Amy Acker
Birth Name: Amy Louise Acker
Birth Date: 5th December, 1976
Age: 32
Birth Place: Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Acker started off doing a small fashion shoot for the J. Crew clothing catalog, during her junior term of college. For her work in the play Thérèse Raquin, in 1999, she was nominated for a Leon Rabin Award, in the category, “Outstanding Performance by an Actress in A Lead Role”. In 1999, she also finished her Bachelor of Fine Arts.
She has worked on big screen in movies like: 21 and a Wake-Up (2008), Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles (2008), A Near Death Experience (2008), Mr. Dramatic (2005), The Novice (2004), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Groom Lake (2002) and The Accident (2001)
On TV she appears on shows such as: Dollhouse (2009) Drive (2007), Alias (2005 – 2006), How I Met Your Mother (2006), Justice League Unlimited (2005 – 2006), Supernatural (2005), Angel (2001 – 2004), Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (2003), Special Unit 2 (2001),To Serve and Protect (1999) and Wishbone (1995 – 1997).
Her most popular role so far, has been of Winifred “Fred” Burkle, which she portrayed in the supernatural, fantasy drama TV show Angel, and for which she won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in the year, 2003.
Winifred “Fred” Burkle is a young Texan physicist, who is saved from the world Plylea by Angel. But due to the harsh treatment meted out at her while in captivity, her social skills have become diminutive, although she slowly gets to be more candid.
Acker married fellow actor James Carpinello on 25th April, 2003 in California. Their son, Jackson James Carpinello was born on 25th Janu
