Katie Amess

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| name = Katie Amess

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| birth_name = Katherine Louise Diana Amess

| alma_mater = Queen Mary University of London
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|7|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Basildon, Essex, England

| occupation = Actress, model

| years_active = 2006–present

| awards = Miss Essex 2008

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| children =

| father = David Amess

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Katherine Louise Diana Amess ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|eɪ|m|ɪ|s}} {{respell|AY|miss}}; 19 July 1985) is an English actress. She has appeared in many TV, film and theatre roles as well as commercials.{{cite web|title=Hollywood or bust!|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/hollywood_or_bust_1_618184?action=logout|work=EDP24|publisher=Archant Community Media Ltd|accessdate=19 June 2008|author=Ben Welch|location=London|date=19 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219031824/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/hollywood_or_bust_1_618184?action=logout|archive-date=19 December 2013|url-status=dead}}

Early life and education

Amess was born in Basildon, Essex,{{cite web|title=Profile|url=http://katieamess.com|work=Katie Amess official website|year=2012|access-date=3 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506002856/http://www.katieamess.com/|archive-date=6 May 2012|url-status=dead}} the second of five children and the eldest of four daughters of Conservative MP David Amess and his wife Julia Arnold.{{cite web|title=David Amess Official Website|url=http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=4|access-date=3 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723224934/http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=4|archive-date=23 July 2012|url-status=dead}}

She attended St Anne Line Primary School in Basildon before going to the Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School in Brentwood, Essex, and finally St Bernard's High School in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. She went on to study drama at Queen Mary University of London and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London.{{cite web|url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/9682394.MP___s_daughter_Katie_Amess_is_now_a_Hollywood_starlet|title=MP's daughter Katie Amess is now a Hollywood starlet|newspaper=Basildon Echo|date=3 May 2012|access-date=15 October 2021}}

Career

Amess competed in several British beauty pageants and won the title of Miss Essex 2008 for the Miss Earth 2008 contest.{{cite web|title=Miss Earth Official Website|url=http://www.missearthgirls.co.uk/finalists.php|work=Miss Earth|access-date=3 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106214912/http://www.missearthgirls.co.uk/finalists.php|archive-date=6 January 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Beauties vying to be crowned Queen of Green|url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/3615840.Beauties_vying_to_be_crowned_Queen_of_Green/|work=The Echo|author=Alex Ellis|location=Southend|date=24 August 2008}} In the same year she also became a finalist for the Miss England competition.{{cite web|title=MP's daughter Katie chases two crowns|url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/3616367.MP_s_daughter_Katie_chases_two_crowns|work=The Echo|date=25 August 2008 |accessdate=25 August 2008|location=Southend, England}}

She has appeared in a host of television commercials including for Nintendo, Premier Inn with Lenny Henry and News of the World, Google and EE Broadband with Kevin Bacon. She appeared as Paris Hilton in two national commercials. She has appeared on various television shows in the UK including Funny Cuts on E4 and Dream Team.{{cite web|title=MP's daughter Katie Amess is now a Hollywood starlet|url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/9682394.MP___s_daughter_Katie_Amess_is_now_a_Hollywood_starlet/?ref=nt|work=The Echo|accessdate=3 May 2012|author=George Thorpe|location=Southend|date=3 May 2012}}

In 2013, Amess signed on to play a lead in the musical parody Miserable Lesbians in New York and Edinburgh. The show was adapted from the Oscar-winning Les Misérables.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

