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  Feminist Daily News 10/19/2004: Women's Rights Leader Eleanor Smeal and TV Star Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy) Urge UWM ...
Amy Brenneman has received three Emmy Award nominations, three Golden Globe nominations and one Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in JUDGING AMY.
As the lead actor and co-executive producer of the CBS drama JUDGING AMY, Brenneman created the popular television show based on the real-life experiences of her mother, a State of Connecticut Superior Court judge.
For pre-interviews with Eleanor Smeal and Amy Brenneman, please call duVergne Gaines or Susie Gilligan at 310.556.2500.
www.feminist.org /news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=8696   (539 words)

  
  Judging Amy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Judging Amy was a television program that aired from September 19, 1999 until May 3, 2005 on CBS for 138 episodes.
Brenneman played Amy Gray, a young New York attorney who, after divorcing her husband, returned with her young daughter to her childhood home in Hartford, Connecticut.
Amy Madison Gray (Amy Brenneman) - After divorcing her husband, Amy Gray returns to her childhood home with her daughter and becomes a judge on that city's family court, trying to go on with her life.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Judging_Amy   (1442 words)

  
 Richard Burgi - "Judging Amy" Guide
Amy quickly discovers that time and distance have given her a quite different outlook on life than she had as a Harvard student, when she, Michael, and their friends formed a closely-knit group of elite law students, calling themselves the Justice League of America.
While Amy and Lauren were living in the safe and familiar environment of the Grey homestead, he was satisfied to leave Amy with primary custody; however, with their living conditions changing so drastically, Michael feels he can now provide a better home for their daughter.
Michael lays Amy's doubts to rest by telling her that their marriage ended because of his shortcomings, not because of any inadequacies on her part -- that once, long ago, he had a perfect marriage and wife, and didn't realize what he had until it was too late.
www.richardburgi.com /epdocs/AMYguide.htm   (2277 words)

  
 PopMatters | Television | Reviews | Judging Amy
Amy must figure out how to juggle a new job where she is treated like a novice by many of her colleagues, a young daughter striving to understand why mommy and daddy don't live together anymore, and a no-nonsense mother who is not always thrilled to have house guests.
We root for Amy Gray to thrive, not only because she is a good and caring woman, but also because we can relate to the internal turmoil of an unprofessional attraction for a co-worker or the grief one feels when a long-term relationship, such as a marriage, has ended.
Amy's healthy relationship with her child is evident in her attempts to foster a loving father-daughter bond between young Lauren and the man with whom she is involved in a bitter divorce.
www.popmatters.com /tv/reviews/j/judging-amy.html   (1716 words)

  
 Harvard Law Bulletin
Amy Brenneman, who plays a juvenile court judge in the TV drama Judging Amy, was seated in the courtroom, cameras rolling, when she realized her real-life parents Frederica '53 and Russell Brenneman '53 were watching.
Today Amy Brenneman is very comfortable wearing her judge's robe in the role of Amy Gray, who leaves her high-powered but unsatisfying corporate law practice in New York City and, with her daughter, returns to her native Hartford, Conn., to take a seat on the juvenile court bench.
When Brenneman graduated from HLS in the 1950s, "family law was deemed a lower class of study," and juvenile law is still "the stepchild of the judicial process." For that reason, one episode particularly resonated for her.
www.law.harvard.edu /alumni/bulletin/backissues/sum2000/article3.html   (2397 words)

  
 CNN - Moms rule in 'Judging Amy' - September 17, 1999
The concept was inspired by Amy Brenneman's real life: her mother is a superior court judge and one of the first female graduates of Harvard Law School.
When Brenneman was a child, her mother worked in juvenile justice, and that's the legal jurisdiction she wanted to use as a context for the show.
Brenneman wears the judge's robe in the series, but her character does have a mother played by Tyne Daly.
www.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/TV/9909/17/judging.amy   (444 words)

