Amy Carlson is an American film and television actor,
known for her many distinctive roles such as Linda
Reagan in the CBS police procedural ‘Blue Bloods’, as
Alex Taylor on the NBC drama ‘Third Watch’, and Josie
Watts in the NBC daytime soap opera ‘Another World.’
Over the years her work has earned her many awards and
achievements. Her most recent film ‘The Letter’ (2020),
won her the awards of Best Actress In A Dramatic Short
and Best Director in A Dramatic Short at the Hollywood
International Women's Film Festival.
For her role as Josie Watts in ‘Another World’, Carlson
was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1998 and two
Soap Opera Digest Awards in 1995 and 1997. Amy, along
with the full ‘Peacemakers’ cast, also brought home a
Western Heritage Award for Fictional Television Drama in
2004.
Amy’s off screen humanitarian work also scored her the
very prestigious
Muhammed Ali Humanitarian Award for Gender
Equality
in 2018, as well as the
2020 Alumni Achievement Award
from her alma mater, Knox College.
