Mädchen Amick
{{Short description|American actress (born 1970)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mädchen Amick
| image = File:Luke Kirby with presenter Mädchen Amick 2016 SAMHSA VOICE AWARDS (29150419741) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Amick at the 2016 SAMHSA Voice Awards
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1970|12|12}}
| birth_place = Sparks, Nevada, U.S.
| death_date =
| other names =
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|director|writer}}
| yearsactive = 1988–present
| spouse = {{marriage|David Alexis|1995}}
| children = 2
}}
Mädchen Amick ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|eɪ|tʃ|ən|_|ˈ|eɪ|m|ɪ|k|}} {{respell|MAY|chən|_|AY|mik}}; born December 12, 1970) is an American actress and television director. She is known for her starring role as Shelly Johnson on the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991), its prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) and its revival television series Twin Peaks: The Return (2017). She appeared in the pilot episode of Baywatch (1989). She was a series regular on Central Park West (1995–1996), Freddie (2005–2006), and Witches of East End (2013–2014) and as Wendall Meade in ER (2004). In film, she had starring roles in Sleepwalkers (1992) and Dream Lover (1993). She also portrayed Alice Cooper on The CW's drama television series Riverdale (2017–2023).
Early life
Mädchen Elaina Amick was born in Sparks, Nevada,{{cite web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/info/madchen-amick-info.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108023238/http://www.buddytv.com/info/madchen-amick-info.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 8, 2010 |title=Madchen Amick Biography |publisher=Buddytv.com |access-date=October 16, 2013}} a city that borders Reno, the daughter of Judy (née Ross), a medical office manager, and Bill Amick, a musician.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/20/Madchen-Amick.html |title=Mädchen Amick Biography (1970-) |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=April 28, 2020}} Amick's parents are of partial German descent;{{YouTube|d-O38-nmNao|Into the Night with Rick Dees}}{{dead link|date=April 2020}} the name Mädchen (German for girl) was chosen by her parents because they wanted an unusual name.[http://www.wchstv.com/abc/freddie/madchenamick.shtml Mädchen Amick is Allison on Freddie] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110010948/http://www.wchstv.com/abc/freddie/madchenamick.shtml |date=November 10, 2006 }} She is also of Norwegian, Swedish, English and Irish descent.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.whosay.com/madchenamick/bio |title=#CelebsUnfiltered, Social Celebrities, Entertainment News, Photos, Videos, and Exclusives |publisher=WhoSay |access-date=September 22, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705013446/http://www.whosay.com/madchenamick/bio |archive-date=July 5, 2016 }} As a young girl, Amick was encouraged by her parents to follow her creative instincts. She learned to play the piano, bass, violin and guitar and took lessons in tap, ballet, jazz and modern dance. In 1987, at the age of 16, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting.{{Citation needed |date=May 2024}}
Career
After moving to Los Angeles, Amick began her career with guest roles on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989) and Baywatch (1989). Amick got her first break when director David Lynch chose her to play waitress Shelly Johnson on the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991). Amick's character endured physical abuse at the hands of her criminal husband, Leo, and was one of the most popular characters. Amick went on to work twice more with Lynch—reprising her role as Shelly in the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) and in seven episodes of the 2017 Twin Peaks revival series.{{cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/10/mdchen-amick-on-riverdale-and-twin-peaks-the-return.html |title=Mädchen Amick on 'Riverdale' and 'Twin Peaks: The Return' |last=Ivie |first=Devon |date=October 31, 2017 |website=Vulture |access-date=October 31, 2017}}
In 1990, Amick was cast as Mandy in Don't Tell Her It's Me and portrayed Amy in Tobe Hooper's horror film I'm Dangerous Tonight.{{cite news |last=Voorhees |first=John |date=August 8, 1990 |title='I'm Dangerous Tonight' Is Fine Lightheaded Entertainment |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19900808&slug=1086856 |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=October 16, 2013}} In 1991, Amick was cast in The Borrower. In 1992, Amick portrayed the heroine Tanya Robertson in the Stephen King horror film Sleepwalkers.{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Holden |date=April 11, 1992 |title=Review/Film; Fiends With Nasty Feeding Habits |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/11/movies/review-film-fiends-with-nasty-feeding-habits.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=September 22, 2016}} The following year, she starred in the thriller film Love, Cheat & Steal (1993).
