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Amy Louise AckerAmy Louise Acker (Winifred "Fred" Burkle and Illyria )   Amy Louise Acker was born on December 5th, 1976 in Dallas Texas. She is the oldest in her family, having two younger sisters and a younger brother. Her father is a lawyer. While growing up Amy excelled in ballet, jazz dancing, and modern dancing. Unfortunately, in high school she had knee surgery and had to stop dancing. That is when she discovered acting. She attended the Southern Methodist University from 1996-1999, concentrating on acting. During her junior year she modeled for J. Crew’s spring 1998 catalogue. Amy had also spent three of her previous summers modeling in Japan. In her senior year she was part of the Undermain Theatre and was nominated for best leading actress in the Leon Rabin Awards for her part in Therese Raquin. Also, while at SMU, Amy played the role of Melissa Jorgensen in the TV movie “To Serve and Protect” released on February 14th, 1999. After graduating with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting, Amy worked at the American Players Theatre in Wisconsin. There she played the parts of Hero in Much Ado About Nothing and Hilda in Ibsen’s The Master Builder. After 8 months she moved to New York where she acted in two independent movies: The Accident, and The Energy Specialist. After less than a year Amy decided to move to Los Angeles. The transition was relatively painless since her agent worked in LA as well. She also knew people there that she had met at both SMU and in Wisconsin. While in LA, Amy starred in Groom Lake, a film written and directed by William Shatner of Star Trek fame. Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles Amy tried out for the part of Fred on ANGEL and nailed it. Originally Fred was supposed to be a three-episode deal. After Joss Whedon mentioned the possibility of Fred being a regular, they held a test screening and sent it in for network approval. Thus, the quirky yet lovable Fred became a regular on Season three of ANGEL. |