Amanda Walsh
Canadian actress
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::summary Canadian actress ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Amanda Walsh |
| image | Amanda Walsh in 2011.jpg |
| caption | Walsh in 2011 |
| birth_name | Amanda Walsh |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Rigaud, Quebec, Canada |
| occupation | Actress, television host |
| website | |
| years_active | 1994–present |
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| name = Amanda Walsh | image = Amanda Walsh in 2011.jpg | caption = Walsh in 2011 | birth_name = Amanda Walsh | birth_date = | birth_place = Rigaud, Quebec, Canada | occupation = Actress, television host | website = | years_active = 1994–present
Amanda Walsh is a Canadian actress, writer, and former VJ for the Canadian television station MuchMusic.
Early life
Walsh was born in Rigaud, Quebec. She went to Hudson High School, in Hudson, Quebec.
Career
Walsh began working as a professional actor at age 12. She has dabbled in sketches and stand-up comedy, with numerous TV appearances. She won a gold medal win at the 2000 Improv Games in Quebec as a member of the "8 People" troupe. She is a graduate from John Abbott College, Creative Arts program.
MuchMusic
Walsh was encouraged to apply for the position of a MuchMusic VJ by one of the channel's producers while waiting tables in Hudson, Quebec. She applied and got the job, becoming the youngest VJ in MuchMusic history at the age of nineteen. She has hosted or co-hosted many programmes including Much Top Tens, Electric Circus, MuchOnDemand, Fandemonium and others. She left MuchMusic in 2004 to pursue an acting career.
2000s work
Walsh made appearances on TV shows such as Smallville, Veronica Mars, and also had a minor role in the film Disturbia. In 2005, she starred opposite David Boreanaz in the movie These Girls, based on the play by Vivienne Laxdale. The movie was shown at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival. She had a small role in the movie "Stardom (2000)" playing an overenthusiastic VJ on a parody of the Canadian music channel MuchMusic.
After moving to Los Angeles, Walsh got a starring role in the ABC mid-season replacement Sons & Daughters, which premiered in March 2006. Sons & Daughters was a semi-improvisational sitcom. The show was canceled, with only eleven episodes created. Her portrayal of Katie in the unaired pilot for the sitcom The Big Bang Theory was not well-received. However, the character was re-written and Walsh was replaced by Kaley Cuoco (as Penny) in the second pilot.
In 2007, she had a role in the ABC movie Full of It as Vicki Sanders. In 2008, Walsh had a role in the Internet series The Remnants with Ze Frank. She can be seen in the 2009 comedy film Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. In 2010, she appeared in ABC Family's Beauty and the Briefcase playing Hilary Duff's best friend Joanne. She was cast as the lead in the pilot episode for The CW's dramedy Danni Lowinski. She made appearances in the TV shows Grimm, Two and a Half Men and NCIS. In 2014–2015, she appeared in ten episodes of the TV show Lost Girl as Elizabeth Helm/Zee. In 2017, she appeared in the second season of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency in the central role of Suzie Boreton. The show was canceled at the end of the season.
Walsh became one of the story editors for the Canadian TV comedy Schitt's Creek and wrote one of the episodes for season 1. Walsh then had a role in the 2022 film Doula. Walsh appeared in season three of the Canadian drama Pretty Hard Cases.
