Amy Smart

Amy Lysle Smart (born March 26, 1976) is an American television and film actress and former fashion model.

Early life

Smart was born in Topanga, California, the daughter of Judy, a museum worker, and John Smart, a salesman.Inspired by her friend Vinessa Shaw, Smart studied ballet for ten years and enrolled in acting classes when she was sixteen, but she began her career as a fashion model, working in Italy, France, Mexico and Tahiti (award-winning spots for Club Meddirected by Bruno Aveillan).

Career

Smart's first film role was in director Martin Kunert's film Campfire Tales, followed by a small role as Queenie in the 1996 rendition of John Updike's short story, "A&P". She had a minor role in the 1997 film Starship Troopers as the co-pilot for (and friend of) Carmen Ibanez (Denise Richards). She had a starring role in the mini-series titled The 70s, playing a young woman from Ohio.

In 1999, Smart played the girlfriend of a popular football player (played by James Van Der Beek) in the film Varsity Blues.

Smart appeared in the series Felicity, as a girlfriend of Scott Foley's character.

Other films include Road Trip (2000) and The Butterfly Effect (2004). She's been paired twice as a couple with Breckin Meyer, in both Road Trip and Rat Race.

In 2002, she was ranked #27 in Stuff magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" and in 2004, she was nominated for "Best Kiss" at theMTV Movie Awards for her role in Starsky & Hutch.

In 2005, Smart co-starred with Ryan Reynolds in the romantic comedy film Just Friends, which had a total domestic box office gross of $32,619,761 and a total worldwide box office of $50,817,598.

Smart also had a small role in the American sitcom Scrubs, playing Jamie Moyer (aka Tasty Coma Wife), one of main character J.D.'s love interests.

In 2005, Smart starred as Sarah in a British independent film called The Best Man. Seth Green was her co-star.

On September 1, 2006, Crank was released, in which she played the girlfriend of the lead character, Chev Cheelios (played by Jason Statham). The sequel, Crank: High Voltage, was released in 2009, and Smart reprised the role, with the character now making ends meet as a pole dancer.

Smart was a regular cast member in the short-lived 2006 CBS television series Smith. She also has voiced some of the characters in the animated series Robot Chicken, created by Seth Green. Smart appeared as Joy in the 2006 movie Peaceful Warrior, starring Scott Mechlowicz and Nick Nolte. She stars also as Melissa in the Independent film "Seventh Moon".

Personal life

Smart was a speaker for the Heal the Bay organization; she has also worked with the Humane Society and the Environmental Media Association, and was named one of Organic Style magazine's "Women with Organic Style" of 2004.

Smart dated actor Branden Williams, for more than a decade. She is now dating Carter Oosterhouse from HGTV.

Her former roommate and best friend Ali Larter appeared alongside Smart in the film Varsity Blues and modeled with her in Milan.

Smart is also friends with author and animal communicator Amelia Kinkade and was acknowledged in Kinkade's second book, The Language of Miracles.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996	A&P	Queenie
	Seduced By Madness	Girl #1
1997	Campfire Tales	Jenny
	High Voltage	Molly
	The Last Time I Committed Suicide	Jeananne
	Starship Troopers	Cadet (Later Lt.) Lumbreiser
1998	How to Make the Cruelest Month	Dot Bryant
	Strangeland	Angela Stravelli
	Circles	Allison	aka Crossing Paths
	Starstruck	Tracey Beck
1999	Outside Providence	Jane Weston
	Varsity Blues	Jules Harbor
2000	Road Trip	Beth Wagner
2001	Rat Race	Tracy Faucet
	Scotland, PA	Stacy (Hippie #1)
2002	Interstate 60	Lynn Linden
2003	National Lampoon's Barely Legal	Naomi Feldman
	The Battle of Shaker Heights	Tabby Bowland
	Blind Horizon	Liz Culpepper
2004	Starsky & Hutch	Holly
	The Butterfly Effect	Kayleigh Miller
	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!	Nurse Betty
	Willowbee	Burglar
2005	Just Friends	Jamie Palamino
	Bigger Than the Sky	Grace Hargrove
	The Best Man (aka Unhitched)	Sarah Marie Barker
2006	Crank	Eve Lydon
	Peaceful Warrior	Joy
2008	Life in Flight	Catherine
	Mirrors	Angela Carson
	Seventh Moon	Melissa
2009	Crank: High Voltage	Eve Lydon
	Love N' Dancing	Jessica Donovan
2010	Columbus Circle	Lillian Hart	Post-production
	Dylan's Wake	Natalie	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Her Costly Affair	Dee	Television movie
1999	Brookfield	Daly Roberts	Series Regular
1999–2001	Felicity	Ruby	16 episodes
2000	The '70s	Christie Shales	Television movie
2003–2009	Scrubs	Jamie Moyer a.k.a. "T.C.W." (Tasty Coma Wife)	4 episodes
2005–2009	Robot Chicken	Voice	5 episodes
2006–2007	Smith	Annie	7 episodes
2008	The Meant to Be's	Janine	Television movie
2009	See Kate Run	Katherine Sullivan	Television pilot
2009	World War II in High Definition	June Wandrey (voiceover)	Television documentary

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