| Amy Walker | |
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Amy Walker, Headshot by Kathryn Parrott |
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| Born | September 1, 1982 Seattle, Washington |
| Occupation | Actress, singer, director |
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| www.amywalkeronline.com | |
Amy Frances Walker (born September 1, 1982) is an American actress, singer, and co-founder of the ConnectedFilm project.[1]
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Walker was born in Seattle, Washington.[2] Growing up, she performed in a wide variety of plays and musicals, including Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Hero in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker.
Walker studied acting and singing at the University of Wollongong in Australia. From Australia, she moved to Wellington, New Zealand, where she played Joan in the wartime love story short film Dead Letters by Paolo Rotondo.[3]
Walker wrote a screenplay for a film called Connected, with help from her script adviser, Marilee Jolin. Together with Sander Kallshian, the three co-founded the production company SoulFire Films.[4] They created ConnectedFilm.com to fund Connected by dollar donations from 1 million people around the world, listing the names of every donor in the credits of the finished film "to show that each gift is equally important".[1] Amy Walker and Mike Shafer were awarded Best Music Video for "We Are Connected" at the Raindance Short Film Festival.[5]
Amy has also gained enormous attention from her YouTube video 21 Accents, and over 90 other videos online.[6][7] To date, her videos have reached an audience of over 13 million viewers.[8] 21 Accents earned Amy appearances on both The Today Show[9][10] and on Inside Edition.[11][12] She also partnered with Nokia as an accent expert to promote their Foreign Accent Cup.[13]
Amy performed her first original one-woman show, Amy Walker: Inside Out, in November 2007 and has since created 3 other original shows, both on stage and online, where viewers were able to interact from around the globe.[14][15][16][17][18]
On September 24, 2011, Walker was a host and a featured speaker at the TEDx conference in Phoenixville, PA. Amy divided her Talk into 3 parts, with a combined topic of "Expanding Your Identity to Embody Your Potential":
Defining Your Identity Expanding Your Identity Embodying Your Potential
In 2008 Walker received an award at the International Mystery Writers Festival for "Best Actress" and "Best Supporting Actress".[20] Amy was awarded Best Actress for her role as Pam Brent in Personal Call the following year.[21] Amy Walker and Mike Shafer were awarded Best Music Video for We Are Connected at the 2009 Raindance Short Film Festival.[5]
| Year | Award | Role | Event |
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| 2008 | Best Actress | "Betty" in Remember Wenn by Rupert Holmes | Discovering New Mysteries Festival |
| 2008 | Best Supporting Actress | "Elena" in The Help by Bill Kirby | Discovering New Mysteries Festival |
| 2009 | Best Actress | "Pam Brent" in Personal Call by Agatha Christy | Discovering New Mysteries Festival |
| 2009 | Best Music Video | Director, "We Are Connected" (Music Video) | RainDance Short Film Festival |