Canada at the 2004 S ...
(born 1980), Canadian judoka
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Amy Coney Barrett
Amy Vivian Coney Barrett (born January 28, 1972) is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The fifth woman to serve on the court, she was nominated by President Donald Trump and has served since October 27, 2020. S ...
(born 1972), American Supreme Court Associate Justice
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Amy Dalby
Amy Mary Dalby (3 January 1888 – 10 March 1969) was an English actress of stage and screen, often in kindly or eccentric spinster roles.
Amy first acted at the age of six. Her final performance was in the 8 March 1969 episode "The Battle of G ...
(1888–1969), British actress
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Amy Davidson
Amy Davidson is an American actress. She is known for playing Kerry Hennessy in the ABC sitcom '' 8 Simple Rules''.
Early life and education
Born in Phoenix, Davidson was raised by educators. Her father was a principal at ''El Mirage'' Elemen ...
(born 1979), American actress
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Amy Diamond
Amy Linnéa Deasismont (born 15 April 1992), previously known under the stage name Amy Diamond, is a Swedish singer. She is known for her single "What's in It for Me". The song was a 2005 hit in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. It was the m ...
(born 1992), Swedish singer
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Amy Dumas
Amy Christine Dumas (; born April 14, 1975), known professionally as Lita, is an American professional wrestler.
Often regarded as one of the greatest women's performers, she is also one of the most popular female superstars in World Wrestling ...
(born 1975), American singer, retired WWE professional wrestler
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Amy Fisher
Amy Elizabeth Fisher (born August 21, 1974) is an American woman who became known in the media as "the Long Island Lolita" in 1992, when, at the age of 17, she shot and severely wounded Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of Joey Buttafuoco, with whom ...
(born 1974), American criminal and cause célèbre
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Amy Garnett
Amy Garnett (born 31 March 1976) is an English rugby union player who plays for Women's Premiership team Saracens Women as a hooker. She was the first player to earn 100 caps for the England women's national rugby union team.
Career
Garnett ...
(born 1976), English rugby player
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Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman (born April 13, 1957) is an American broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter, and author. Her investigative journalism career includes coverage of the East Timor independence movement, Morocco's occupation ...
(born 1957), American journalist
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Amy Grant
Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She began in contemporary Christian music (CCM) before crossing over to pop music in the 1980s and 1990s. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christia ...
(born 1960), American Christian contemporary pop singer
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Amy Hargreaves
Amy Hargreaves (born January 27, 1970) is an American actress who has worked in film, television, video games and theater. She had a recurring role on ''Homeland'' as Maggie Mathison. In 1994, she starred in ''Brainscan'' with Edward Furlong. I ...
(born 1970), American actress
* Amy Heidemann, (born 1986), American rapper and singer known professionally as
Qveen Herby
Amy Renee Heidemann Noonan (born April 29, 1986), known professionally as Qveen Herby, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. Born and raised in Seward, Nebraska, she first gained fame as part of the music duo Karmin, with wh ...
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Amy Beth Hayes
Amy Beth Hayes (born 8 October 1982) is a British actress. She is best known for her roles as Kitty in ''Mr Selfridge''; Lucy in "The Entire History of You", an episode of ''Black Mirror''; Ruth in ''Misfits (TV series), Misfits''; Clementine in ...
(born 1982), British actress
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Amy Faye Hayes
Amy Hayes (born November 24, 1973) is an American ring announcer and model. She is a regular on Fox Sports Net. and a former regular on ESPN2's ''Friday Night Fights'', Hayes has also announced on United States, ESPN, and Showtime. She has also ...
(born 1973), American ring announcer and model
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Amy Harris, Australian ballet dancer
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Amy Heckerling
Amy Heckerling (born May 7, 1954) is an American filmmaker. An alumna of both New York University and the American Film Institute, she directed the commercially successful films ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' (1982), ''National Lampoon's Europ ...
(born 1954), American film director
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Amy Hempel
Amy Hempel (born December 14, 1951) is an American short story writer and journalist. She teaches creative writing at the Michener Center for Writers.
Life
Hempel was born in Chicago, Illinois. She moved to California at age 16, which is wher ...