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In 1993, Amick was cast as Lena Mathers in the feature film Dream Lover, a thriller in which she co-starred with James Spader.{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |date=May 6, 1994 |title=Review/Film; Love Is Blind, The Least Of Its Problems |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/06/movies/review-film-love-is-blind-the-least-of-its-problems.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=September 22, 2016}} In 1995, she and Spader were reunited in the TV movie The Courtyard. That same year, Amick appeared in the romantic comedy French Exit. In 1996, Amick was cast in the science fiction thriller Bombshell. Amick's return to network television came in the fall of 1995 with the much-publicized CBS primetime soap opera Central Park West. In 1997, she appeared in the film Wounded.{{Cite web|title=Wounded|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/482185/wounded|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Turner Classic Movies|language=en}} In 1998, Amick costarred for one season in the reboot of Fantasy Island on ABC alongside Malcolm McDowell.{{cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/madchen-amick/ |title=Mädchen Amick | Movies and Biography |publisher=Yahoo Movies |access-date=October 16, 2013}}
After a decade of roles that failed to ignite the publicity Twin Peaks had, Amick gradually became a noticeable face in television with recurring roles on Gilmore Girls, ER, Jake in Progress, and Joey. In 2006, Amick was a regular in the sitcom Freddie, which was subsequently canceled.{{cite news |title=Madchen Amick joins 'Freddie' cast |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2005/08/08/Madchen-Amick-joins-Freddie-cast/65831123532202/?ur3=1 |work=United Press International |date=August 8, 2005 |access-date=October 16, 2013}}
Amick guest-starred in a number of episodes of the serial thriller Kidnapped on NBC, playing a strange and deadly assassin. She also had a recurring role in the second season of Dawson's Creek as the lead character's substitute film studies teacher. In 2007, she had a lead role in the short-lived CBS musical series Viva Laughlin.{{cite news |last=Stanley |first=Alessandra |author-link=Alessandra Stanley |date=October 18, 2007 |title=Singing in the Casino? That's a Gamble |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/arts/television/18stan.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=October 16, 2013}}
Amick had a recurring role in season 2 of Gossip Girl as Nate Archibald's "cougar" love interest,{{cite web |last=Busis |first=Hillary |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2008/06/18/gossip-girl/ |title=Madchen Amick joins 'Gossip Girl' |publisher=EW.com |location=Inside TV |date=June 18, 2008 |access-date=October 16, 2013 |archive-date=October 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017094227/http://insidetv.ew.com/2008/06/18/gossip-girl/ |url-status=dead }} and she also appears in the second season of the Showtime series Californication. In 2008, Amick starred as Christian Slater's wife on the NBC series My Own Worst Enemy.{{cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=August 14, 2008 |title=Madchen Amick cast in 'Enemy' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/madchen-amick-cast-enemy-117516 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=October 16, 2013}} In 2010, Amick played Danielle Marchetti on the FX series Damages.{{cite news |last=Warner |first=Rick |date=March 8, 2010 |title=Lawyer hunts for Madoff money in 'Damages' |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2010/03/09/Lawyer-hunts-for-Madoff-money-in-Damages/stories/201003090266 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |access-date=September 22, 2016}}