  
 Lifetimetv.com: Intimate Portrait
Amy Frederica Brenneman was born on June 22, 1964, in New London, Connecticut.
While her parents worked, Brenneman kept busy by getting involved with her local children's theater group, which she performed with until she was a teenager.
Brenneman thought life couldn't be sweeter — but then she gave birth to daughter Charlotte Tucker Silberling on March 20, 2001.
www.lifetimetv.com /shows/ip/portraits/0331/0331_bio.html   (313 words)

  
 Feminist Campus Activism Online: Feminist Student Activist Chat
Amy Brenneman, creator and executive producer of Judging Amy, met us for an online interactive chat on Wednesday Jan 22 to share her thoughts on protecting a woman's right to choose.
Amy Brenneman: It's a pleasure and honor to be a part of this conversation.
Amy Brenneman: I am passionately pro-choice because I believe in a woman's right to use her body in a way she believes in.
www.feministcampus.org /network/chat/chat_brenneman012203.asp   (1421 words)

  
 Judging Amy...Brenneman
In the show, Brenneman stars as Amy Gray, a single mother who left New York to become a juvenile court judge in Hartford, Conn. It's fitting that the actress, the daughter of an environmental lawyer father and a Superior Court judge mother, stars in a legal drama.
Before Judging Amy, Brenneman earned two Emmy® nominations for her portrayal of Officer Janice Licalsi, a "psycho chick that caused havoc" during the first season and a half of NYPD Blue.
Brenneman's love of acting dates back to age 11, when she appeared in her first play.
www.tnt.tv /dramalounge/article/0,,5039,00.html   (594 words)

  
 Amy Brenneman
Possessing an earthy, natural brunette beauty which allows her to effortlessly shift from glamorous to down-to-earth at the drop of a hat, actress Amy Brenneman first caught the attention of television viewers with her Emmy-nominated performance on the popular television series NYPD Blue.
Brenneman made her small-screen debut in a 1992 episode of Murder She Wrote, and was soon headlining her own series with that same year's Middle Ages.
Brenneman is married to director Brad Silberling, whom she met while working on NYPD Blue.
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 Acting counsel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Brenneman also is a Harvard grad and has had an opportunity to work with her husband, Brad Silberling, who directed the show's pilot (she calls it "an amazing experience") -- an improvement on their collaboration on the 1995 feature "Casper" ("We got bitchy with each other," she recalls).
Tuck says that Amy's sister-in-law Gillian, who during this season's opener emerged from a coma, "started out pretty uptight and buttoned-up and a little bit one-dimensional, but over the past five years, she's loosened up quite a bit, and she isn't as predictable." Still, Gillian is "a bit of a control freak," Tuck admits.
Brenneman wasn't a mother when "Amy" debuted, but she played a confident one onscreen -- and when the actress delivered daughter Charlotte on March 20, 2001, the relationship between Judge Amy and talkative Lauren warmed further.
www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/awards/emmy/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2015894   (873 words)

  
 Amy Brenneman Actress Judging Amy
JUDGING AMY, based on the real-life story of Brenneman's mother, is about three generations of women living together as they confront the personal and professional dilemmas in their changing, challenging lives.
Amy Brenneman is currently best known as executive producer and star of the hit show "Judging Amy." She has also appeared in numerous, theater, film, and television productions.
Both Amys are smart (the character has a law degree from Harvard; the actress earned her BA there), and both try to stay healthy while juggling the demands of career and family.
www.mytelevision.com /tv_stars/amy_brenneman.html   (1913 words)

  
 CBS.com
Amy Brenneman has received three Emmy Award nominations, three Golden Globe nominations and one Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in JUDGING AMY.
Brenneman is a co-founder of the acclaimed Cornerstone Theater Company, with which she has appeared in "The Learned Ladies," "Sincerity Forever," "The Video Owner's Significant Other" and "St. Joan of the Stockyards." She is a graduate of Harvard University.
Brenneman was born in New London, Connecticutt, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, director Brad Silberling, and their daughter.
www.cbs.com /primetime/judging_amy/bios/amy_brenneman_bio.shtml   (205 words)

