Mädchen Amick

Mädchen E. Amick (, ; born December 12, 1970) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Shelly Johnson on the cult television series Twin Peaks and Tanya Robertson in Sleepwalkers (1992). She also starred as Wendy Beauchamp in the Lifetime supernatural drama series Witches of East End for two seasons (2013–2014).
==Early life==
Amick was born in Sparks, Nevada, a few miles east of Reno, the daughter of Judy, a medical office manager, and Bill Amick, a musician. Amick's parents are partly German; the name Mädchen (in German ), which means "girl" in German, was chosen by her parents, because they wanted an unusual name.Mädchen Amick is Allison on Freddie She is also of Norwegian, Swedish, English and Irish descent. As a young girl, Amick was encouraged by her parents to follow her creative instincts. She learned to play the piano, bass, violin and guitar and took lessons in tap, ballet, jazz and modern dance. In 1987, at the age of 16, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting.
==Career==
After moving to Los Angeles, Amick appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) as well as in The Borrower (1991). Amick got her first break when director David Lynch chose her to play waitress Shelly Johnson on the TV series Twin Peaks. Amick's character endured physical abuse at the hands of her criminal husband, Leo, and was one of the most popular characters, ensuring her return in the feature film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. In 1992, Amick appeared in the Stephen King horror movie Sleepwalkers. She has also appeared in television movies, such as Love, Cheat and Steal (1993). A highlight of Amick's film career is the 1994 feature film Dream Lover, a thriller in which she co-starred with James Spader. Amick also appeared in the romantic comedy French Exit (1995) and the science fiction thriller Bombshell (1996).
Amick's return to network television came in the fall of 1995 with the much-publicized CBS primetime soap opera Central Park West. In 1998, Amick starred in the updated edition of Fantasy Island. Both shows only lasted one season.
After a decade of roles that failed to ignite the publicity Twin Peaks had, Amick gradually became a noticeable face in television with recurring roles on Gilmore Girls, ER, Jake in Progress, and Joey. In 2006, Amick was a regular in the sitcom Freddie which was subsequently cancelled. Amick guest starred in a number of episodes of the serial thriller Kidnapped on NBC, playing a strange and deadly assassin. She also had a recurring role in the second season of Dawson's Creek as the lead character's substitute film studies teacher. In 2007, she had a lead role in the short-lived CBS musical series Viva Laughlin.
Amick had a recurring role in season 2 of Gossip Girl as Nate Archibald's "cougar" love interest, and she also appears in the second season of the Showtime series Californication. In 2008, Amick starred as Christian Slater's wife on the NBC series My Own Worst Enemy. In 2010, Amick played Danielle Marchetti on the FX series Damages. In 2011 she appeared in the post-apocalyptic film Priest.
In 2013, Amick began starring in the Lifetime supernatural drama Witches of East End opposite Julia Ormond, Rachel Boston and Jenna Dewan-Tatum. Amick's character Wendy Beauchamp was originally a guest star, but she later became a permanent character after shooting the pilot episode. On August 6, 2015 Amick joined the cast of American Horror Story: Hotel as a mother whose son is ailing. She has been cast in her original role, Shelly Johnson, for the 2017 Showtime continuation of Twin Peaks.
==Personal life==
Amick has been married to songwriter David Alexis since 1992. They have a son, Sylvester Time, and a daughter, Mina Tobias.
