Amy Mathews

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Amy Matthews is a Logie Award winning Australian actress born on 29 March 1980 in Melbourne, Australia, although she has spent most of her life in Sydney. She has previously held guest roles in Seven Network series, such as Always Greener, All Saints and Blue Heelers.

In 2006, Mathews joined the cast of the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away as Rachel Armstrong, a psychiatrist and friend of long-term Summer Bay resident, Leah Patterson-Baker (played by Ada Nicodemou). She is contracted with the show until 2009.

Mathews studied at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.. She then enrolled in and completed a two year acting course in Surrey Hills, Sydney.

In 2007, Amy received a Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent for her role as Rachel in Home and Away.[1]

Also in 2007, Amy held an appearance in the movie Gabriel... as a nurse caring for the Arc (ArcAngel) Raphael. This is one of her few known roles in hollywood, or "bigger production" films. This is more than likely her entry into Hollywood and American film.