Amy Carlson

**Amy Carlson** (born July 7, 1968) is an American actress. She performs mostly on television but has had some movies. She played Josie Watts in the soap opera _Another World_, and Alex Taylor in _Third Watch_. Carlson was nominated in 1998 for an Emmy Award.

Carlson was born in Illinois.

## Personal life

Carlson currently resides in New York City with her daughter, born on October 4, 2006; her son, born on August 27, 2009; and her long-time partner Syd Butler, bass guitar player of the 8G Band on _Late Night with Seth Meyers_, and of indie rock band Les Savy Fav and owner of the independent label Frenchkiss Records.

### Film

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1992|__|Girl on Stairs|||
|2000|_Everything Put Together_|Jane|||
|rowspan="2"|2002|_Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind Control_|Kathy||
|_Stella Shorts 1998-2002_|Hippy Girl|Video|||
|2007|_Anamorph_|Alexandra Fredericks|||
|2010|_Trio_||Short film||
|2011|_Green Lantern_|Jessica Jordan|||
|2014|_Hits_|Christina Casserta|||
|2015|_Sight Unseen_|Rachel Sampson|||
|2016|_Natural Selection_|Laura|||
|2017|‘'The Landline'’|Carla|||
|2018|‘'A Bread Factory, Part One'’|Grace|||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1992|_Legacy of Lies_|Marianna Nania|TV film||
|1993|_Missing Persons_|Helena Brusich|"Pilot", "I'm Gonna Miss Him Too...", "Right Neighborhood... Wrong Door"||
|1993–1994|__|Various|"Pilot: Parts 1 & 2", "Mind Games"||
|1993–1998|_Another World_|Josephine Watts|Regular role||
|1998|_Thanks of a Grateful Nation_|Tammy Boyer|TV miniseries||
|rowspan="3"|1999|_Martial Law_|Cassie McGill|"Big Trouble"|
|_Get Real_|Dr. Sedgwick|Recurring role|||
|_St. Michael's Crossing_|Kelly McGloin|TV film|||
|rowspan="5"|2000|_NYPD Blue_|Lisa Marantz|"Along Came Jones"|
|_If These Walls Could Talk 2_|Michelle|TV film|||
|_Falcone_||"Windows"|||
|_CSI: Crime Scene Investigation_|Kate Armstrong|"Friends & Lovers"|||
|_Law & Order: Special Victims Unit_|Patricia Andrews|"Asunder"|||
|2000–2003|_Third Watch_|Alex Taylor|Main role||
|2002|_ER_|Alex Taylor|"Brothers and Sisters"||
|2003|_Peacemakers_|Katie Owen|Main role||
|2004|_Law & Order_|Collette Connolly|"The Dead Wives Club"||
|2005|_Franklin Charter_|Maggie Keeler|TV film||
|2005–2006|_Law & Order: Trial by Jury_|A.D.A. Kelly Gaffney|Main Role||
|2006|_Drift_|Lauren|TV film||
|rowspan="2"|2007|__|Rachel McKenzie|TV film|
|_NCIS_|Karen Sutherland|"Corporal Punishment"|||
|2008|_Criminal Minds_|Cece Hillenbrand|"Tabula Rasa"||
|2010|_Fringe_|Maureen Donovan|"Unearthed"||
|2010–2017|_Blue Bloods_|Linda Reagan|Credit In All Episodes||
|2011|_Too Big to Fail_|Erin Callan|TV film||
|2013|_This One Time_||"Amy Carlson"||
|2016|_A Midsummer’s Hawaiian Dream_|Helen|TV film||
|2019|_The Village_|Julie Tucker|Episode: "In Your Bones"||
|2019|_The Society_|Amanda Pressman|Recurring role||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Amy Carlson
- **image**: CP AMY CARLSON 050.jpg
- **birth name**: Amy Lynn Carlson
- **birth place**: Elmhurst, Illinois, Elmhurst, Cook County, Illinois, U.S.
- **nationality**: American
- **occupation**: Actress
- **years active**: 1992–present
- **partner**: Syd Butler (2004-present)
- **children**: Lyla Butler (b. 2006)
Nigel Butler (b. 2009)