Amy_Gumenick

Amy Gumenick

Amy Gumenick

Swedish-born American actress (born 1986)


Amy Jaclyn Gumenick (/ˈɡʌmənɪk/ GUM-ə-nik; born 17 May 1986)[1] is a Swedish-American actress, best known for her roles as Natalee Holloway in the television film of the same name (2009) and its sequel, as the young Mary Winchester in Supernatural (2008–10), as Carrie Cutter / Cupid in Arrow (2014–2019) and as Philomena Cheer in Turn: Washington's Spies (2014–17).

Quick Facts Born, Citizenship ...

Early life

Gumenick was born in Hudiksvall, Sweden,[2][additional citation(s) needed] the daughter of a Russian father and Polish mother.[3] She graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2008, earning a BFA in theatre with an emphasis in acting.[4]

Career

Gumenick's first role was in a short film entitled Sayonara Elviko, before she moved on to Army Wives. She then starred in a series of webisodes for the television show My Own Worst Enemy,[5] before being cast as the young Mary Campbell, who became Mary Winchester, on Supernatural.[6]

She then had roles on How I Met Your Mother, Grey's Anatomy, Ghost Whisperer and Bones before being cast as Natalee Holloway in the Lifetime movie Natalee Holloway.[7][8] She also appeared in the movie's 2011 sequel, Justice for Natalee Holloway.

She subsequently appeared in episodes of Castle, No Ordinary Family, The Glades, The Closer, Grimm, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY and Rules of Engagement.

In 2014, she began playing the recurring character Philomena on the AMC series Turn: Washington's Spies.[9] In August 2014, it was announced that she had been cast as Carrie Cutter / Cupid on The CW series Arrow.[10][11][12]

Filmography

Film

More information Year, Title ...

Television

More information Year, Title ...

Web

More information Year, Title ...

References

  1. Gumenick, Amy (May 17, 2016). "Thank you for your sweet birthday wishes!!". Twitter. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  2. Philiana Ng (19 November 2014). "Is Oliver Ready for Love? 'Arrow' Co-Star Weighs the Odds!". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved 24 March 2016. Unfortunately for Starling City's ex-millionaire, The CW hero is about to meet the most dangerous admirer of them all: the vigilante's self-proclaimed No. 1 fan Carrie Cutter -- the lethal villainess, Cupid -- portrayed by Swedish-born actress Amy Gumenick.
  3. Michelle Resendiz (15 November 2010). "Interview: Amy Gumenick – The All American Girl". affairsmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010.
  4. "'Supernatural' cast members reunite for indie film 'Evicted'". Zap2it. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  5. Nellie Andreeva (7 January 2009). "ABC has 'Middle' man for Heaton in comedy". The Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. Retrieved 23 March 2016. ...while up-and-comer Amy Gumenick has been cast in the title role of Lifetime Movie Network's telefilm "The Natalee Holloway Story."
  6. Nellie Andreeva (16 December 2013). "Kevin Zegers Joins Fox's 'Gracepoint,' Amy Gumenick Added To AMC's 'Turn'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  7. "Amy Gumenick Will Wield Cupid's Bow on Arrow". ComingSoon.net. 29 August 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  8. James Hibberd (29 August 2014). "'Arrow' casts 'Supernatural' alum as lethal lovestruck fan". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  9. Aaron Couch (19 November 2014). "'Arrow': Cupid Actress Teases Future Return". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  10. YouTube. youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-27. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Amy_Gumenick, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.