Amy Castle
{{Short description|American actress}}
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Amy Castle is an American actress and internet personality. She is known for her role as Viki Vanderheusen on Passions, and as the "Cuppycake Girl".
Career
On February 26, 1994, she sang The Cuppycake Song at 3 years old. She released an album called Balloons in 1995 to go along with the song. The original video went viral on the internet.{{cite news |last1=Coyle |first1=Jake |title=YouTube launches video stars {{!}} Viral infection |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8QtPAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA19&article_id=6483,668943 |access-date=27 December 2024 |work=Star-News |agency=The Associated Press |date=February 3, 2007 |language=en}}
After that, she began studying acting at the age of 4, and signed with her manager and first agent in Fall of 1998. On her fifth audition, she landed the role of young Ally on the hit TV series Ally McBeal.{{cite book |last1=Levine |first1=Josh |title=David E. Kelley: The Man Behind Ally McBeal |date=1999 |publisher=ECW Press |isbn=978-1-55022-372-9 |page=194 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4xj5Dsmtl2wC&pg=PA194 |language=en}} During the show's second and third seasons she appeared in eight episodes. Since then, she has appeared in many other shows, including The Norm Show, Providence, Lizzie McGuire, Oliver Beene, Malcolm in the Middle, and Summerland.
In 2002, Castle won a Young Artist Award for "Best Performance In A Comedy Series - Guest Starring Young Actress" for her work on Lizzie McGuire in the episode "Just Like Lizzie".{{cite web |title=24th Annual Young Artist Awards Nominations |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms24.htm |website=Young Artist Awards |date=4 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204172303/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms24.htm |archive-date=4 December 2016 }} In the summer of 2007, Castle booked what is currently her largest role to date, a recurring part on the daytime drama Passions. She plays Viki, the niece of Harmony resident Esme Vanderheusen.{{cite web |title=The Musical Past of Passions' Amy Castle |url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/passions/news/1640/the-musical-past-of-passions-amy-castle/ |website=Soaps.com |access-date=27 December 2024 |date=12 March 2008}}
In 2009, Castle played Tara on General Hospital.
In 2010, she played Amy Dillard in the episode "Nevada vs Senator Harper" of The Defenders.
Filmography
- 1998–2000: Ally McBeal as Young Ally (7 episodes)
- 1999: The Norm Show as Khali (1 episode)
- 2001: Providence as Lisa (1 episode)
- 2002: Lizzie McGuire as Andie Robinson (1 episode)
- 2004: Malcolm in the Middle as Hayley (1 episode)
- 2004: Oliver Beene as Bonnie (1 episode)
- 2005: Summerland as Regan (1 episode)
- 2007–08: Passions as Viki Vanderheusen (Role: August 20, 2007 — July 14, 2008)
- 2009: General Hospital as Tara (Recurring)
- 2010: The Defenders as Amy Dillard (Co-Star)
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- [https://www.cuppycake.com/ cuppycake.com]
- {{IMDb name|1188868}}
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Category:American child actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American child singers
Category:20th-century American singers
Category:21st-century American singers
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses