Amelia Heinle
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Amelia March Heinle Luckinbill (ə) (formerly Weatherly) is an American
actress best known for her roles in American soap operas.
. She also played the character for two months in that show's short-lived spin off
The City from November 1995 until January 1996. In 1994, she was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award
for "Outstanding Female Newcomer".
Through the 1990s she appeared in many made for TV movies
as well as a starring role in the 1999 Steven Soderbergh
film The Limey
as Peter Fonda
's girlfriend. She appeared in the music video for "I Will Buy You a New Life" by Everclear
.
In 2001, she returned to the world of daytime television, this time in the role of Mia Saunders
on All My Children
, the heretofore unknown half-sister of Liza Colby
(Marcy Walker
). Although she started as a front-burner character, her romantic pairing with Jake Martin
(J. Eddie Peck
) didn't work out because of the actor's exit from the show, and so Mia was limited to being a background character. In 2004, Heinle opted not to renew her contract with All My Children and left the show.
On March 21, 2005, Heinle joined the cast of the CBS
soap opera
The Young and the Restless
, as Victoria Newman
, replacing the popular Heather Tom
in the role.
Heinle also appeared in season 4, episode 20 of Ghost Whisperer
entitled "Stage Fright" with real life husband, Thad Luckinbill
, and fellow daytime drama actress Lesli Kay
in April 2009.
co-star and on-screen love interest Michael Weatherly
, who played the role of "Cooper Alden." On January 10, 1996 Heinle gave birth to the couple's son, August Manning Weatherly, in New York City. In 1997, she and Weatherly divorced.
In March 2007, she married her Young and the Restless co-star Thad Luckinbill
, who portrays her onscreen ex-husband, J.T. Hellstrom
. The couple welcomed their first child together, a son, Thaddeus Rowe Luckinbill, Jr. "Rowe", on November 2, 2007. They welcomed their second child, a daughter Georgia March Luckinbill on December 17, 2009.
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actress best known for her roles in American soap operas.
Career
From 1993-1995, she played the role of Stephanie "Steffi" Brewster on the soap opera LovingLoving (TV series)
Caden Grant Carlton loves Mika Ayako Ryan more.Loving is an American television soap opera which aired on ABC's daytime lineup from June 26, 1983 to November 10, 1995 for 3,169 episodes...
. She also played the character for two months in that show's short-lived spin off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
The City from November 1995 until January 1996. In 1994, she was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award
Soap Opera Digest Awards
The Soap Opera Digest Awards were an awards show held by the daytime television magazine Soap Opera Digest. The awards were founded in 1984 to replace the less-lavish Soapy Award; those awards shows had run since 1977. The Soap Opera Digest Awards are meant to promote excellence in the soap opera...
for "Outstanding Female Newcomer".
Through the 1990s she appeared in many made for TV movies
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
as well as a starring role in the 1999 Steven Soderbergh
Steven Soderbergh
Steven Andrew Soderbergh is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and an Academy Award-winning film director. He is best known for directing commercial Hollywood films like Erin Brockovich, Traffic, and the remake of Ocean's Eleven, but he has also directed smaller less...
film The Limey
The Limey
The Limey is a 1999 American crime film, directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Lem Dobbs. The film features Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzmán, Peter Fonda and Barry Newman.Filming locations included Big Sur and L.A.-Plot:...
as Peter Fonda
Peter Fonda
Peter Henry Fonda is an American actor. He is the son of Henry Fonda, brother of Jane Fonda, and father of Bridget and Justin Fonda...
's girlfriend. She appeared in the music video for "I Will Buy You a New Life" by Everclear
Everclear (band)
Everclear is a rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1992 best known for their radio hits spanning more than a decade. For most of its existence, Everclear has consisted of Art Alexakis , Craig Montoya , and Greg Eklund . Eklund replaced original drummer Scott Cuthbert in 1994...
.
In 2001, she returned to the world of daytime television, this time in the role of Mia Saunders
Mia Saunders
Mia Saunders is a fictional character from the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children. The role of Mia was played and originated by Amelia Heinle, who started the role on July 19, 2001 and left June 15, 2004. of She left to assume the role Victoria Newman on the CBS soap opera The Young and the...
on All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
, the heretofore unknown half-sister of Liza Colby
Liza Colby
Liza Colby is a fictional character on the American soap opera All My Children who has been played by actress Jamie Luner from April 2009 until September 2011. She was previously played by actress Marcy Walker from 1981-1984 and then again from 1995-2005, although the role was also briefly...
(Marcy Walker
Marcy Walker
Marcy Lynn Walker , also known as Marcy Smith, is an American actress known for her roles on daytime soap operas. Her most famous roles are those of Liza Colby on All My Children, which she played from 1981–1984 and again 1995–2005, and as Eden Capwell on Santa Barbara 1984–1991.- Personal life...
). Although she started as a front-burner character, her romantic pairing with Jake Martin
Jake Martin (All My Children)
Dr. Joseph Henry "Jake" Martin, Jr. is a fictional character on the long-running American daytime drama All My Children. Since the character's on-screen birth in 1979, he has been portrayed by several actors, most recently by Ricky Paull Goldin, who took over the role on April 30, 2008 until the...
(J. Eddie Peck
J. Eddie Peck
John Edward Peck is an American film and television actor, known professionally as J. Eddie Peck.He lived in Joplin, Missouri during the 1970s and graduated from Joplin Parkwood High School in 1976. He attended Missouri Southern State University.Much of Peck's work has been on both daytime and...
) didn't work out because of the actor's exit from the show, and so Mia was limited to being a background character. In 2004, Heinle opted not to renew her contract with All My Children and left the show.