In 2011, she appeared in the post-apocalyptic film Priest.{{cite web |author=Courtney O. |url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/madchen-amick-set-for-priest |title=Madchen Amick Set for Priest |publisher=Movieweb.com |date=September 18, 2009 |access-date=October 16, 2013 |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019144621/http://www.movieweb.com/news/madchen-amick-set-for-priest |url-status=dead }} In 2013, Amick began starring in the Lifetime supernatural drama Witches of East End opposite Julia Ormond, Rachel Boston and Jenna Dewan.{{cite web |first=Lesley |last=Goldberg |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/madchen-amick-glenne-headly-lifetime-witches-east-end-377351 |title=Madchen Amick, Glenne Headly Join Lifetime's 'Witches of East End' |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 9, 2012 |access-date=October 16, 2013}}{{cite web|last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2013/01/lifetimes-witches-on-east-end-picked-up-to-series-418455/ |title=Lifetime's 'Witches Of East End' Picked Up To Series |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=January 31, 2013 |access-date=September 22, 2016}} Amick's character Wendy Beauchamp was originally a guest star, but she became a permanent character after shooting the pilot episode.{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/madchen-amick-witches-of-east-end-interview/ |first1=Christina|last1=Radish|title=Mädchen Amick Talks Witches of East End, How Much Fun it is to Play the Troublemaker, and More |date=October 13, 2013 |publisher=Collider |access-date=October 16, 2013}} On August 6, 2015, Amick joined the cast of American Horror Story: Hotel as a mother whose son is ailing.{{cite web|last=Roots |first=Kimberly |url=http://tvline.com/2015/08/06/american-horror-story-madchen-amick-cast-hotel/ |title='American Horror Story' — Madchen Amick Cast in 'Hotel' |publisher=TVLine |date=August 6, 2015 |access-date=September 22, 2016}} Since 2017, Amick has starred as Alice Cooper, Betty Cooper's mother, on the CW television series Riverdale.{{cite web |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a9209354/madchen-amick-riverdale-interview/ |title=Riverdale Star Mädchen Amick on Playing Alice Cooper - Betty's Mom on Riverdale Q&A |last=Thompson |first=Eliza |date=March 30, 2017 |website=Cosmopolitan |access-date=March 30, 2017}}
Personal life
Amick married her boyfriend of 8 years David Alexis on December 16, 1995.{{Cite web|title=Mädchen Amick on Instagram: "33 years ago those eyes stopped me dead in my tracks, made my knees buckle, then stole my heart. 25 years ago (with our 2 babies by our…"|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CI4SzRNHx56/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/madchenamick/2465803483989614202_2465803482001386096 |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Instagram|language=en}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web|title=Mina Tobias on Instagram: "Happy 25th anniversary to these two beautiful humans! I've never known anything but bottomless, selfless, unconditional love from my…"|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CI4WWejjvqA/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CI4WWejjvqA |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Instagram|language=en}}{{cbignore}} Together they have two children: son Sylvester Time Amick-Alexis and daughter Mina Tobias Amick-Alexis (known professionally as Mina Tobias).{{Cite web|title=Meet Mina Tobias|url=http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-mina-tobias-mina-tobias-los-angeles/|access-date=2021-10-01|website=VoyageLA|date=December 11, 2018 |language=en}} Tobias, a musician, released her single "Freedom" in 2018, the music video for which pays homage to Twin Peaks.{{Cite news|url=http://welcometotwinpeaks.com/music/mina-tobias-twin-peaks-inspired-video-freedom|title=Twin Peaks Revisited By Mädchen Amick's Daughter Mina Tobias in "Freedom" Music Video|last=Dom|first=Pieter|date=May 18, 2015|work=Welcome to Twin Peaks|access-date=April 28, 2020|language=en-US}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1990
|Mandy | |
| 1991
|{{sortname|The|Borrower}} |Megan | |
