Amy Brenneman played Violet Turner in Private Practice.
Biography[]
Amy's mother, a superior court judge, was one of the first women to graduate from Harvard.[1] Her father is an environmental lawyer.[source?] Amy is also a graduate of Harvard, where she majored in comparative religion. She spent one semester studying sacred dances in Nepal. While in college, she formed the Cornerstone Theater Company, a touring production company that takes classics to small towns and encourages locals to participate in them. After touring for five years, she moved to New York, where she became a teacher in Brooklyn.[source?]
Career[]
Filmography[]
- Sweet Girl (2021)
- Foster Boy (2019)
- Her Mind in Pieces (2019)
- Peel (2019)
- Monster Challenge (short) (2018)
- Here Now (short) (2017)
- The Get (2017)
- In the Shadows of the Rainbow (short) (2016)
- The Face of Love (2013)
- Words and Pictures (2013)
- Mother and Child (2009)
- Downloading Nancy (2008)
- The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
- 88 Minutes (2007)
- Nine Lives (2005)
- A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
- Off the Map (2003)
- Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
- Mary Cassatt: An American Impressionist (1999)
- ATF (1999)
- The Suburbans (1999)
- Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
- City of Angels (1998)
- Lesser Prophets (1997)
- Nevada (1997)
- Daylight (1996)
- Fear (1996)
- Heat (1996)
- Casper (1995)
- Bye Bye Love (1995)
- Pig in the Python (1992)
Television[]
- The Shining Girls (2022)
- The Old Man (mini-series) (2022)
- Tell Me Your Secrets (2021)
- These Days (short) (2021)
- Goliath (2019)
- Jane the Virgin (2018)
- The Leftovers (2014-2017)
- Veep (2017)
- No Tomorrow (2016)
- Reign (2014-2015)
- Private Practice (2007-2013)
- Robot Chicken (2011)
- Grey's Anatomy (2007)
- Judging Amy (1999-2005)
- Frasier (1998-1999)
- Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1997)
- NYPD Blue (1993-1994)
- Murder, She Wrote (1992)
- Middle Ages (1992)
Notes and Trivia[]
- She remains good friends with her Private Practice co-stars.[source?]
- Looking back on the series in a Facebook live video for the series' 10 year anniversary, she stated her favorite episode is Mourning Sickness because of the getting high in the bathtub scenes.[source?]
- In an Instagram live video with Paul Adelstein, she revealed that before she got cast, she forgot her top secret and watermarked backdoor pilot script on a movie set.[source?]
- In the same video, she said her most memorable guest star on the show was Abigail Spencer.[source?]
External Links[]
Amy Brenneman on Wikipedia
Amy Brenneman on IMDb
Amy Brenneman on Twitter
Amy Brenneman on Instagram
