Amy Mathews

Mathews was born in Melbourne, Victoria, but has spent most of her life in Sydney. She was offered a scholarship at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, which she completed.{{cite web|url= https://www.backtothebay.net/forum/topic/10414-amy-mathews-from-waitress-to-home-away-star/ |title= Amy Mathews: from waitress to Home & Away star |publisher= www.backtothebay.net |date= 13 January 2006}} She then enrolled in and completed a full time acting course at Actors Centre Australia in Sydney,{{cite web|url= https://www.actorscentreaustralia.com.au/grads_in_focus/amy/ |title= Amy Mathews |publisher= Actors Centre Australia}} where she met fellow Home and Away actor Jon Sivewright, who plays Tony Holden, her husband on the show. Before landing her full time role on Home and Away, Mathews waited tables to pay the bills between acting jobs.

Mathews became involved with the Bell Shakespeare Company. She performed as part of the "Actors at Work" program, touring high schools in Australia and Singapore.{{cite web| url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/homeandaway/cast_amymathews.html| title=Home and Away Cast Amy Mathews| publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann| accessdate=20 September 2011}} Her passion for theatre, saw her feature in a 2003 production of Cigarettes and Chocolate and Other Hang Ups.Stephen Dunne (1 April 2003){{cite web| url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/31/1048962695960.html| title=Cigarettes and Chocolates and Other Hang Ups, See-Saw Theatre Company| work=The Sydney Morning Herald| date=April 2003| accessdate=20 September 2011}} Her other early theatre credits include Tracked, Push Up 1-3, Chicom, Orange Flower WaterJason Blake (29 March 2011){{cite web| url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/theatre/orange-flower-water-20110329-1cemk.html| title=Orange Flower Water| work=Brisbane Times| date=29 March 2011| accessdate=20 September 2011}} and Transparency.Lloyd Bradford Skye (13 September 2011){{cite web| url=http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/09/13/review-transparency-york-theatre-sydney| title=REVIEW: Transparency – York Theatre, Sydney| publisher=crikey.com.au| accessdate=20 September 2011}}Chris Hook (24 August 2011){{cite web| url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/whats-on/transparency-at-the-seymour-centre-and-riverside-theatres/story-e6frexmi-1226121400121| title=Transparency at the Seymour Centre and Riverside Theatres| work=The Daily Telegraph|location=Australia| accessdate=20 September 2011}}Suzanne MacKay (3 September 2011){{cite web| url=http://aussietheatre.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1833:transparency-seymour-centre&catid=41:general&Itemid=111| title=Transparency - Seymour Centre| publisher=aussietheatre.com| accessdate=20 September 2011}}

Mathews made her on-screen acting debut in 2001, when she had a guest appearance in the short-lived television series Head Start. Following this, she landed roles in several other television series including Always Greener, Blue Heelers, Love Bytes, All Saints and the British series Jeopardy.

Mathews then played the role of doctor and psychiatrist Rachel Armstrong on long-running soap opera Home and Away, from the first episode of the 2006 season{{cite web|last=Nicholson|first=Sarah|title=A breath of fresh air |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/tv/a-breath-of-fresh-air/story-e6freqj6-1111115768365|date=11 March 2008|work=The Courier-Mail|accessdate=22 July 2017}} until 2010 when she departed the show{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/home-and-away/news/a203266/two-more-to-leave-home-and-away/|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|title=Two more to leave 'Home and Away'|date=15 February 2010|work=Digital Spy|accessdate=22 July 2017}} to pursue new projects. The role of Rachel won Mathews the Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=662477&showcomments=true |title=2007 TV WEEK Logie Awards |publisher=ninemsn |accessdate=20 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307121548/http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=662477&showcomments=true |archivedate=7 March 2012 }}{{cite web| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv36ig5Z0-A |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/kv36ig5Z0-A |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live| title=Amy Mathews wins Most Popular Female Talent at Logies 2007| via=YouTube| date=7 May 2007| accessdate=20 September 2011}}{{cbignore}}

Following Home and Away, Mathews made guest appearances in Packed to the Rafters, Rescue: Special Ops and Crownies, the latter starring her former Home and Away co-stars Todd Lasance and Indiana Evans. In 2007, Mathews starred in the Australian film Gabriel.

In August 2023, Mathews joined the cast of the courtroom drama series, The Twelve for its second season, in the role of Sasha Price.{{cite web| last=Slatter| first=Sean| title=Frances O'Connor to join Sam Neill in second season of 'The Twelve' as new cast unveiled| url=https://if.com.au/frances-oconnor-to-join-sam-neill-in-second-season-of-the-twelve-as-new-cast-unveiled/| website=IF Magazine| date=31 August 2023| access-date=29 September 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831031221/https://if.com.au/frances-oconnor-to-join-sam-neill-in-second-season-of-the-twelve-as-new-cast-unveiled/| archive-date=31 August 2023}} Her most recently screen appearance was in a 2025 episode of NCIS: Sydney, once again opposite Todd Lasance.

Mathews' other theatre credits include Macbeth (2011–2012), The Taming of the Shrew (2011–2012), The Tempest (2012–2013), The Comedy of Errors (2012–2013) and Othello (2013) with Sport for Jove. She appeared in Richard III (2014) and The Anzac Project (2015) for the Ensemble Theatre. She also performed in Coma Land (2017), Toast (2017), Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (2018/2020) and Water (2019) for Black Swan Theatre Company winning a Blue Room Award for Toast and a Performing Arts WA Award for Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. In 2024 and 2025, she has appeared in August: Osage County, for Black Swan.

Mathews has also starred in TV commercials. She has an interest in writing and directing, runs her own blog{{cite web |title=Actress Amy Mathews Official Blog |url=http://sewamysew.com/}} and studies surface design.{{cite web|title=Actress Amy Mathews Instagram |url=http://i.instagram.com/sewamysew/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150424133722/http://i.instagram.com/sewamysew/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-04-24 }}

{{cite web|url= https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/247587 |title= Amy Mathews |publisher= AusStage}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120402163514/http://www.amymathewsnet.com/ Official site]
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• [http://www.rte.ie/tv/homeandaway/cast_amymathews.html Amy Mathews Biography] at RTÉ.ie

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