Amy Aquino
| Amy Aquino | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 20, 1957 Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University (B.S., Biology) Yale University (M.F.A.) |
| Occupation | Television, film, stage actress |
| Spouse(s) | Drew McCoy (1995–present) |
Amy Aquino (born March 20, 1957) is an American television, film, and stage actress. A graduate of Harvard and Yale University, Aquino has appeared in television series such as Brooklyn Bridge, ER and Being Human. She was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role in Picket Fences. She was co-Secretary/Treasurer of the SAG-AFTRA until August 2015. Aquino currently stars in Amazon Studios's Bosch as Lt. Grace Billets.
Aquino was born in Teaneck, New Jersey, to Adele Frances (née Mesiti) and Salvatore Aquino. She first acted in junior high school productions. She went on to Harvard University, studying pre-med with biology as a major. In her final year, she realised that she was spending more time acting than studying and so left to travel to New York to take acting classes while working at a law firm. She stayed there for three years without landing any acting jobs, before traveling to Minneapolis on a recommendation where she gained her first roles. She enrolled at Yale University School of Drama in 1986 after two years of rejections.
After three years at Yale, she spent the following five years based in New York. Whilst there she appeared with Kevin Spacey at Playwrights Horizons and joined the Circle Repertory Company. She appeared in Wendy Wasserstein's The Heidi Chronicles, which won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1989. During the same year she appeared in both Moonstruck (as Loretta's hairdresser) and Working Girl where she played Melanie Griffith's secretary at the end of the film, her first film roles.
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