Amy Ecker is a famous actress of American descent who has built her career on roles in various television shows. Among her most famous works are such series as “Angel”, “Supernatural”, “Dollhouse” and “Spy”. Amy is currently playing in a joint project from Marvel and DC called Gifted.
Biography and career start
The homeland of Amy Ecker is the city of Dallas in Texas. In her youth, the girl studied at a local high school Lake Highlands. Ecker received further education at the Southern Methodist University, a private research university, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in fine arts and theater. At the same time, Amy managed to try herself in the role of model, having starred for the J.Crew. Clothing catalog, and to take part in the play “Teresa Raken”, for the game in which she was subsequently nominated for the Leon Rabin Award.
The main debut for the actress was her appearance in the television series "Angel". Ecker played the role of Winifred “Fred” Berkele, joining the main plot in the third season and holding on to the very end. The actress was later awarded the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Role on TV.
A photo of Amy Ecker in the image of Fred Berkele can be seen below.
Later roles
In 2005, Ecker joined the cast of the TV series “Spies”, where she got the role of the negative heroine Keli Payton. From the status of a guest star, the girl soon moved to the main cast and even took part in the filming of several final episodes of the series.
In the same year, Amy Ecker took up the voice acting of one of the characters in the animated series Justice League. In addition, she continued to appear in various television series, among which the projects: “How I Met Your Mother”, “Dollhouse” and “Supernatural” were especially notable.
In 2010, the actress began shooting the series "Happy City", where she was assigned the role of one of the main characters. In 2011, the horror picture “Cabin in the Forest” was released. In the film, Amy Ecker played Wendy Lin - one of the employees of the underground laboratory.
Present
Ecker continues his career to this day. In 2013, she took part in the popular TV series Agents S.H.I.T., where she played the role of former lover of special agent Colson. After that, the actress appeared in several more projects and feature films.
One of the last projects to date, in which Ecker starred, was the television series Gifted, which started in 2017. In it, the girl appeared in the role of the main character of the first season, Caitlin Straker. In the story, she is the mother of two teenage mutants that the US government is beginning to hunt. Together with her husband, Reed Strucker, Caitlin joins an underground organization fighting for the rights of people with superpowers and begins the struggle for survival.
The project is the result of a joint production of Marvel and the FOX channel and is in the status of “ongoing”.
Personal life
Amy Ecker has never advertised her life off-screen. It is known that at the moment she is in a happy marriage with actor James Capinelo. The wedding of lovers took place in April 2003.
Later, the actress had two children - son Jackson in 2005 and daughter Ava in 2006.