(born 1951) American writer and journalist
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Amy Hennig
Amy Hennig (born August 19, 1964) is an American video game director and script writer, formerly for the video game company Naughty Dog. She began her work in the industry on the Nintendo Entertainment System, with her design debut on the Super ...
(born 1964), video game director and script writer
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Amy Hill
Amy Marie Hill (born May 9, 1953) is an American actress and stand-up comedian. Hill's first major role was as Yung-Hee "Grandma" Kim on '' All-American Girl'' where her character became the breakout character of the short-lived television serie ...
(born 1953), American actress
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Amy Holland
Amy Celeste Boersma, known professionally as Amy Holland, is an American pop rock singer, songwriter, and composer.
Holland's music career spans more than 30 years. She received a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Artist in 1981, following h ...
(born 1953), American pop rock singer
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Amy Hastings
Amy Cragg (née Hastings; born January 21, 1984) is an American track and field athlete, specializing in long distance running events. She is the 2015 American champion in the Marathon, the 2012 American champion in the 10,000 meters, and a qual ...
(born 1976), track and field athlete
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Amy Irving
Amy Davis Irving (born September 10, 1953) is an American actress and singer, who worked in film, stage, and television. Her accolades include an Obie Award, and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award.
Born in Palo Alto, Ca ...
(born 1953), American actress
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Amy Jackson
Amy Louise Jackson (born 31 January 1992) is a British actress and model known for her work in Indian films, predominantly in Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu languages. A former Miss Teen World, Jackson has appeared in over fifteen films. She made her ...
(born 1992), English actress
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Amy Johnson
Amy Johnson (born 1 July 1903 – disappeared 5 January 1941) was a pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia.
Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison, she set many long-distance records duri ...
(1903–1941), English aviator
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Amy Jo Johnson
Amy Jo Johnson (born October 6, 1970) is an American actress, musician and filmmaker. As an actress, Johnson is known for her roles as Kimberly Hart on ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', Julie Emrick on '' Felicity'', and Jules Callaghan on '' ...
(born 1970), American actress, singer-songwriter and musician
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Amy Klobuchar
Amy Jean Klobuchar ( ; born May 25, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Minnesota, a seat she has held since 2007. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Minne ...
(born 1960), a United States senator from Minnesota
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Amy Kremenek
Amy D. Kremenek is an American academic administrator serving as the fifth president of the Tompkins Cortland Community College.
Life
Kremenek completed a B.S. from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1991 and a M.P.A. from the ...
, American academic administrator
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Amy Lee
Amy Lynn Hartzler (; born December 13, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is the co-founder, lead vocalist, and lead songwriter of the rock band Evanescence. Alongside her contributions with the band, Lee has also particip ...
(born 1981), American singer-songwriter, pianist and lead singer of Evanescence
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Amy Lee (saxophonist)
Amy Lee is an American saxophonist, composer and arranger. She has played with a variety of musicians and singers, and is best known for being a member of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band.
Early life and education
Lee was born in North Adam ...
, American musician
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Amy Lindsay
Amy Lindsay is an American actress and former softcore pornographic film performer.
Lindsay has had guest television appearances as Lana in the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' episode "Endgame (Star Trek: Voyager), Endgame", in ''Silk Stalkings'', and a ...
, American actress
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Amy Lowell
Amy Lawrence Lowell (February 9, 1874 – May 12, 1925) was an American poet of the imagist school, which promoted a return to classical values. She posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926.
Life
Amy Lowell was born on Febru ...
(1874–1925), American poet
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Amy Malek
Amy Malek (born c. 1979/1980), is an American assistant professor, scholar, and sociocultural anthropologist. She serves as the endowed Chair and Director in Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies (IPGS) at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. Her wo ...
(c. 1979/1980), American scholar, and sociocultural anthropologist
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Amy McDonald (Scottish footballer)
Amy McDonald (born 17 October 1985) is a Scottish football coach and former player for the Scotland national team as well as Hamilton Athletic, Kilmarnock, Queen's Park, Celtic and Glasgow City in the Scottish Women's Premier League.
After ...