She was cast as Lulu in William Friedkin's version of Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party at The Geffen Playhouse alongside Tim Roth, Steven Berkoff, David O'Hara, Frances Barber and Nick Ullett.{{cite web|url=http://geffenplayhouse.com/show_cast.php?show_id=185|title=Show Cast|publisher=Geffenplayhouse.com|accessdate=27 December 2016}}{{cite web|author=David Ng|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2014/feb/01/entertainment/la-et-cm-geffen-birthday-party-20140202|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303103905/http://articles.latimes.com/2014/feb/01/entertainment/la-et-cm-geffen-birthday-party-20140202|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|title=Clash upends 'Birthday Party' at the Geffen Playhouse|website=Los Angeles Times|date=1 February 2014|accessdate=27 December 2016}} She went on to play Ulcie in the closing week of Rolin Jones' These Paper Bullets at the same theatre in 2015.{{cite web|last=Loewenstein|first=Melinda|url=http://www.backstage.com/news/casting/icastit-how-beatles-influenced-casting-these-paper-bullets|title=#ICastIt How the Beatles Influenced Casting On "These Paper Bullets"|publisher=Backstage|date=17 September 2015|accessdate=27 December 2016}}

Amess played Brenda Dixon in Ray Cooney's Cash on Delivery, alongside Cooney himself in December 2015. The performance received positive reviews: "The ensemble [..] under Cooney's keen direction are all great [...] Katie Amess as Norman's innocent, confused fiancee Brenda. There is not a flaw, not a missed cue. No one stands above anyone else. Cooney as director has gleaned a perfect sense of timing from the entire cast".{{cite web|author=Don Grigware|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/BWW-Review-Hysterically-Funny-CASH-ON-DELIVERY-Rocks-the-El-Portal-20151207|title=BWW Review: Hysterically Funny CASH ON DELIVERY Rocks the El Portal|publisher=Broadwayworld.com|date=7 December 2015|accessdate=27 December 2016}} "The equally looks-blessed Meire, Arcilla, and Amess prove themselves all three expert comediennes [...] Amess's delightful but dim Brenda match[es] the male costars every step of the way".{{cite web|url=http://www.stagescenela.com/2015/12/cash-on-delivery|title=StageSceneLA|publisher=StageSceneLA|date=6 December 2015|accessdate=27 December 2016}}

In 2016, she appeared in the film Captain America: Civil War.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3498820/?ref_=nv_sr_1|title=Captain America: Civil War (2016) as Woman in Lobby #1|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=27 December 2016}} In 2017, she played Kendall Nagel in Bull on CBS and Sandy Weeks in Criminal Minds Beyond Borders Season 2 also on CBS.{{cite news|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19651291.katie-amess-know-actress-daughter-sir-david-amess-mp/|title=Who is Katie Amess? What we know about the actress daughter of Sir David Amess MP|newspaper=Northern Echo|date=15 October 2021|access-date=15 October 2021}} Katie played Heather in the comedy Fifth of July opposite Jaleel White and in 2023 appeared as Alex Butler, opposite Judd Nelson and Jeff Fahey in The Final Run. [https://www.islandpacket.com/entertainment/article271682292.html]

Personal life

Following her father's murder in 2021, it was reported that Amess had agreed to continue his work mentoring children considering politics by becoming the patron of the UK's Children's Parliament.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/grieving-daughter-sir-david-amess-26111647|title=Grieving daughter of Sir David Amess MP becomes patron of Children's Parliament|website=Daily Mirror|date=February 2022}} She also expressed her belief that the government's anti-radicalisation scheme Prevent failed her father "catastrophically".{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8xnk7m1j5o | title=David Amess: Daughter of murdered MP demands answers over his death | date=29 October 2024 }} Amess later revealed that her mother had suffered a stroke in the year following the murder.{{cite web | url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/sir-david-amess-mp-daughter-death-nhzm9ltvg | title=David Amess's daughter: How was a terrorist free to kill my MP Dad? | date=26 October 2024 }} In response to the Home Secretary rejecting an inquiry appeal into the murder of David Amess, Katie, on her mother's behalf, described it as "unacceptable" and "insulting".https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/yvette-cooper-david-amess-ali-harbi-ali-government-prime-minister-b2712109.html After a meeting with the Prime Minister, she acknowledged disappointment that the result could not be changed but held out "hope" that it would be renewed in the future.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg1nw8n2rgo | title=Government offer Amess family 'glimmer of hope' | date=12 March 2025 }}