| 1992
|Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me |Shelly Johnson | |
| 1992
| |
| 1993
|Lena Mathers |Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Actress |
| 1993
|Lauren Harrington | |
| 1994
|Sarah Collins | |
| 1995
|Zina | |
| 1997
| Wounded | Julie Clayton | |
| 1997
| Angeline | |
| 1998
|Twist of Fate |Rachel Dwyer | |
| 1999
|Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story |Jackie McCoy | |
| 2000
|{{sortname|The|List|nolink=1}} |Gabrielle Mitchell | |
| 2001
|Italian Ties |Jamie | |
| 2001
|Carmen | |
| 2002
|Global Effect |Dr. Sera Levitt | |
| 2005
|Four Corners of Suburbia |Rachel Samson | |
| 2005
|Lies and deception |Jean Brooks | |
| 2007
|A Slice of Lynch |Herself |Documentary |
| 2011
|Shannon Pace | |
| 2017
|Grannie |Daddy Warbucks's Assistant |Short film |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1989
|Star Trek: The Next Generation |Young Anya |Episode: "The Dauphin" |
| 1989
|Laurie Harris |Episode: "Panic at Malibu Pier" |
| 1990
|{{sortname|The|Great American Sex Scandal|nolink=1}} |Miss Doddsworth |Television film |
| 1990
|Amy |Television film |
| 1990–1991
|26 episodes |
| 1991
|For the Very First Time |Rhonda |Television film |
| 1995
|{{sortname|The|Courtyard}} |Lauren |Television film |
| 1995
|Mrs. Cordell |Episode: "Love and Blood" |
| 1995–1996
|Carrie Fairchild |21 episodes |
| 1997
|Ann "Annie" O'Keefe |Television film |
| 1998
|{{sortname|The|Hunted|nolink=1}} |Samantha Clark |Television film |
| 1998–1999
|13 episodes |
| 1999
|Nicole Kennedy |3 episodes |
| 1999
|Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story |Jackie McCoy |Television film |
| 2001
|Hangman |Grace Mitchell |Television film |
| 2002
|{{sortname|The|Rats|The Rats (2002 film)}} |Susan Costello |Television film |
| 2002–2003
|3 episodes |
| 2003
|Lisa Salinger |Episode: "The House Next Door" |
| 2003
|Crystal Stevenson |Episode: "Black Sheep" |
| 2003
|Ed |Celeste "CeCe" Royce |Episode: "Home for Christmas" |
| 2004–2005
|ER |Wendall Meade |10 episodes |
| 2005
|Lies and Deception |Jean Brooks |Television film |
| 2005
|Kylie |2 episodes |
| 2005
|Joey |Sara |5 episodes |
| 2005–2006
|Allison |22 episodes |
| 2006
|Alissa Goodwyn |Episode: "Home Sweet" |
| 2006–2007
|Yvonne Guttman |3 episodes |
| 2007
|Natalie Holden | 8 episodes |
| 2008
|Gina Romero |Episode: "One Hit Wonder" |
| 2008
|4 episodes |
| 2008
|Janie Jones |5 episodes |
| 2008
|9 episodes |
| 2009
|{{sortname|The|Law|nolink=1}} |Liz |Pilot |
| 2010
|Brushy |Pilot |
| 2010
|5 episodes |
| 2010
|Aubrey Hunter |3 episodes |
| 2010
|Unanswered Prayers |Ava Andersson |Television film |
| 2011
|Selena Thomas |Episode: "Veiled Threats" |
| 2011
|Metro |Mary McCarthy |Pilot |
| 2012
|Jacqueline Medeiros |Episode: "Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger" |
| 2012
|Lois Whitworth |Episode: "Basic Instinct" |
| 2012
|Greer Sheridan |2 episodes |
| 2012
|Associate Director Susan Campbell |2 episodes |
| 2012
|Andrea Rhodes |Episode: "Mystery Date" |
| 2012
|Gina Blunt |2 episodes |
| 2012
|Mindy Meyers |Episode: "Lost Boys" |
| 2013–2014
|Deena |3 episodes |
| 2013–2014
|23 episodes |
| 2015
|Mrs. Ellison |3 episodes |
| 2016
|Joan Solodar |Episode: "May Old Acquaintance Be Forgot" |
| 2016–2017
|Love |Mom |3 episodes |
| 2017–2023
| Alice Susanna Smith | Main role |
| 2017
| Shelly Briggs | 7 episodes |
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Artist ! class="unsortable" | Roles |
| rowspan=2|1988
| "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" | Cameo; baby |
| "Temptation"
| |
| rowspan=2|2016
| "Freedom" | rowspan=2|Mina Tobias | rowspan="4" | Director |
| "Kings & Queens" |
| 2017
| "Spoken" | Sly Alexis |
| 2018
| "Another One" {{small|(feat. Gabi DeMartino & Kai Lucas)}} | rowspan=2|Mina Tobias |
| 2019
| "Shoes" | Cameo; herself |
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|0000749}}
- [https://www.themadchenamick.com/ Official website]
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