(born 1985), Scottish football player and coach
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Amy Macdonald
Amy Elizabeth Macdonald (born 25 August 1987) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. In 2007, she released her debut studio album, ''This Is the Life (Amy Macdonald album), This Is the Life'', which respectively produced the singles "Mr. Rock & Roll ...
(born 1987), British singer-songwriter
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Amy MacDonald
Amy Elizabeth Macdonald (born 25 August 1987) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. In 2007, she released her debut studio album, ''This Is the Life (Amy Macdonald album), This Is the Life'', which respectively produced the singles "Mr. Rock & Roll ...
, American author
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Amy Mainzer
Amy Mainzer (born January 2, 1974) is an American astronomer, specializing in astrophysical instrumentation and infrared astronomy. She is the Deputy Project Scientist for the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and the Principal Investigator for ...
(born 1974), American astronomer
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Amy Malbeuf, Canadian-Métis visual artist, educator, and cultural tattoo practitioner
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Amy Millan
Amy Millan (born December 3, 1973) is a Canadian indie rock singer and guitarist. She records and performs with the bands Stars and Broken Social Scene as well as having a successful solo career. Her second solo album, '' Masters of the Burial'' ...
(born 1973), Canadian singer-songwriter
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Amy Miller
Amy Miller is a Canadian film-maker. Previously a squatter and union organizer, she started making films in 2007. Her documentaries include ''Myths for Profit'' (2009), ''The Carbon Rush'' (2012), ''No Land No Food No Life'' (2013), ''Tomorrow's ...
(born 1980), Canadian filmmaker
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Amy Nuttall
Amy Abigail Nuttall (born 7 June 1982) is an English actress and singer known for playing Chloe Atkinson in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' from 2000 until 2005, and housemaid Ethel Parks in ITV period drama ''Downton Abbey''.
Early life
Nutt ...
(born 1982), British actress and singer
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Amy O'Neill
Amy O'Neill is an American former actress. After appearing in several sitcoms and starring as Molly Stark on ''The Young and the Restless'' in 1986, she was cast in her notable role as Amy Szalinski in the 1989 Disney film, ''Honey, I Shrunk th ...
(born 1971), American actress/performer.
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Amy Palmer
Amy Marie Palmer (born April 20, 1975, in Tooele, Utah) is a retired female hammer thrower from the United States. Her personal best throw was 68.28 metres, achieved on April 29, 2000, in Philadelphia.
She was the bronze medalist at the Athletics ...
(born 1975), American hammer thrower
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Amy Parkinson (1855–1938), Canadian poet
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Amy Parmenter
Amy Parmenter (born 1 August 1997) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for Giants Netball.
Parmenter was elevated to the Giants senior ahead of the 2019 Suncorp Super Netball season, 2019 season, having b ...
(born 1997), Australian netball player
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Amy Pemberton
Amy Louise Pemberton is a British actress. She portrays Gideon (Legends of Tomorrow), Gideon in the television series ''Legends of Tomorrow'' and voiced Elaena Glenmore in the Game of Thrones (2014 video game), ''Game of Thrones'' video game. S ...
(born 1988), British actress
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Amy Phillips (born 1978), British Comedian and impressionist
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Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler (; born September 16, 1971) is an American comedian, actress, writer, producer, and director. After studying improv at Chicago's Second City and ImprovOlympic in the early 1990s, Poehler co-founded the improvisational-comedy trou ...
(born 1971), American comedian and actress
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Amy Purdy
Amy Michelle Purdy (born November 7, 1979) is an American actress, model, para-snowboarder, motivational speaker, clothing designer and author. Purdy is a 2014 Paralympic bronze medalist, 2018 Paralympics silver medalist, and one of the top ...
(born 1979), American Paralympic Snowboarder and TV Personality
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Amy Ray
Amy Elizabeth Ray (born April 12, 1964) is an American alto singer-songwriter and member of the contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls. She also pursues a solo career and has released six albums under her own name, and founded a record company, Daemo ...
(born 1964), American singer-songwriter, half of the Indigo Girls duo
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Amy Redford
Amy Hart Redford (born October 22, 1970) is an American actress and filmmaker.
Early life
Amy Redford's parents are historian and environmental activist Lola Van Wagenen and film director and actor Robert Redford.