On March 21, 2005, Heinle joined the cast of the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
, as Victoria Newman
Victoria Newman
Victoria Nicole Newman is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless...
, replacing the popular Heather Tom
Heather Tom
Heather Marie Tom is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Victoria Newman on The Young and the Restless, Kelly Cramer on One Life to Live and currently Katie Logan Spencer on The Bold and the Beautiful....
in the role.
Heinle also appeared in season 4, episode 20 of Ghost Whisperer
Ghost Whisperer
Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts...
entitled "Stage Fright" with real life husband, Thad Luckinbill
Thad Luckinbill
Thaddeus Rowe "Thad" Luckinbill is an American actor best known for playing J.T. Hellstrom on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless for 11 years...
, and fellow daytime drama actress Lesli Kay
Lesli Kay
Lesli Kay Coulouris previously Lesli Kay Sterling is an American actress, who is known primarily for her role on the CBS soap As the World Turns.-Career:...
in April 2009.
Personal life
In 1995, she married her LovingLoving (TV series)
Caden Grant Carlton loves Mika Ayako Ryan more.Loving is an American television soap opera which aired on ABC's daytime lineup from June 26, 1983 to November 10, 1995 for 3,169 episodes...
co-star and on-screen love interest Michael Weatherly
Michael Weatherly
Michael Manning Weatherly, Jr. is an American actor, best known for his roles as Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo on the television series NCIS, and Logan Cale on the television series Dark Angel.-Early life:...
, who played the role of "Cooper Alden." On January 10, 1996 Heinle gave birth to the couple's son, August Manning Weatherly, in New York City. In 1997, she and Weatherly divorced.
In March 2007, she married her Young and the Restless co-star Thad Luckinbill
Thad Luckinbill
Thaddeus Rowe "Thad" Luckinbill is an American actor best known for playing J.T. Hellstrom on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless for 11 years...
, who portrays her onscreen ex-husband, J.T. Hellstrom
J.T. Hellstrom
Jeffrey Todd "J.T." Hellstrom is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by actor Thad Luckinbill since August 27, 1999. Luckinbill originally appeared on a recurring basis until he was put on contract in November 2002.J.T. left the show on November 5, 2010,...
. The couple welcomed their first child together, a son, Thaddeus Rowe Luckinbill, Jr. "Rowe", on November 2, 2007. They welcomed their second child, a daughter Georgia March Luckinbill on December 17, 2009.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | Quicksilver Highway | Darlene | |
| 1998 | At Sachem Farm At Sachem Farm At Sachem Farm is a 1998 drama film.-Cast:*Minnie Driver*Rufus Sewell*Nigel Hawthorne*Amelia Heinle*Michael E. Rodgers*Keone Young*Gregory Sporleder... |
Laurie | |
| Black Cat Run | Sara Jane Bronnel | ||
| 1999 | Purgatory | Rose / Betty McCullough | |
| Liar's Poker Liar's Poker Liar's Poker is a non-fiction, semi-autobiographical book by Michael Lewis describing the author's experiences as a bond salesman on Wall Street during the late 1980s... |
Rebecca | ||
| Adhara | |||
| 2000 | Olivia | ||
| Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | Harriet Hemings | ||
| 2001 | Earth vs. the Spider Earth vs. the Spider (2001 film) Earth vs. the Spider is a 2001 horror-thriller television film directed by Scott Ziehl. It is part of a series of films made for Cinemax paying tribute to the films of American International Pictures... |
Stephanie Lewis | |
| 2003 | Another Night | Woman | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1993 – 95 | Loving Loving (TV series) Caden Grant Carlton loves Mika Ayako Ryan more.Loving is an American television soap opera which aired on ABC's daytime lineup from June 26, 1983 to November 10, 1995 for 3,169 episodes... |
Steffi Brewster | |
| 1995 – 96 | Steffi Brewster | ||
| 1999 | Jack & Jill Jack & Jill (TV series) Jack & Jill is an American television series comedy-drama starring Ivan Sergei, Amanda Peet, Jaime Pressly, Justin Kirk, Simon Rex and Sarah Paulson which ran from September 1999 to April 2001 on the WB Network. It was created and executive produced by Randi Mayem Singer.The show's theme song was... |
Jacqueline "Jack" Barrett | Pilot; Replaced by Amanda Peet Amanda Peet Amanda Peet is an American actress, who has appeared on film, stage, and television. After studying with Uta Hagen at Columbia University, Peet began her career in television commercials, and progressed to small roles on television, before making her film debut in 1995... |
| 2001 – 04 | All My Children All My Children All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most... |
Mia Saunders Mia Saunders Mia Saunders is a fictional character from the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children. The role of Mia was played and originated by Amelia Heinle, who started the role on July 19, 2001 and left June 15, 2004. of She left to assume the role Victoria Newman on the CBS soap opera The Young and the... |
July 19, 2001 - June 15, 2004 |
| 2005+ | Victoria Newman Abbott | March 21, 2005+ | |
| 2009 | CSI: Miami CSI: Miami CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.... |
Elizabeth Corbett | Episode 7.21: "Chip/Tuck CSI: Miami (season 7) The seventh season of CSI: Miami premiered on CBS on September 22, 2008 and ended May 18, 2009. Megalyn Echikunwoke joined the cast, but left after 22 episodes. Khandi Alexander and Sofia Milos made guest appearances throughout the season.... " |
| Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts... |
Brook Dennis | Episode 4.20: "Stage Fright Ghost Whisperer (season 5) The fifth season of Ghost Whisperer, an American television series created by John Gray, commenced airing in the United States on September 25, 2009, concluded May 21, 2010, and consisted of 22 episodes. The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with... " |
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