Amy Walker
Amy Walker | |
|---|---|
| Amy Walker Amy Walker | |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, Singer, Director |
| Website | http://www.AmyWalkerOnline.com/ |
Amy Frances Walker (born September 1, 1982) is an American actress, singer, and co-founder of the ConnectedFilm project. She is also a teacher of her techniques.[1][2] Amy recently partnered with Nokia to promote their Foreign Accent Cup.[3]
Early life
Walker was born in Seattle, WA, and grew up on Whidbey Island, WA, where she graduated from South Whidbey High School in 2001.[4] Growing up, Walker performed in many plays and musicals, including The Miracle Worker, as Helen Keller, and Much Ado About Nothing, as "Hero".[5] [6][7]
Education abroad
Walker studied Performance: Acting and Singing at the University of Wollongong in Australia in 2002-2003.[8][9] From Australia, she flew to Wellington, New Zealand, where she lived and worked for a year and a half. She also played "Joan" in the short film Dead Letters, by Paolo Rotondo. [10]
The ConnectedFilm Project
Inspired by the response to her videos, Walker wrote a screenplay for a film called Connected, with help from her script adviser, Marilee Jolin.[11] Together with Sander Kallshian, the three co-founded the production company SoulFire Films in order to produce the film.[12] They decided to fund Connected by dollar donations from $1 million people around the world, listing the names of every donor in the credits of the finished film "to show that each gift is equally important", no matter how small.[13] Thus, ConnectedFilm.com was created.
One-woman shows
Walker performed her first original one-woman show, Amy Walker: Inside Out, in November 2007 at the age of 25.[14][15] Her second show was produced in Seattle in July 2008. In November of 2009, and January of 2010, she performed two live-streaming internet shows, where people were able to watch and chat from around the globe.[16][17][18] With the growing success of the show, Amy introduced her first Live Interactive Vlog Experience series in March of 2010, entitled "Amy Walker: LIVE".[19][20][21]
References
- ^ Sander Kallshian. "The Connected Film Project". ConnectedFilm.com. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
- ^ Amy Walker. "Connected in 24 Accents". YouTube.com. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ^ "Foreign Accent Cup Kicks Off". Nokia. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
- ^ "Amy Walker". Mahalo.com. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "Amy Walker". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ Amy Walker. "Amy Walker Biography". Sander Kallshian. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ^ "21 Accents in 2 Minutes". NPR. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
- ^ "Amy Walker". Mahalo.com. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ Amy Walker. "Amy Walker Biography". Sander Kallshian. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ^ Amy Walker. "Amy Walker Biography". Sander Kallshian. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ^ Sander Kallshian. "The Connected Film Project". ConnectedFilm.com. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
- ^ Sander Kallshian. "Connected Film FAQ". ConnectedFilm.com. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
- ^ Amy Walker. "Connected in 24 Accents". YouTube.com. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ^ Amy Walker. "Fearless – Amy Walker: Inside and Out". YouTube.com. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
- ^ Amy Walker, Tom Walker, Claudia Walker. "Jubilee – Amy Walker: Inside and Out". YouTube.com. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Amy Walker. "Live in March - Trailer". YouTube.com and Vokle Media. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- ^ Amy Walker. "Live Interactive Vlog highlights 3/6/10". YouTube.com and Vokle Media. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
- ^ Amy Walker. "The Real Amy". YouTube.com and Vokle Media. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
- ^ Patricia Duff (2009-11-09). "Amy Walker performs live online". The South Whidbey Record.
- ^ Patricia Duff (2010-01-14). "Amy Walker goes live again!". South Whidbey Record.
- ^ Amy Walker. "Amy Walker Live". Retrieved 2010-04-21.