Amy Stoch
{{short description|American actress}}
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| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
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| nationality = American
| other_names = Amy Stock
Amy Stock-Poynton
| occupation = Actress
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| alma_mater = Ashland University[https://screenrant.com/missy-bill-ted-movies-actress-where-now/ Where Missy From The Bill & Ted Movies Is Now]
California State University, Northridge
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
| spouse = {{marriage|Robert Poynton|1987|2004|reason=divorced}}
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| years_active= 1986–present
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Amy Stoch is an American actress and academic, also known as Amy Stock-Poynton.
Life and career
Stoch was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and wanted to be an actress from a young age. She had her break when she reached the semifinals in the spokesmodel category on the television show Star Search, and one of the show's judges, Sue Cameron, offered to represent her.Merli, Melissa. [http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2013-02-10/studio-visit-amy-stoch.html "Studio Visit: Amy Stoch"], The News-Gazette, February 10, 2013.
In 1986, she played Britta Englund, a former KGB agent who was involved in a love triangle with Patch Johnson and Bo Brady, on Days of Our Lives. There, she met actor Robert Poynton, who played John Black. They married in 1987 and had a son, Robert Andrew Poynton V {{Cite web|url=https://www.news-gazette.com/news/actress-takes-aim-at-doctorate/article_7c162830-646e-568b-b604-eee41d345c71.html|title=Actress takes aim at doctorate}} but divorced in 2004.{{cite book|last=Russell|first=Maureen|title=Days of Our Lives: A Complete History of the Long-Running Soap Opera|year=1995|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0786486511}}
In 1987, she played a recurring role in a major story arc on Dallas as Lisa Alden, the biological aunt of Christopher Ewing.{{cite book|last=Lee|first=Bruce Morris|title=Primetime network serials: episode guides, casts, and credits for 37 continuing television dramas, 1964 through 1991|date=1996|publisher=McFarland & Co.|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=0786401648}} She played Missy, the sexy stepmother of Bill and later Ted, in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure,{{cite web|title=Amy Stock-Poynton|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/amy_stockpoynton/|website=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=27 August 2015}} and its sequels Bill & Ted's Bogus JourneyMaslin, Janet. [https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0CE5DF163FF93AA25754C0A967958260 Movie Review: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)], The New York Times, July 19, 1991. and Bill & Ted Face the Music.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/bill-and-ted-sequel-new-returning-cast-members-1203254965/|title='Bill & Ted' Sequel Adds New and Returning Cast Members (EXCLUSIVE)|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=2019-06-27|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}} Stoch also appeared in four television movies of the Gunsmoke series, as Marshal Matt Dillon's daughter Beth,{{cite book|editor-last=Yoggy|editor-first=Gary A.|title=Back in the saddle: essays on Western film and television actors|year=1998|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, NC|isbn=078640566X}} and made guest appearances on Matlock, The Fall Guy, Hardcastle and McCormick, Dynasty, Knots Landing, and High Incident, among others. She also played Fawn Hall in the miniseries, Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North.
=Academia=
Stoch holds a bachelor of arts in theatre from Ashland University, and a master's from California State University, Northridge.[http://www.faa.parkland.edu/theatre/faculty-astoch.html Faculty/Staff: Amy E. Stoch, PhD] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225234120/http://www.faa.parkland.edu/theatre/faculty-astoch.html |date=February 25, 2014 }}, Parkland.edu; accessed August 26, 2015.
In 2012, she completed a PhD in theatre History, theory, and criticism from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.Wood, Paul. [http://www.news-gazette.com/arts-entertainment/local/2008-04-28/actress-takes-aim-doctorate.html Actress takes aim at doctorate], The News-Gazette, April 28, 2008.
Filmography
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Category:Actresses from Cleveland
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:Ashland University alumni
Category:California State University, Northridge alumni