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Amy Ferguson - Wikipedia

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Amy Ferguson
Born	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, model, singer-songwriter
Website	www.amyferguson.org

Amy Ferguson is an American actress and model. Ferguson is also a singer-songwriter who goes by the stage name of "Grandma Dirt."

Life and career

Ferguson was born in Cincinnati^[1] and raised in southern Ohio. She attended Dr. John Hole Elementary School in Washington Township and graduated in 2000 from Alter High School in Kettering, Ohio. She opted to move to New York City rather than attend college, and signed with the Ford Modeling Agency. She worked as a model in Italy, France, Japan, and South Africa, and appeared in television commercials for AT&T and Intel.^[2]

Ferguson began focusing on acting and broke into film in 2004 with independent feature Garden State. She played Dana, a young woman who kisses star and director Zach Braff's character in a party scene. The part led to other film and television opportunities, including an audition for the film Must Love Dogs starring Diane Lane.^[2] Ferguson appeared in the 2007 films Weapons, with Nick Cannon, and An American Crime, starring Elliot Page and Catherine Keener.^[3]

In 2009, Ferguson starred in Tanner Hall alongside Rooney Mara, Georgia King, and Brie Larson. The coming-of-age film, set in an all-girls boarding school in New England, was directed by Tatiana von Fürstenberg and Francesca Gregorini.^[4] Ferguson had a supporting role in the independent comedy, Douchebag, directed by Drake Doremus, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.^[5] She had also appeared in the director's 2009 film, Spooner.^[6]

In 2012, Ferguson played a department store model in The Master, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams.^[7] Ferguson appeared in Cold Turkey, with Peter Bogdanovich, Cheryl Hines and Alicia Witt. Set in Pasadena, California, the film looked at turmoil amidst an upper-class family's Thanksgiving get-together.^[8] She guest starred as Lily Anne on season 2 of the CW series, Hart of Dixie.^[9]

In 2016, Ferguson was cast as the lead, Inanna, in Split, a film by Deborah Kampmeier.

Ferguson has also appeared in advertisements for American Eagle Outfitters.^[10]

Filmography

List of acting performances in film and television
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004	Garden State	Dana
2004	Scrubs	Girl in Bar	TV series, episode: "My Last Chance"
2007	Weapons	Nikki
2007	An American Crime	Sally
2007	To the Altar	Young Beth	Short film
2007	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Teenager	Uncredited
2008	Bittersweet	Sam
2008	Bad Blood Days		Short film
2009	Spooner	Lily
2009	Tanner Hall	Lucasta
2010	Douchebag	Sarah
2010	The Social Network	Stoned Girl
2010	Footsteps	Marnie
2011	10 Years + 10 Minutes	Felicity
2012	The Master	Martha the Salesgirl
2012–2013	Hart of Dixie	Lily Anne Lonergan	TV series, 4 episodes
2013	Cold Turkey	Missy
2013	The Caretaker	The Creature	Short film
2013	Electric Slide	Sandy
2014	Welcome to New York	Renee
2016	Split	Inanna	Feature-length film
2016	Poor Boy	Cynthia Ravenblanket
2017	'Til Death Do Us Part		Short film

References

^ "Amy Ferguson bio". amyferguson.org. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Morris, Terry (September 2, 2004). "Alter Grad's Gamble on Show Business is Paying Off". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
^ Dodd, Stacy (July 19, 2006). "Amy Ferguson". Variety. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
^ Gillis, James J. (September 17, 2011). "Kids in the "Hall"". The Newport Daily News. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
^ Coker, Matt (February 4, 2010). "Drake Doremus' 'Douchebag' at Sundance". OC Weekly. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
^ Coker, Matt (December 3, 2009). "Sundance Picks Up "Spooner" Director Drake Doremus' Film "Douchebag"". OC Weekly. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
^ Thomson, David (September 14, 2012). "There Will Be Dud: Paul Thomas Anderson's First Mediocre Movie". The New Republic. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (April 11, 2012). "Midway Gets Underway On 'Pasadena'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
^ "Season Finale: Hart Of Dixie – 'On The Road Again'". KBCW. May 2, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
^ "Profile of Fashion Model Amy Ferguson". Fashion Model Directory. Retrieved 2008-06-16.

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