She received her BA in D ...
(born 1970), American actress, daughter of Robert Redford
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Amy Robach
Amy Joanne Robach (born February 6, 1973) is an American television reporter for ABC News. She is the co-anchor of ''20/20'' and the breaking news anchor/fill-in anchor for ''Good Morning America''. She was a national correspondent for NBC News ...
(born 1973), American television journalist
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Amy Rodriguez
Amy Joy Rodriguez Shilling (; born February 17, 1987) is an American retired professional soccer player who last played as a forward for North Carolina Courage in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played for NWSL teams Ut ...
(born 1987), American soccer player
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Amy Ryan
Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski, known professionally as Amy Ryan, is an American actress of stage and screen. A graduate of New York's High School of Performing Arts, she is an Academy Award nominee and two-time Tony Award nominee.
Ryan began her pr ...
(born 1968), American actress
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Amy Sanderson (1876–1931), Scottish suffragette
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Amy Satterthwaite
Amy Ella Satterthwaite (born 7 October 1986) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting left-handed and bowling either right-arm medium or off break. She appeared in 145 One Day Internationals and 111 Twenty20 Inter ...
(born 1986), New Zealand cricketer
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Amy Schumer
Amy Beth Schumer (born June 1, 1981) is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She ventured into comedy in the early 2000s before appearing as a contestant on the fifth season of the NBC reality competition series ''Last Comic Standing'' i ...
(born 1981), American comedian and actress
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Amy Sedaris
Amy Louise Sedaris (; born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Most recently, she has appeared in both ''The Mandalorian'' (2019–2020) and ''The Book of Boba Fett'' (2022) as Peli Motto. She played Jerri Blank in the ...
(born 1961), American actress, author, and comedian
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Amy Seimetz
Amy Lynne Seimetz is an American actress and filmmaker. She has appeared in several productions, including AMC's '' The Killing'', HBO's ''Family Tree'', and films like ''Upstream Color'', '' Alien: Covenant'', ''Pet Sematary'', and ''No Sudden ...
(born 1981), American actress, writer, producer, director, and editor
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Amy Segerstedt
Amy Segerstedt (12 November 1835 – 16 November 1928) was a Swedish teacher, folk teacher, and philanthropist. She was the founder of the Braille Loan Library in Stockholm, and the (Association for Braille) in Sweden. She was particularly interes ...
(1835–1928), Swedish teacher, folk teacher, philanthropist
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Amy Sky
Amy Sky (born 24 September 1960) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, theatre actress, and television host. Sky started classical music lessons at the age of five, and plays piano, guitar, cello and recorder. She has a degree from t ...
(born 1960), Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, theatre actress, and television host
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Amy Sloan
Amy Kathleen Sloan is a Canadian-American actress. She was born in Gladstone, Manitoba, raised in Whitehorse, Yukon and graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada
The National Theatre School of Canada (NTS, french: École nationale d ...
(born 1978), Canadian actress
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Amy Soranno
Amy Soranno (born ) is a Canadian animal rights activist in British Columbia.
Activism
Soranno has been part of an animal rights movement called "Meat The Victims", which originated in Australia.
She engaged in the first "Meat the Victims" act ...
(born 1993/1994), Canadian animal rights activist
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Amy Smart
Amy Lysle Smart (born March 26, 1976) is an American actress. A native of Los Angeles, Smart began her career modelling in Italy and subsequently enrolled in acting school.
Her first role in film was in director Martin Kunert's anthology horror ...
(born 1976), American actress and fashion model
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Amy Spain
Amy Spain ( – March 10, 1865) was a teenage American slave who was executed by a Confederate States of America, Confederate military court in the final days of the American Civil War. She was convicted of treason for stealing from her owner, an ...
(1848–1865), American slave
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Amy Spanger
Amy Spanger (born May 21, 1971) is an American actress, singer and dancer.
Early life
Spanger was born in Newbury, Massachusetts.
Career
Spanger made her Broadway debut in 1995 in the musical ''Sunset Boulevard'', following a half-year ru ...
(born 1971), American actress
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Amy Spangler
Amy Spangler is a breastfeeding expert and president of baby gooroo who has lectured extensively and published several books on breastfeeding. In addition to earning a bachelor's and master's degree in nursing, Spangler is a registered nurse and ...
