Famous People with Name Amy

Amy Sedaris            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Amy Sedaris: Amy Sedaris was born in Endicott, New York, daughter of Sharon and Lou Sedaris. [1][2] She is the younger sister of humorist David Sedaris. They grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is of half Greek descent;[3] her father was Greek Orthodox and her mot

Amy Jo Johnson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Amy Jo Johnson: She is best known for her roles as Kimberly Hart, the first Pink Ranger of the Power Rangers franchise in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, as well as the character of Julie Emrick on The WB's college drama Felicity.At the age of eighteen, after graduating fr

Amy Meredith Poehler            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Amy Meredith Poehler: She is a cast member and parody news anchor on the NBC television program Saturday Night Live. In early 2008 Amy Poehler starred in the film Baby Mama.During her time at Second City, Poehler studied with Matt Besser, part of the Upright Citizens Brigade.

Amy Van Dyken            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Amy Van Dyken: Four of these gold medals came in the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat. She won gold in the 50 meter free, 100 meter butterfly, 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay, and the 4 x 100 meter medley relay.Van Dyken is an asthmatic who suffered from severe asthma throughout her childhood and into adulthood. She began swimming on the advice of a doctor as a way to strengthen her lungs to cope with her condition and prevent future asthma attacks.

Amy Lou Adams            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Amy Lou Adams: She is best known for playing characters with cheerful and sunny dispositions such as her Academy Award-nominated role as Ashley Johnsten in Junebug and her Golden Globe Award-nominated role as Giselle in Enchanted.To support herself while performing in community theater, Adams worked at Gap as a greeter and at Hooters as a hostess and a waitress, a fact that became her "entire press career for a while".[4][6] She began working professionally as a dancer at Boulder's Dinner Theatre and Country Dinner Playhouse, where she was spotted by a Minneapolis dinner theatre director, Michael Brindisi. Along with her family, Adams moved to Chanhassen, Minnesota, where she continued to work at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. While she was off work nursing a pulled muscle, Adams auditioned for the satirical 1999 comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous, which was being filmed in Minnesota,

Gilbert Amy            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Gilbert Amy: is a French composer and conductor. In 1954 he entered the Conservatoire de Paris where he was taught and influenced by Olivier Messiaen and Darius Milhaud and studied piano with Yvonne Loriod. His first compositions (Œil de fumée) date from 1955. In 1957 he met Pierre Boulez, under whose direction he composed his Piano Sonata. A year later Boulez commissioned from him a work called Mouvements which was performed in Darmstadt by the Orchestre du Domaine Musical, an ensemble whose goal was to promote new music. From 1958 to 1961 he attended the courses given by Karlheinz Stockhausen in Darmstadt. In 1962 Jean-Louis Barrault named him adjunct music director of the Odéon Theater in Paris

Mohammed Amyn            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Mohammed Amyn: is a Moroccan long-distance runner.

Yves Amyot            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Yves Amyot: He studied theater at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Québec from 1989 to 1992. He plays In the Quebec comedy television series, La Job, adaptation of the cult British show The Office of the BBC. He holds the role corresponding to Chris Finch (Finch

Guillaume Amyot            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Guillaume Amyot: was a Canadian politician, editor and lawyer. He was a Member of the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Bellechasse, Quebec representing the historical Conservative Party. He later switched affiliation to Nationalist and was re-elected in the 1887 election then re-elected as a Nationalist Conservative in the election of 1891.

Moses Amyraut            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Moses Amyraut: was a French Protestant theologian and metaphysician. He is perhaps most noted for his modifications to Calvinist theology regarding the nature of Christ's atonement, which is referred to as Amyraldism or Amyraldianism.