Amy Gumenick

Amy Gumenick
Born Amy Jaclyn Gumenick
17 May 1986
Hudiksvall, Sweden
Occupation Actress
Years active 2005–present

Amy Jaclyn Gumenick (born May 17, 1986) is a Swedish-born American actress, best known for her roles as Natalee Holloway in the film of the same name (2009) and as the young Mary Winchester in Supernatural (2008–2010).

Early life

Gumenick was born in Hudiksvall, Sweden, the daughter of a Russian father and Polish mother.[1] She graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2008, earning a BFA in theatre with an emphasis in acting.[2]

Career

Gumenick's first role was in a short film entitled Sayonara Elviko, before she moved on to Army Wives. She then starred in a series of webisodes for the television show My Own Worst Enemy,[3] before being cast as the young Mary Campbell, who became Mary Winchester, on Supernatural.[4]

She then had roles on How I Met Your Mother, Grey's Anatomy, Ghost Whisperer and Bones before being cast as Natalee Holloway in the Lifetime movie Natalee Holloway.[5]

She subsequently appeared in episodes of Castle, No Ordinary Family, The Glades, The Closer, Grimm, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY and Rules of Engagement.

In 2014, she began playing the recurring character Philomena on the AMC series Turn: Washington's Spies. In August 2014, it was announced that she had been cast as Carrie Cutter / Cupid on The CW series Arrow.[6][7]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Sayonara Elviko Short film
2009 Natalee Holloway Natalee Holloway Television film
2009 Finding Nothing Kelsi Short film
2009 Quitting Girl Short film
2009 Just Add Water Amy Short film
2011 Justice for Natalee Holloway Natalee Holloway Television film
2013 America 101 Sexy Co-worker Short film
2014 Hard Crime Map Girl
2014 The One Clair Short film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Army Wives Lee Ann Episode: "Last Minute Changes"
2008 My Own Worst Enemy: Conspiracy Theory Emily Kent Webisodes
2008–2009 Greek Regan 2 episodes
2008–2010 Supernatural Young Mary Winchester 2 episodes
2009 How I Met Your Mother Amanda Episode: "Three Days of Snow"
2009 Grey's Anatomy Becca Wells Episode: "What a Difference a Day Makes"
2009 Ghost Whisperer Gwen Collier Episode: "See No Evil"
2009 Bones Paige Sayles Episode: "The Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood"
2010 Castle Danielle Episode: "The Mistress Always Spanks Twice"
2010 No Ordinary Family Olivia Schaeffer Episode: "No Ordinary Quake
2011 The Glades Gwendolyn Henley Episode: "Gibtown"
2011 The Closer Shannon Hirschbaum Episode: "To Serve with Love"
2011 Grimm Gilda Darner Episode: "Bears Will Be Bears"
2012 CSI: Miami Heidi Taylor Episode: "Friendly Fire"
2013 CSI: NY Sandra Chandler Episode: "Blood Actually"
2013 Rules of Engagement Charlotte Episode: "Cats and Dogs"
2014 Turn: Washington's Spies Philomena Recurring role
2014–2015 Arrow Carrie Cutter / Cupid Recurring role

Web

Year Title Role
2012 El Gato Blanco Girl[8]

References

  1. ↑ Interview: Amy Gumenick – The All American Girl
  2. ↑ "Actress Amy Gumenick chosen to play Mountain Brook's Natalee Holloway in made-for-TV movie". All Alabama. 7 January 2009.
  3. ↑ http://www.nbc.com/My_Own_Worst_Enemy/video/clips/dementia/729643/
  4. ↑ "'Supernatural' cast members reunite for indie film 'Evicted'". Zap2it. 10 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Actress Amy Gumenick takes on role of Natalee Holloway in Lifetime television movie". All Alabama. 19 April 2009.
  6. ↑ "Amy Gumenick Will Wield Cupid's Bow on Arrow". ComingSoon.net. 29 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "'Arrow' casts 'Supernatural' alum as lethal lovestruck fan". Entertainment Weekly. 29 August 2014.
  8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz1INW6Hk_c

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