Amy Lynn Davidson is an American actress best known for her role as Kerry Michelle Hennessy in the ABC

American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

 sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter

8 Simple Rules

8 Simple Rules is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from September 17, 2002, to April 15, 2005, with 76 episodes produced over three seasons. It is based on the self-improvement book of the same name. The show starred John Ritter until his death on September 11, 2003...

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Early life and education

Born in Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

, Davidson was raised in an academic environment. Her father was a principal at El Mirage Elementary School, and her mother was an English teacher at Desert Foothills Junior High School. Her 8 Simple Rules sister Kaley Cuoco

Kaley Cuoco

Kaley Christine Cuoco is an American film and television actress. She first came to attention for her role as Bridget Hennessy on the Emmy Award-winning sitcom 8 Simple Rules. She later starred as Billie Jenkins on the final season of the supernatural drama series Charmed...

 is in reality her step-cousin and they share the same agent, Terry Louisse Machlaclan. While Amy attended Shadow Mountain High School

Shadow Mountain High School

Shadow Mountain High School is a public high school located in the north valley of Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The school is part of the Paradise Valley Unified School District. The school's athletic teams are known as the Matadors. Shadow Mountain's school colors are navy blue and gold. 1,749...

, she began appearing in advertisements. Her acting coach Jean Fowler encouraged her to move to Hollywood.

Career

After appearing in TV movie The Truth About Jane

The Truth About Jane

The Truth About Jane is a Lifetime Original Movie, directed by Lee Rose, that first aired on TV on August 7, 2000 and stars Stockard Channing, Ellen Muth, Kelly Rowan and RuPaul...

 and an episode of the drama series Judging Amy

Judging Amy

Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly...

, she was cast in the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Fuller Olsen are American actresses and entrepreneurs.Both have appeared in television and films since infancy. Since then, they have continued their celebrity through numerous television programs, films, interviews, as well as commercial endorsements...

 series So Little Time

So Little Time

So Little Time is an American sitcom starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen that aired on Fox Family. The first half of the series aired from June 2, 2001 to August 15, 2001. The series then went on a four-month hiatus, due to network management changes...

. She guest-starred on the sitcom Malcolm In The Middle

Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes...

 and in the Hallmark Channel

Hallmark Channel

The Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts across the United States. Their programming includes a mix of television movies/miniseries, syndicated series, and lifestyle shows that are appropriate for the whole family...

 film Annie's Point

Annie's Point

Annie's Point is a 2005 made-for-television movie starring Betty White, Richard Thomas and Amy Davidson.Annie Eason , a recent widow, is living on her own before her son Richard decides that she shouldn't be and wants her to move to a retirement village where she will be taken care of...

 opposite Betty White

Betty White

Betty White Ludden , better known as Betty White, is an American actress, comedienne, singer, author, and former game show personality. With a career spanning seven decades since 1939, she is best known to modern audiences for her television roles as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and...

 and Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas (actor)

Richard Earl Thomas is an American actor, best known for his role as budding author John-Boy Walton in the CBS drama The Waltons.- Early life :Thomas was born Richard Earl Thomas in New York,...

. Other roles include the film Goyband

Goyband

Goyband is a 2008 American comedy film from directed by Christopher Grimm, starring Adam Pascal. Called a "gefilte fish out of water tale", this independent film is described as Dirty Dancing meets My Big Fat Greek Wedding with a touch of a hip hop Fiddler on the Roof...

, in which she stars as a young Orthodox Jewish girl who falls for an ex-boyband pop star (Adam Pascal

Adam Pascal

Adam Pascal is an American actor and singer known for his performance as Roger Davis in the original cast of Jonathan Larson's musical Rent on Broadway 1996, the 2005 movie version of the musical, and the Broadway Tour of Rent in 2009...

) who performs at her family's hotel

Borscht Belt

Borscht Belt, or Jewish Alps, is a colloquial term for the mostly defunct summer resorts of the Catskill Mountains in parts of Sullivan, Orange and Ulster counties in upstate New York that were a popular vacation spot for New York City Jews from the 1920s through the 1960s.-Name:The name comes from...

 in the Catskills. Goybands cast includes Natasha Lyonne

Natasha Lyonne

-Early life:Lyonne was born Natasha Braunstein in Manhattan, New York City, the daughter of Yvette Lyonne, a product licensing consultant, and Aaron Braunstein, a native of Brooklyn who worked as a boxing promoter. Lyonne grew up in an Orthodox Jewish household...

, Tovah Feldshuh

Tovah Feldshuh

Tovah Feldshuh is an American actress, singer and playwright.-Early life:Terri Sue Feldshuh was born to a Jewish family in New York City, the daughter of Lillian and Sidney Feldshuh, who was a lawyer. She was raised in Scarsdale, New York, an affluent community in Westchester County and graduated...

, Dean Edwards

Dean Edwards

Dean Edwards is an American stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer, voice artist, comedian, and musician whose trademark is a voice similar to Eddie Murphy....

, Tibor Feldman

Tibor Feldman

Tibor Feldman is an American actor, having played roles in movies, television shows, television commercials, and stage plays...