(born 1949), American activist
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Amy Spurway
Amy Spurway is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel ''Crow'' was published in 2019. The novel, a black comedy about a woman returning home to Cape Breton Island to reunite with her estranged family after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, ...
(born 1976), Canadian authour
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Amy Steel
Amy Steel Pulitzer (born Alice Amy Steel; May 3, 1960) is an American film and television actress. She made her acting debut in the comedy film ''Fat Chance'' (1981) directed by Manuel Summers. She then gained recognition for her role as aspiri ...
(born 1960), American actress
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Amy Studt
Amy Jane Studt (born 22 March 1986) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Growing up in a musical family, with her father a violinist and conductor who had toured with Roy Orbison, and her mother a pianist, Studt began writing music at ...
(born 1986), British singer-songwriter
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Amy Summers
Amy Summers (born May 3, 1963) is an American politician who has served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 49th district since 2014.
Early life and education
Summers was born on May 3, 1963, to parents Paul and Nel Elder. She gradua ...
(born 1963), American state representative from
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...
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Amy Tan
Amy Ruth Tan (born on February 19, 1952) is an American author known for the novel '' The Joy Luck Club,'' which was adapted into a film of the same name, as well as other novels, short story collections, and children's books.
Tan has written ...
(born 1952), American writer
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Amy Tinkler
Amy Tinkler (born 27 October 1999) is a retired British Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. She is the Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's floor, 2016 Olympic floor exercise bronze medallist and the 2015 British all-around cha ...
(born 1999), British gymnast
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Amy Tong
Amy Y. Tong (born October 18, 1977) is a female judoka from the United States. She competed for her native North American country at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Tong won a gold medal in the Women's Half-Heavyweight (– 78 kg) division at ...
(born 1977), American judoka
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Amy Veness
Amy Veness (26 February 1876 – 22 September 1960) was an English film actress. She played the role of Grandma Huggett in ''The Huggetts Trilogy'' and was sometimes credited as Amy Van Ness.
Veness was born Amy Clarice Beart in Aldeburgh, Suff ...
(1876–1960), British actress
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Amy Vermeulen
Amy Vermeulen (born November 23, 1983) is a female soccer player who played as a forward, who won the bronze medal with the Canadian women's national soccer team at the 2007 Pan American Games. She played with Vancouver Whitecaps
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(born 1983), Canadian football (soccer) forward
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Amy Walker (born 1982), American actress and singer
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Amy Wax
Amy Laura Wax (born January 19, 1953) is an American lawyer, neurologist, and academic. She is the Robert Mundheim Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Her work addresses issues in social welfare law and policy, as we ...
(born 1953), American law professor
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Amy Weber
Amy Marie Weber (July 2, 1970) is an American actress, model, film producer, singer, real estate broker and former professional wrestling valet. She is best known for her time in WWE as a WWE Diva. She released an album, ''Let it Rain'', the titul ...
(born 1970), American model, singer, actress, and former WWE professional wrestler
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Amy Welborn
Amy Welborn (born July 17, 1960, Bloomington, Indiana) is an American Roman Catholic writer and activist, as well as a public speaker. Formerly, she was a theology teacher at a Catholic high school in Lakeland Florida and served as a parish Direct ...
(born 1960), an American author
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Amy Williams
Amy Joy Williams, (born 29 September 1982) is a British former skeleton racer and Olympic gold medallist. Originally a runner, she began training in skeleton in 2002 after trying the sport on a push-start track at the University of Bath. Altho ...
(born 1982), British Olympic Skeleton champion
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Amy Winehouse
Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter. She was known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues and jazz.
A membe ...
(1983–2011), British singer-songwriter
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Amy Winfrey
Amy Winfrey (born May 1976) is an American animator, screenwriter, songwriter, director and voice actress. She is best known for creating the web series '' Making Fiends'' that was later picked up by Nickelodeon in 2008, and for directing severa ...
, American animator
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Amy Witting
Amy Witting (26 January 1918 – 18 September 2001) was the pen name of an Australian novelist and poet born Joan Austral Fraser. She was widely acknowledged as one of Australia's "finest fiction writers, whose work was full of the atmosphere an ...