Filmography
Film
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| Film | Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | The Return of Tommy Tricker | Lead | ||
| 2000 | Stardom | |||
| 2005 | These Girls | Glory Lorraine | ||
| 2007 | Full of It | Vicki Sanders | ||
| Disturbia | Minnie Tyco | |||
| Sex and Death 101 | Stewardess Kathleen | |||
| 2008 | Man Maid | Chloe Flaminghawk | ||
| WarGames: The Dead Code | Annie D'Mateo | Direct-to-video | ||
| 2009 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | Denice the Bridesmaid | ||
| 2011 | The Master Cleanse | Kelly | Short film | |
| 2012 | The Guilt Trip | Lisa | Uncredited | |
| 2014 | Mercy | Charlotte | ||
| 2022 | Doula | Gracie | ||
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Television
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| Television | Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994, 1996 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Girl / Susan Henderson | 2 episodes | |
| 1997–1998 | My Hometown | Kelly-Anne | 4 episodes | |
| 2001 | Within These Walls | Arielle | TV movie | |
| 2002–2003 | Electric Circus | Host | ||
| 2004 | Smallville | Mandy the Cheerleader | Season 4, episode 4: "Devoted" | |
| 2005 | Ed's Night Party | Writer - 4 episodes | ||
| 2006 | The Big Bang Theory | Katie | Unaired pilot | |
| Veronica Mars | Meryl | Season 3, episode 7: "Of Vice and Men" | ||
| 2006–2007 | Sons & Daughters | Jenna Halbert | 11 episodes | |
| 2008 | October Road | Lucy Fisher | Season 2, episode 9: "We Lived Like Giants" | |
| 2010 | Beauty & the Briefcase | Joanne | TV movie | |
| 2011 | Single White Spenny | Megan | Episode 3: "Monkey Love" | |
| Castle | Lulu, Jack's Producer | Season 4, episode 6: "Demons" | ||
| Danni Lowinski | Danni Lowinski | Unaired American pilot for The CW | ||
| 2012 | Grimm | Natalie Havershaw | Season 1, episode 9: "Of Mouse and Man" | |
| NCIS | Ellen Roberts | Season 10, episode 3: "Phoenix" | ||
| Two and a Half Men | Dawn | Season 10, episode 5: "That's Not What They Call It in Amsterdam" | ||
| Rebounding | Taryn | TV movie | ||
| Comedy Bar | Ingrid | 2 episodes | ||
| 2013 | The Mob Doctor | Chloe | Episode 12: "Resurrection" | |
| 2014–2015 | Lost Girl | Zee / Elizabeth Helm | 9 episodes | |
| 2015 | WTF America | Erica | TV movie | |
| 2015–2016 | These People | Marilyn | TV shorts | |
| Writer - 1 episode | ||||
| Schitt's Creek | Writer - 1 episode | |||
| Story editor - 26 episodes | ||||
| 2017 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Real Estate Agent | Season 9, episode 4: "Running with the Bulls" | |
| Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Suzie Boreton | 10 episodes | ||
| 2018 | 72 Dangerous Animals: Asia | Writer - 1 episode | ||
| 2019 | Into the Dark | Gwen Rake | Season 1, episode 6: "Treehouse" | |
| 2022 | Sloppy Jones | Executive producer - 5 episodes | ||
| 2023 | Pretty Hard Cases | Ro Wells | 2 episodes | |
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References
References
- Dawson March, Catherine. (August 11, 2001). "Amanda Walsh". The Globe and Mail.
- Ehm, Erica. "Episode 10: Amanda Walsh". Reinvention of the VJ.
- MacDonald, Gayle. (May 4, 2009). "Amanda Walsh is a bridesmaid, revisited". The Globe and Mail.
- (April 24, 2009). "Ex-Much VJ Amanda Walsh dials up acting career". CTV News.
- Tong, Allan. (May 1, 2006). "These Girls". Exclaim!.
- MacDonald, Gayle. (August 3, 2005). "Toronto film fest rolls out 2005's Cancon". The Globe and Mail.
- Hill, Libby. (April 7, 2015). "Sons & Daughters was a modern family before it was cool". The AV Club.
- Preston, Hannah. (May 16, 2019). "Unaired 'Big Bang Theory' Pilot Shows Who Almost Played Kaley Cuoco's Character, And We're Happy They Picked Penny Over Katie". Newsweek.
- "Amanda Walsh". British Film Institute.
- Gannes, Liz. (October 9, 2008). "New Web Pilot Stars Justine Bateman and Ze Frank". The New York Times.
- Walters, Aly. (December 11, 2022). "Whatever Happened To Amanda Walsh, The Original Female Lead On The Big Bang Theory?". Looper.
- Andreeva, Nellie. (November 15, 2010). "Amanda Walsh Cast As Title Character In CW Pilot 'Danni Lowinski'". Deadline.
- Shehori, Steven. (29 November 2014). "'Lost Girl's' Star-Studded Final Season Heads To Showcase". Entertainment Tonight Canada.
- Nguyen, Hanh. (October 14, 2017). "'Dirk Gently': 7 Blunt Statements About Max Landis and the Lunatic World He's Created in Season 2". IndieWire.
- Haring, Bruce. (March 11, 2018). "'Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency' Will Not Have A Season 3 – Producer". Deadline.
- Nordine, Michael. (June 30, 2022). "'Doula' Review: Chris Pine-Produced Pregnancy Comedy Is a Labor of Love, Just Not a Very Funny One". Variety.
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