, and Cris Judd

Cris Judd

Cristan Leenon "Cris" Judd is an American actor and choreographer known for his brief marriage to Jennifer Lopez. He hails from Abilene, Texas.-Early years:...

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Personal life

Davidson married Kacy Lockwood in 2010. The website SitcomsOnline.com started an online campaign to get Davidson to guest star or recur on the new ABC comedy Suburgatory

Suburgatory

Suburgatory is an American television series created by Emily Kapnek. The series premiered on September 28, 2011, airing on Wednesday nights at 8:30/7:30 Central following The Middle...

, and Davidson has loved the idea and would love to appear on the new sitcom.

Television

Year	Series	Role	Notes
2001	Judging Amy Judging Amy Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly...	Lindsey Sandowski	Episode: "Look Closer"
2001–2002	So Little Time So Little Time So Little Time is an American sitcom starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen that aired on Fox Family. The first half of the series aired from June 2, 2001 to August 15, 2001. The series then went on a four-month hiatus, due to network management changes...	Cammie Morton	Re-curring cast member, 6 episodes
2002–2005	8 Simple Rules 8 Simple Rules 8 Simple Rules is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from September 17, 2002, to April 15, 2005, with 76 episodes produced over three seasons. It is based on the self-improvement book of the same name. The show starred John Ritter until his death on September 11, 2003...	Kerry Hennessy	Main cast member, 76 episodes
2004	Family Face-Off: Hollywood	Herself, Co-Host	Main cast member, 5 episodes
	Punk'd Punk'd Punk'd is an American hidden camera/practical joke reality television series that first aired on MTV in 2003 and was created by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, produced and hosted by Ashton Kutcher. It bore a resemblance to both the classic hidden camera show Candid Camera and to TV's Bloopers...	Herself, Prank Victim	Episode: "Kaley Cuoco/The Rock/Julia Stiles"
2004–2005	Pet Star Pet Star Pet Star was a show on Animal Planet hosted by Mario Lopez.The show is a contest between owners and their trained pets who perform tricks. The tricks are graded by three celebrity judges on a scale of one to 10....	Herself, Judge	Re-curring cast member, 2 episodes
2005	Brandy & Mr. Whiskers	Tiffany Turlington	Episode: "One of a Kind"
2006	Strong Medicine Strong Medicine Strong Medicine is a medical drama with a focus on feminist politics, health issues and class conflict. The television series aired on the Lifetime network from 2000 to 2006. It is distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The series was created and produced in part by comedienne and...	Jamie	Episode: "Baby Boom!"
	Malcolm in the Middle Malcolm in the Middle Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes...	Paula	Episode: "Lois Strikes Back"
	Little Talent Show Little Talent Show Little Talent Show was an MTV program that aired weekdays in the fall 2006 season.Each episode, 7 contestants who felt they were a triple threat when it comes to singing, acting and dancing, competed against each other until 2 were chosen to go head to head in the "Triple Threat" round...	Herself, Judge	Re-curring cast member, 3 episodes
2007	CSI: NY CSI: NY CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...	Carolyn	Episode: "Past Imperfect"
2008	The Capture Of The Green River Killer The Capture of the Green River Killer The Capture of the Green River Killer is a 2008 2-part TV movie that first aired on Lifetime Television and tells the story of the Green River killer serial murders between 1982 and 1998....	Helen Ramus	Mini-series, main cast member
2009	Criminal Minds Criminal Minds Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...	Zoe	Episode: "Zoe's Reprise"
	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...	Dana Mayhew	Episode: "Head Over Heels"
2011	CSI CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...	Leslie Gitig	Episode: "Tell-Tale Hearts"

Film

Year	Series	Role	Notes
1995	Teenage Tupelo	Ticket Girl	Uncredited
2000	The Truth About Jane	Elizabeth	TV movie
2005	Annie's Point Annie's Point Annie's Point is a 2005 made-for-television movie starring Betty White, Richard Thomas and Amy Davidson.Annie Eason , a recent widow, is living on her own before her son Richard decides that she shouldn't be and wants her to move to a retirement village where she will be taken care of...	Ella Eason	TV movie
2007	Netherbeast Incorporated Netherbeast Incorporated Netherbeast Incorporated is an independent film directed by Dean Ronalds and written by Bruce Dellis. It is an undead office comedy concerning a telephone company in Arizona staffed entirely by flesh-eating, vampire-like employees who refer to themselves as "Netherfolk." Historical figures such as...	Pearl Stricklett
2008	Goyband Goyband Goyband is a 2008 American comedy film from directed by Christopher Grimm, starring Adam Pascal. Called a "gefilte fish out of water tale", this independent film is described as Dirty Dancing meets My Big Fat Greek Wedding with a touch of a hip hop Fiddler on the Roof...	Rebekka
2010	Firebreather Firebreather (film) Firebreather is a 2010 CGI animated made-for-TV film, based on the Image Comics comic book series of the same name, which premiered on November 24, 2010 on Cartoon Network...	Jenna Shwartzendruber	TV movie

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