(born 1918–2001), Australian writer
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Amy Wright
Amy Wright is an American actress and former model. She has appeared in such films as ''The Deer Hunter'', ''Breaking Away'', '' The Accidental Tourist'', ''Hard Promises'', ''Crossing Delancey'', and ''Miss Firecracker''. She is the widow of ...
(born 1950), American actress
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Amy Wyss
Amy E. Wyss (born 1970/1971) is a Swiss-American heiress, billionaire and philanthropist. As of March 2022, her net worth was estimated at US$2 billion.
Early life and education
Wyss is the daughter of Hansjörg Wyss, a fellow Swiss billionaire ...
(born 1970/1971), Swiss-American billionaire businesswoman and philanthropist.
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Amy Yasbeck
Amy Marie Yasbeck (born September 12, 1962) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Casey Chappel Davenport on the sitcom ''Wings
A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Acc ...
(born 1962), American actress
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Amy Zegart
Amy Zegart (born 1967) is an American academic. She is the Morris Arnold and Nona Jean Cox Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. She is also a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies (FSI), professor of political ...
(born 1967), American writer and academic
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Amy Zongo
Amy Zongo-Filet, better known by her birthname Amy Zongo, (born October 4, 1980) is a French athlete who specialises in the triple jump. Zongo competed at the 2006 European Athletics Championships, 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships a ...
(born 1980), French athlete
Fictional characters
* Amy, a character from ''
Barney and the Backyard Gang
''Barney and the Backyard Gang'' is an American direct-to-video series produced by The Lyons Group and released in periodic installments from 29 August 1988 to 1 August 1991. The series led to the launch of the children's television show, ''Bar ...
''.
* Amy, a character from Canadian teen drama series ''
The Next Step''.
* Amy, a character from ''
Total Drama: Pahkitew Island''.
* Amy, a character in the film ''
Would You Rather
"Would you rather" is a conversation or party game that poses a dilemma in the form of a question beginning with "would you rather". The dilemma can be between two supposedly good options such as "Would you rather have the power of flight or the ...
''.
* Amy the Amethyst Fairy, a character from the ''
Rainbow Magic
''Rainbow Magic'' is a British children's fiction brand originally created by Working Partners and now owned by IoM Media Ventures. It is best known for the children's books published by Orchard Books. The books are ghostwritten by a number of ...
'' book franchise.
* Amy Alden, the main character and 13-year-old daughter of Aliane and Tom Alden in the film ''
Fly Away Home
''Fly Away Home'' ( ''Flying Wild'' and ''Father Goose'') is a 1996 family drama film directed by Carroll Ballard. The film stars Anna Paquin, Jeff Daniels, and Dana Delany. ''Fly Away Home'' was released on September 13, 1996, by Columbia Pic ...
''.
* Amy Amanda Allen, reporter in
The A-Team
''The A-Team'' is an American action-adventure television series that ran on NBC from January 1983 to March 1987 about former members of a fictitious United States Army Special Forces unit. The four members of the team were tried by court marti ...
* Amy Anderson, the civilian name of
Sailor Mercury
is a fictional character in the ''Sailor Moon
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from 1991 to 1997; the 52 individua ...
in the English dub of the popular anime, ''Sailor Moon''.
* Amy Antsler, one of the main characters in the film ''
Booksmart
''Booksmart'' is a 2019 American comedy film directed by Olivia Wilde (in her feature directorial debut) and written by Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel, and Katie Silberman. It stars Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever as two gradua ...
''.
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Amy Barlow
Amy Barlow (also Patience Cropper and Amy McDonald) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', portrayed by Elle Mulvaney. She was born on screen during the episode broadcast on 9 February 2004. To date, th ...
, character in soap opera ''
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford.
Origi ...
''.
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Amy Barnes
Amy Barnes is a fictional character from the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Ashley Slanina-Davies. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 14 November 2005. Amy was created by executive producer David Hanson and Slanina ...
, character in soap opera ''
Hollyoaks
''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on ...
''.
* Amy Bendix, a character in ''
The Punisher
The Punisher (Francis "Frank" Castle, born Castiglione) is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru. The Punisher made ...