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1990	Don't Tell Her It's Me 	Mandy 	
1991	 	Megan 	
1992	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me	Shelly Johnson 	
1992	Sleepwalkers 	Tanya Robertson 	
1993	Dream Lover 	Lena Mathers 	Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Actress
1993	Love, Cheat & Steal 	Lauren Harrington	
1994	Trapped in Paradise 	Sarah Collins 	
1995	French Exit 	Zina 	
1996	Bombshell 	Angeline 	
1997	Wounded 	Julie Clayton 	
1998	Twist of Fate 	Rachel Dwyer 	
2000	 	Grace Mitchell 	
2001	Italian Ties 	Jamie 	
2001	Scenes of the Crime 	Carmen 	
2002	Global Effect 	Dr. Sera Levitt 	
2005	Four Corners of Suburbia 	Rachel Samson 	
2011	Priest 	Shannon Pace 	
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1989 	Star Trek: The Next Generation 	Teenage girl Anya 	Episode: "The Dauphin"
1989 	Baywatch 	Laurie Harris 	Episode: "Panic at Malibu Pier"
1990 	 	Miss Doddsworth 	TV movie
1990 	I'm Dangerous Tonight 	Amy 	TV movie
1990–91	Twin Peaks 	Shelly Johnson 	Series regular, 30 episodesNominated - Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress: Prime Time
1991 	For the Very First Time 	Rhonda 	TV movie
1995 	 	Lauren 	TV movie
1995 	Fallen Angels 	Mrs. Cordell 	Episode: "Love and Blood"
1995–96	Central Park West 	Carrie Fairchild 	Series regular, 21 episodes
1997 	Heartless 	Ann 'Annie' O'Keefe 	TV movie
1998 	 	Samantha Clark 	TV movie
1998–99	Fantasy Island 	Ariel 	Series regular, 13 episodes
1999 	Dawson's Creek 	Nicole Kennedy 	3 episodes
1999 	Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story	Jackie McCoy 	TV movie
2001 	Hangman 	Grace Mitchell 	TV movie
2002 	 	Susan Costello 	TV movie
2002–03	Gilmore Girls 	Sherry Tinsdale 	3 episodes (Season 2)
2003 	Queens Supreme 	Lisa Salinger 	Episode: "The House Next Door"
2003 	Wild Card 	Crystal Stevenson 	Episode: "Black Sheep"
2003 	Ed 	Celeste 'CeCe' Royce 	Episode: "Home for Christmas"
2004–05	ER 	Wendall Meade 	10 episodes
2005 	Lies and Deception 	Jean Brooks 	TV movie
2005 	Jake in Progress 	Kylie 	Episode: "Pilot"Episode: "Check Please"
2005 	Joey 	Sara 	5 episodes
2005–06	Freddie 	Allison 	Series regular, 22 episodes
2006 	Law & Order 	Alissa Goodwyn 	Episode: "Home Sweet"
2006–07	Kidnapped 	Yvonne Guttman 	3 episodes
2007 	Viva Laughlin 	Natalie Holden 	Series regular, 8 episodes
2008 	Shark 	Gina Romero 	Episode: "One Hit Wonder"
2008 	 	Christine 	TV pilot
2008 	Gossip Girl 	Duchess Catherine Beaton 	4 episodes
2008 	Californication 	Janie Jones 	5 episodes
2008 	My Own Worst Enemy 	Angelica 'Angie' Spivey 	Series regular, 9 episodes
2009 	 	Liz 	TV pilot
2010 	Pleading Guilty 	Brushy 	TV pilot
2010 	Damages 	Danielle Marchetti 	5 episodes
2010 	CSI: NY 	Aubrey Hunter 	3 episodes
2010 	Unanswered Prayers 	Ava Andersson 	TV movie
2011 	White Collar 	Seleena 	Episode: "Veiled Threats"
2011 	Metro 	Mary McCarthy 	TV pilot
2012 	Psych 	Jacqueline Maderos 	Episode: "Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger"
2012 	Beauty & the Beast 	Lois Whitworth 	Episode: "Basic Instinct"
2012 	Ringer 	Greer Sheridan 	Episodes: "It Just Got Normal" and "I'm The Good Twin"
2012 	In Plain Sight 	Associate Director Susan Campbell	2 episodes
2012 	Mad Men 	Andrea Rhodes 	Episode: "Mystery Date"
2012 	Drop Dead Diva 	Gina Blunt 	2 episodes
2012 	Political Animals 	Mindy Meyers 	Episode: "Lost Boys"
2013–14	Longmire 	Deena 	3 episodes
2013–14	Witches of East End 	Wendy Beauchamp 	Lead role; 23 episodes
2015 	American Horror Story: Hotel 	Mrs. Ellison 	3 episodes
2016 	Love 	Mom 	2 episodes
2016 	Second Chance 	Joan Solodar 	Episode: "May Old Acquaintance Be Forgot"
2017 	Twin Peaks 	Shelly Johnson 	
2017 	Riverdale 	Alice Cooper 	Main role
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