Amy Pietz facts for kids

Amy Pietz (born March 6, 1969) is an American actress. She is also a singer and dancer. She is best known for her many roles on television shows. She was even nominated for a special award, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, for her role as Annie Spadaro in the TV show Caroline in the City. This show aired from 1995 to 1999.

Amy Pietz also played main characters in other TV comedies. These include Cursed (2000–2001), Rodney (2004–2006), and Aliens in America (2007–2008).

Early Life and Education

Amy Pietz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was adopted by Nancy, who was a nurse, and Arnold Pietz, a truck driver.

When she was a child, Amy trained a lot in ballet. She thought about becoming a professional dancer. However, she decided against it because the pay was not very good. So, she chose to focus on other things instead.

She went to the Milwaukee High School of the Arts. Later, she graduated from The Theatre School at DePaul University.

Acting Career Highlights

Amy Pietz started her acting career with smaller parts. She appeared in TV shows like Star Trek: The Next Generation. She also had roles in movies such as Rudy (1993) and Jingle All the Way (1996).

In 1995, she joined the cast of a TV show called Muscle. Soon after, she got her big break. This was her role as Annie Spadaro in the NBC comedy show Caroline in the City. In this show, she starred alongside Lea Thompson. The series was very popular and ran from 1995 to 1999. For her work on this show, Amy was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 1999. This award is a big honor for actors.

After Caroline in the City, Amy Pietz continued to work in television. She starred with Steven Weber in the NBC comedy Cursed. This show lasted for one season. She also performed on stage in a musical called The Boswell Sisters, where she played Martha Boswell.

From 2004 to 2006, she was a main character in the ABC comedy Rodney. Then, in 2007 and 2008, she played the mother in another TV comedy, Aliens in America.

Amy Pietz has also made guest appearances on many other well-known TV shows. These include Ally McBeal, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Desperate Housewives, and Two and a Half Men. In 2010, she had a recurring role as Donna in the popular NBC comedy series The Office.

In 2011, Amy Pietz played Meredith King. She was the mother of the main character, Chloe King, in the ABC Family drama series The Nine Lives of Chloe King. Later, in 2016, she was cast as a boss character in The CW comedy-drama series No Tomorrow.

More recently, in 2019, she appeared in The Flash. She played the mother of a character named Ralph Dibny. She has also appeared in shows like Modern Family, Mom, and Dynasty. In 2023, she had a recurring role in the series Wolf Pack.

Personal Life

Amy Pietz married actor Kenneth Alan Williams in 1997. They got married in her hometown of Milwaukee. They later divorced in 2007. In 2010, she married Frank J. Stier.