''.
* Amy Bradshaw, the main character in ''
D.E.B.S.''.
* Amy Cahill, one of the main characters of ''
The 39 Clues
''The 39 Clues'' is a series of adventure novels written by a collaboration of authors, including Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis, Jude Watson, Patrick Carman, Linda Sue Park, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Roland Smith, David Baldacci, J ...
'' series.
* Amy Dorrit, the main character in the novel ''
Little Dorrit
''Little Dorrit'' is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child of her family, born and raised in the Marshalsea prison for debtors in London. Arthur Cl ...
'', also in a ''
television serialisation of the novel.
* Amy Duncan, the main character in the TV show ''
Good Luck Charlie
''Good Luck Charlie'' is an American sitcom that originally aired on Disney Channel from April 4, 2010, to February 16, 2014. The series' creators, Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen, wanted to create a program that would appeal to entire families, no ...
''.
* Amy Dunne, the main character in
''Gone Girl'' by Gillian Flynn.
* Amy Enker, titular character of Australian film
''Amy''.
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Amy Farrah Fowler
Amy Farrah Fowler is a fictional character in the CBS television series ''The Big Bang Theory'', portrayed by Mayim Bialik. Amy is a neuroscientist who is Sheldon's (Jim Parsons) love interest and subsequent partner in the series. She has a PhD ...
, a character in the American sitcom ''
The Big Bang Theory
''The Big Bang Theory'' is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom served as executive producers on the series, along with Steven Molaro, all of whom also served as head writers. It premiered on CBS ...
''.
* Amy Fleming Borden, the main character in the TV series ''
Heartland
Heartland or Heartlands may refer to:
Businesses and organisations
* Heartland Bank, a New Zealand-based financial institution
* Heartland Inn, a chain of hotels based in Iowa, United States
* Heartland Alliance, an anti-poverty organization i ...
''.
*
Amy Gardner
Amelia Gardner is a fictional character portrayed by Mary-Louise Parker on ''The West Wing'', an American serial political drama. Created in the show's third season after a voicemail from Parker to the show's creator, Amy serves as both a femini ...
, lobbyist and the First Lady's Chief of Staff in ''The West Wing''.
* Amy Gillis, a character in American TV series
Clarence Clarence may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Clarence County, New South Wales, a Cadastral division
* Clarence, New South Wales, a place near Lithgow
* Clarence River (New South Wales)
* Clarence Strait (Northern Territory)
* City of Clarence, a l ...
.
* Amy Gray, a judge in the television series ''
Judging Amy
''Judging Amy'' is an American legal drama television series that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character (Brenneman) is a judge who serves in a ...
''.
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Amy Greene
Amy Elizabeth Greene (born October 2, 1975) is an American novelist. Her debut novel, ''Bloodroot'', was a national bestseller. Her second novel, ''Long Man'', was published in March 2014. She is also a contributor to '' The'' ''New York Times'' ...
, Rachel Greene's younger sister in the TV series ''
Friends
''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa ...
''.
* Amy Grimes, a character in the film ''
Cyberbully
Cyberbullying or cyberharassment is a form of bullying or harassment using Electronic communication network, electronic means. Cyberbullying and cyberharassment are also known as online bullying. It has become increasingly common, especially ...
''.
* Patricia "Fat Amy" Hobart, a character from the ''
Pitch Perfect
''Pitch Perfect'' is a 2012 American musical comedy film directed by Jason Moore and written by Kay Cannon. It features an ensemble cast, including Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Skylar Astin, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, Hana Mae Lee, Alexis Knap ...
'' film series.
*
Amy Juergens, the main character in the teen show ''The Secret Life of the American Teenager''.
*
Amy Limietta, from the ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' series.
*
Amy MacDougall, Robert Barone's girlfriend on the sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond''.
* Amy Madden / Havoc, main character in the Disney series ''
The Villains of Valley View
''The Villains of Valley View'' is an American comedy television series created by Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore that premiered on Disney Channel on June 3, 2022. The series stars Isabella Pappas, Malachi Barton, Reed Horstmann, Kayden Muller-J ...
''.
