Charlene M. Amoia (born September 25, 1982) is an American actress. She is best known for her recurring role as Wendy the Waitress in the sitcom ''

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''. Her film credits include ''

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'' (2012), ''

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'' (2014), '' Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey'' (2020) and '' The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It'' (2021), '' Sniper: Special Ops'' (2016).

Childhood and early career

Amoia was born in

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. She was raised in Buffalo and relocated to

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at the age of 15. She is of Italian and Spanish descent.

Career

She began her career in modeling, before making the transition to acting. She appeared in guest starring roles in numerous television shows, including ''

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'', '' The Resident'', '' Shameless'', and '' Man with a Plan.'' She portrayed waitress Wendy in American sitcom ''

'' from 2005 to 2011. On playing Wendy, she has said, "I love playing flawed characters. Wendy is so genuinely sweet and guileless to a point that she doesn't realize she's being taken advantage of. Being able to take on these characteristics in a way that is funny and harmless is always so much fun!" Amoia played Ellie, Kevin (

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)'s wife, in the fourth ''American Pie'' film, released in 2012. Amoia portrayed Dr. Fraser on ''House'', Bailey on ''Glee'' and Diana Cotto on ''Switched at Birth''. In 2008, she portrayed Miss Wells in the

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television series '' 90210.'' She played Jill in the drama film ''Fat'' (2013), which premiered at the

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. She has guest starred on the show '' NCIS: New Orleans'' as Carly Dawson in the episode "

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" and Kelly Press on '' Major Crimes''. She played Janet Conrad, a pushy

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Photographer who was seeking a career changing "Front Line Photo" in the film '' Sniper: Special Ops'' (2016). In 2017 she appeared on ''

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'' in the episode " Great Again". In season 14 of ''

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'' she appeared as Dr. Kate Lachman.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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