  
 "Judging Amy" 100th episode   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Judge Amy Gray and her family are seated around the dining room table, ready to partake of a pre-wedding dinner.
Several years had passed since Amy Brenneman left the cast of ABC's "NYPD Blue"; during that span, she had appeared in films and in a TV pilot, "ATF," that failed to make the cut.
Brenneman had decided that, were she to take part in another series, she would become involved not only as an actress but also as part of the creative team.
www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/television/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2016153   (1802 words)

  
 Brenneman: 'Judging Amy' endures with family, emotion - PittsburghLIVE.com
Amy's daughter, Lauren, played by Karle Warren, also pleads with her mother to take it easy, but gets the same "I'm fine" reaction.
Back in 1996, Brenneman and husband, Brad Silberling (director of "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events"), were making a video as a present for the 70th birthday of her mother, a Connecticut Superior Court judge.
Brenneman, now 40 and mother of a 3-year-old daughter, believes her attraction to acting stems from her early recognition that it was her own thing, not related to the legal profession, practiced not just by her mother but also her father.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/entertainment/tv/s_298790.html   (726 words)

  
 Draft Amy Brenneman for Joe Lieberman's seat in 06   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
We believe that Amy Brenneman, who plays a Hartford superior court judge, on her primetime TV show JUDGING AMY, is the only candidate with the beloved name recognition to unseat current incumbent Joe Lieberman in a Democratic primary.
Consequently, we believe that Connecticut Democrats would choose Amy Brenneman over Joe Lieberman if they were to go head to head to decide who gets the Democratic nomination for US Senator for the state of Connecticut in 2006.
To this end, we've launched this modest effort to coincide with the 6th season finale, in which her character, Amy Gray is last seen testifying in front of Capitol Hill (where we hope the actress herself winds up) and considers a run for US Senate, representing the state of Connecticut.
www.draftamy.com   (232 words)

  
 Amy Brenneman - Netscape Celebrity
Brenneman, the 38-year-old Harvard graduate and former "NYPD Blue" star whose current TV show "Judging Amy" in now in its fourth season, had plenty of experience to draw from when she took on the role of Judge Amy Gray Cassidy for the CBS drama.
That's because the series is based on the real-life exploits of her mother Frederica Brenneman, a Superior Court judge in Connecticut.
Brenneman's acting pedigree was already firmly established before she ended up in the spotlight as Judge Amy.
channels.netscape.com /celebrity/toptenwrap.jsp?archive=0303&slot=10   (297 words)

  
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10:00 PM PT />In case high ratings and a renewal for fall weren?t enough, "Judging Amy" star Amy Brenneman got a positive judgment from her home state's Supreme Court Friday for her TV depiction of a juvenile court judge--a role inspired by her mother, Frederica Brenneman, who served 30 years-plus on the nonfictional bench.
McDonald gave Judge Brenneman a small pewter box emblazoned with the state seal and gave the actress a gavel bearing the state seal.
Amy Brenneman, who earned a religion degree from Harvard University before pursuing an acting career, said she has always admired her mother's work, adding, "I always think the more specific a show is, the better it is."
tv.zap2it.com /tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|58942|1|10,00.html   (217 words)

  
 Star Mom: Amy Brenneman
While her TV character Amy Gray suffered an unfortunate miscarriage in the name of TV drama, actress Amy Brenneman's real-life story is much happier.
The Judging Amy star is excitedly awaiting the birth of her second child in late May.
Brenneman, 40, and her husband, director Brad Silberling, know the baby's sex but are keeping that news, as well as the names they're considering, private.
parenting.ivillage.com /mom/0,,7l31bqhw,00.html   (209 words)

  
 WKRC 12 Cincinnati - Amy Brenneman Pregnant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
LAST UPDATE: 1/14/2005 12:59:34 PM Actress Amy Brenneman is pregnant with her second child.
During the January 5 taping of her series Judging Amy, the actress announced to the cast and crew that she and her husband, 'Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events' director Brad Silberling, were expecting a sibling for their three-year-old daughter Charlotte.
But five-months-pregnant Brenneman has posed a new problem - her character recently became pregnant and suffered a miscarriage, so producers now have to decide how to work her real pregnancy into the show.
www.wkrc.com /entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=D5FE8E10-FAA2-4A5A-8423-C1125CE67AAE   (98 words)

