Amy Walker

{{short description|American actress and singer}}

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Amy Walker is an American actress and singer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/274034|title=A soul on fire: A profile of actress, singer Amy Walker|work=The Digital Journal|access-date=18 June 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100607041446/http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/274034| archive-date= June 7, 2010 | url-status= live}} She is best known for voicing Lunara in the video game Heroes of the Storm and a variety of characters in Fallout 76.

Early life

Amy studied acting and singing at the University of Wollongong. She later settled in Wellington, and played the character Joan in the short film Dead Letters.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/swr/news/21604124.html|title=South Whidbey's KONG Connection: Clinton resident appears in summer blockbuster|author=Patricia Duff|publisher=The South Whidbey Record|access-date=29 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811024031/http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/swr/news/21604124.html|archive-date=2011-08-11|url-status=dead}}

Career

In Heroes of the Storm, Amy voiced Lunara and various characters in Fallout 76 (Miss Nanny, Beverly Solomon, Dorothy Orris, and Mawmaw). She created a YouTube video 21 Accents,{{Cite web|url=http://www.bwcitypaper.com/Articles-i-2008-05-01-218680.112112_Speaking_in_Tongues.html/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503092551/http://www.bwcitypaper.com/Articles-i-2008-05-01-218680.112112_Speaking_in_Tongues.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-03 |title=Speaking in Tongues |publisher=Black & White |access-date=7 June 2010 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k|title=21 Accents|via=YouTube|access-date=18 June 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100619064742/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k| archive-date= June 19, 2010 | url-status= live}} which earned her appearances on both The Today Show{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/22425001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201235806/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/22425001|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2019|title=The TODAY Show|work=NBC News|access-date=18 June 2010}}{{Cite news|url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/whidbey/archives/133863.asp|title=UPDATE: Amy Walker on NPR and TODAY!|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer | first=Sue|last=Frause|date=March 9, 2008}} and Inside Edition.{{Cite web|url=http://www.insideedition.com/videos.aspx?videoID=123|title=Inside Edition|publisher=Inside Edition|access-date=18 June 2010}}{{Cite news|url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/whidbey/archives/134371.asp|title=Amy Walker sings Danny Boy, appears on Inside Edition|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer | first=Sue|last=Frause|date=March 17, 2008}} She also partnered with Nokia as an accent expert to promote their Foreign Accent Cup.{{Cite web|url=http://conversations.nokia.com/2010/06/07/foreign-accent-cup-kicks-off/|title=Foreign Accent Cup Kicks Off|publisher=Nokia|access-date=7 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612234302/http://conversations.nokia.com/2010/06/07/foreign-accent-cup-kicks-off/|archive-date=June 12, 2010|url-status=dead}}

Miss Walker performed her first original one-woman show, Amy Walker: Inside Out, in November 2007 and has since created three other original shows onstage and online.{{Cite web|url=http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/diy_promotion_marlett_and_me_20090623/|title=DIY Promotion—Amy Walker Style|author=David Marlett|publisher=Movie Maker|access-date=21 June 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100601055002/http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/diy_promotion_marlett_and_me_20090623/|archive-date=June 1, 2010|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|title=Amy Walker performs live online |author=Patricia Duff |newspaper=The South Whidbey Record |date=November 9, 2009 |url=http://blogs.southwhidbeyrecord.com/spindthriftpages/amy-walker-returns-show/126/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918054032/http://blogs.southwhidbeyrecord.com/spindthriftpages/amy-walker-returns-show/126/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}{{Cite news|title=Amy Walker goes live again! |author=Patricia Duff |newspaper=South Whidbey Record |date=January 14, 2010 |url=http://blogs.southwhidbeyrecord.com/spindthriftpages/amy-walker-live/178/ }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhqoslblBbg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/nhqoslblBbg |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title= Live Interactive Vlog highlights 3/6/10|author=Amy Walker|publisher= YouTube.com and Vokle Media |access-date=16 May 2010}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO8h4i2p99E |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/fO8h4i2p99E |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title= The Real Amy|author=Amy Walker|publisher= YouTube.com and Vokle Media |access-date=16 May 2010}}{{cbignore}}

In 2019, Amy Walker filmed two feature films, Evan Wood and Grace and Grit, both of which were released in late 2020. She also voiced Emi Terasawa in the video game, Judgment.{{cite web |title=Judgment (2019 Video Game) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Judgment/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=18 May 2022}}

She learned how to paint in college.{{cite web |title=The Flipside With Jack White: Why He Loves Accents, But Hates His Own |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2011/03/11/134290390/the-flipside-jack-white-on-why-he-loves-accents-but-hates-his-own?ps=cprs |website=NPR.org | date=March 7, 2011 |access-date=26 August 2020 |language=en| last1=White | first1=Jack | last2=Boilen | first2=Bob }}

Discography

Awards

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2008

| Best Actress

| "Betty" in Remember Wenn by Rupert Holmes

| Discovering New Mysteries Festival

2009

| Best Actress{{Cite web|url=http://www.newmysteries.org/|title=Discovering New Mysteries Festival|access-date=2 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724181154/http://www.newmysteries.org/|archive-date=2010-07-24|url-status=dead}}

| "Pam Brent" in Personal Call by Agatha Christie

| Discovering New Mysteries Festival

2009

| Best Music Video

| Director, "We Are Connected" (Music Video)

| RainDance Short Film Festival

References

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