Amy Irving

Amy Irving is one of those actresses who I feel never quite got the recognition she deserved, and that honestly baffles me. Growing up in a theater family — her parents were both actors — she had craft in her DNA, and it shows in everything she touched. Her Academy Award nomination for Yentl opposite Barbra Streisand was fully earned, and her work in Crossing Delancey is quietly wonderful, the kind of performance that ages beautifully. The fact that her most notorious award is a Razzie from 1981 is almost a fun footnote rather than a blemish — plenty of great careers have those. Stage, screen, song: she moved through all of it with real ability, and her Obie Award proves the theater world paid attention even when Hollywood was distracted.

Name (English)

Amy Irving

Name (Japanese)

エイミー・アーヴィング

Reading

えいみー・あーゔぃんぐ

Born

September 10, 1953 (age 72)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Snake

Origin

Palo Alto, California, United States

Occupation

film producer / actor / singer / voice actor / comedian

Awards & achievements

• 1981 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy%20Irving
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235020

Tags

• California
• film producer
• actor
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.