  
 FilmStew.com • Minutes Tick for Brenneman
Judging Amy star Amy Brenneman moves back to the big screen to star with Al Pacino in 88 Minutes.
Amy Brenneman has caught a plane for Vancouver.
Brenneman, repped by CAA, is a five-time Emmy nominee picking up two nods for her work on NYPD Blue and three for her role on Judging Amy.
www.filmstew.com /Content/DailyNews/Details.asp?ContentID=12889   (181 words)

  
 Amy Brenneman Photos - Amy Brenneman News - Amy Brenneman Information
Amy: (about her nude scene in "NYPD Blue") I was very surprised how controversial it was, with entire cities not running it...
The character played by Brenneman in "Judging Amy" was one that can be related to by women between the ages of 20 and 50.
JUDGING AMY is a drama starring Amy Brenneman as a single mother who has left New York behind to become a Family Court judge in Hartford, Connecticut.
www.tv.com /amy-brenneman/person/1225/summary.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=castsh&tag=cast;name;0   (595 words)

  
 Baby Boom: Shue, Brenneman Deliver - Mar 22, 2001 - E! Online News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Brenneman, the star of CBS' Judging Amy, gave birth Tuesday in Los Angeles to Charlotte.
Brenneman, 36, first gained notice in a groundbreaking nude scene as detective Janice Licalsi during the first season of the ABC police drama NYPD Blue.
Judging Amy is loosely based on Brenneman's real-life mother, a superior court judge who was one of the first women to graduate from Harvard.
www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,7999,00.html?newsrellink   (468 words)

  
 JUDGING AMY BRENNEMAN
It seems to me that Amy Brenneman could be anything she wants to be.
Now well into its fifth season, Brenneman continues to star in JUDGING AMY, a show based on her mother’s experiences as a judge in Connecticut.
Family was much on Brenneman’s mind last week when I spoke with her on the phone from Los Angeles a couple of days before Thanksgiving.
www.moviepoopshoot.com /interviews/31.html   (2042 words)

  
 Newsweek: Here Comes The Judge: So what's it like playing your mom on TV? Actress Amy Brenneman presides over this ...
Amy Brenneman, 35, spent most of her 20s trying to prove that she wasn't anything like her mother.
Frederica Brenneman, a superior-court judge in Hartford, Conn., is a formidable person--one of the first women at Harvard Law and only the second female judge in Connecticut.
But today, as the star and executive producer of "Judging Amy," Brenneman dons judge's robes every week, just like her mom.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:57596933&refid=holomed_1   (258 words)

  
 HSX Prediction Market: Options : Lead Actress in Drama Amy Brenneman
Amy Brenneman portrays Amy Gray in the dramatic series Judging Amy.
The show's premise is based on the real-life story of Brenneman's mother.
Brenneman once was a cast member on the police drama NYPD Blue and has worked on several feature films, including Your Friends And Neighbors, Heat, and Nevada.
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 Judging Amy
Amy Brenneman Tyne Daly Richard T. Jones Marcus Giamatti Jessica Tuck Karle Warren Jillian Armenante Kevin Rahm
Judging Amy is a drama starring Amy Brenneman as a single mother who has left New York behind and become a Family Court judge in Hartford, Conn. Judge Amy Gray, divorced and raising her young daughter, Lauren (Karle Warren), until recently lived with her very opinionated mother, Maxine (Tyne Daly).
Judging Amy, based on the real-life story of Brenneman's mother, is about three generations of women who come together as they confront the personal and professional dilemmas in their changing, challenging lives.
www.tnt.tv /Title/Display/0,5918,412300~Series,00.html   (197 words)

  
 AbsoluteNow: Amy Brenneman photos - Buy this picture from Art.com
Actress AMY BRENNEMAN at the 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills.
AMY BRENNEMAN at the 2002 Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
AMY BRENNEMAN at the 9th Annual SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS in Los Angeles.
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