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Amy Madison
Amy Madison is a fictional character on the television series '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer,'' portrayed by Elizabeth Anne Allen. The character appears in every season of ''Buffy'' except Season Five (during which time the character was stuck in ...
, in the TV series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''.
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Amy March, from the novel ''Little Women'' by
Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott (; November 29, 1832March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the author of the novel ''Little Women'' (1868) and its sequels ''Little Men'' (1871) and ''Jo's Boys'' (1886). Raised in ...
.
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Amy Matthews, Cory Matthews' mother in the TV series ''Boy Meets World''.
* Amy Medford, the title character of
''Amy'' (1981 film), a Walt Disney Pictures live-action film.
* Amy Minoru, the older sister of
Nico Minoru
Minoru Nico (briefly known as Sister Grimm), is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created in 2003 by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Adrian Alphona, the character debuted in ''Runaways (comics), Runaways ...
in the TV series ''
Runaways''.
*
Amelia "Amy" Pond, companion of the Doctor in the TV series ''
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
''.
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Amy Pond
Amelia "Amy" Pond is a fictional character portrayed by Karen Gillan in the long-running British science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Amy is a companion (Doctor Who), companion of the series protagonis ...
, a character in the TV series ''
Supernatural
Supernatural refers to phenomena or entities that are beyond the laws of nature. The term is derived from Medieval Latin , from Latin (above, beyond, or outside of) + (nature) Though the corollary term "nature", has had multiple meanings si ...
''.
* Amy Raudenfeld, a main character in the TV series ''
Faking It''.
*
Amy Rose
The ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game franchise began in 1991 with the game ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' for the Sega Genesis, which pitted a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog named Sonic against a rotund male human villain named Doctor Eggman (or Doctor ...
, a character from the video game franchise ''
Sonic the Hedgehog
is a Japanese video game series and media franchise created by Sega. The franchise follows Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battles the evil Doctor Eggman, a mad scientist. The main ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' games are platformers mo ...
''.
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Amy Santiago
Amy Santiago is a fictional character who appears in police procedural comedy television series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' (2013–2021). Portrayed by Melissa Fumero, she is depicted as controlling, over-achieving, and perfectionistic. Amy works as ...
, a main character in the TV series ''
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' is an American police procedural comedy television series that aired on Fox, and later on NBC. The show aired from September 17, 2013, to September 16, 2021, for a total of eight seasons and 153 episodes. Created by Dan G ...
''.
*
Amy Sorel, a playable female character in the ''Soul'' series of fighting games.
*
Amy Sosa, a main character in the NBC sitcom ''
Superstore''.
* Amy Squirrel, a main character in the film ''
Bad Teacher
''Bad Teacher'' is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Jake Kasdan from a screenplay by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky. Starring Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, John Michael Higgins and Jason Segel, the film tells the ...
''.
* Amy Sutton, a character in the ''
Sweet Valley High
''Sweet Valley High'' is a series of young adult novels attributed to American author Francine Pascal, who presided over a team of ghostwriters to produce the series. The books chronicle the lives of identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefiel ...
'' series.
* Amy Szalinski, a character from the
''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' franchise.
* Amy Warnicker, a character in the film ''
Footloose
Footloose may refer to:
* ''Footloose'' (1984 film), a musical film
** ''Footloose'' (1984 soundtrack)
** "Footloose" (song), performed by Kenny Loggins
* ''Footloose'' (2011 film), a remake of the 1984 film
** ''Footloose'' (2011 soundtrack) ...
''.
*
Amy Yuuzuki, a main character in the TV series ''
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger
is the Toei Company's 37th entry in its long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series following ''Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters''. ''Kyoryuger'' aired on TV Asahi from February 17, 2013 to February 9, 2014, joining ...
''.
See also
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Aimee
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Aime
Aime (; frp, Éma) is a former commune in the Savoie ''département'' in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Aime-la-Plagne.Ami (given name)
AMI or Ami may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
*AMI-tv, a Canadian TV channel
**AMI-télé, the French-language version
*AMI-audio, a Canadian audio broadcast TV service
*''Ami Magazine'', an Orthodox Jewish news magazine
Businesses ...
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Given names
Hypocorisms