Portrait of Amy Aquino

Amy Aquino

Acting

Biography

Amy Aquino (born March 20, 1957) is an American television, film, and stage actress. The graduate of Harvard and Yale universities has appeared in television series such as Brooklyn Bridge, ER, and Being Human, and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role in Picket Fences. She was co-Secretary/Treasurer of the SAG-AFTRA until August 2015 and currently stars in Amazon Studios' television series Bosch as Lt. Grace Billets. Aquino was born in Teaneck, New Jersey, to Adele Frances (née Mesiti) and Salvatore Aquino. She first acted in junior high school productions. At Harvard University she was pre-med, majoring in biology. In her final year, she realised she was spending more time acting than studying and so left to travel to New York to take acting classes, while working at a law firm. She stayed there for three years without landing any acting jobs, before travelling on a recommendation to Minneapolis, where she gained her first roles. In 1986, after two years of rejections, she enrolled at Yale University School of Drama, where she studied three years.

Born: March 20, 1957

Place of Birth: Teaneck, New Jersey, USA

Filmography

2025
2024
Juror #2

as Judge Thelma Hollub

2023
The Irrational

as CJ Wright

2022
The Grotto

as Arnel Platte

2021
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

as Dr. Christina Raynor (archive footage)

2021
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

as Dr. Christina Raynor

2018
Beautiful Boy

as Annie Goldblum

2017
Sensum

as Dr. Rita Montal

2017
The Good Fight

as Stella Corben

2016
2015
The Lazarus Effect

as President Dalley

2015
Bosch

as Grace Billets

2014
In Security

as Lena's Mom

2012
The Finder

as Cristina Farrel

2011
Suits

as Judge

2011
Harry's Law

as Marylin Coulis

2011
Being Human

as Donna Gilchrist

2010
In My Sleep

as Detective Curwen

2009
Prison Break: The Final Break

as Warden Alice Simms

2009
Glee

as Funny Girl Producer

2009
Castle

as Janine Marks

2008
The Mentalist

as Judge Patricia Davis

2007
2007
Head Case

as Lorraine Finkelstein

2006
Brothers and Sisters

as Dr. Joan Avadon

2006
Shark

as Judge Grant

2006
Big Love

as Leslie Usher

2005
Ghost Whisperer

as Georgina

2005
Weeds

as School Psychologist

2005
The Closer

as Laura Mayhan

2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Marianne Grandy

2004
2004
Boston Legal

as Judge Phyllis Tamber

2004
2004
CSI: NY

as Diane Lipstone

2003
The Singing Detective

as Nurse Nozhki

2003
National Security

as Councilwoman

2002
White Oleander

as Miss Martinez

2002
Undisputed

as Darlene Early

2002
Monk

as Mrs. Bowen

2002
Monk

as Rhonda

2001
Alias

as Virginia Kerr

2001
Crossing Jordan

as Lois Carver

2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Susan Braudy

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as A.D.A. Valerie Nichols

2000
Strong Medicine

as Willa James

1999
Freaks and Geeks

as Mrs. Schweiber

1999
The West Wing

as Becky Reeseman

1999
Action

as Connie Hunt

1998
Felicity

as Dr. Toni Pavone

1997
Ally McBeal

as Dr. Harper

1997
The Practice

as Judge Louise Moreno

1996
7th Heaven

as Ms. Williams

1995
1994
1994
Madman of the People

as Sasha Danziger

1994
ER

as Janet Coburn

1994
Betrayal of Trust

as Jeannie Wilcox

1993
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor

as Sharon Hilliard

1993
A Place to Be Loved

as Debby Hunter

1992
Picket Fences

as Dr. Joanna 'Joey' Diamond

1992
Alan & Naomi

as Ruth Silverman

1991
Brooklyn Bridge

as Phyllis Berger Silver

1991
1990
Descending Angel

as Catherine

1990
Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Erica Stohlmeyer

1988
Working Girl

as Alice Baxter

1987
Moonstruck

as Bonnie

1982
The Slumber Party Massacre

as Pam (uncredited)

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The Music Store

as Julie Valli