---
name: "Amy Morton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/amy-morton"
fi1m_id: "amy-morton"
imdb_id: "nm0607920"
tmdb_id: 26930
wikidata_id: "Q4749324"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 April 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-23T14:06:09.741219+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Amy Morton

## Identity

Amy Morton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/amy-morton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** amy-morton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0607920
- **TMDB ID:** 26930
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4749324
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Morton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4749324, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607920/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26930

Actor. Born 3 April 1959 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 April 1959, Oak Park, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Also known as:** Amy C. Morton, امی مورتون
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 71 (1), 2000s 74 (1), 2020s 68 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 68 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $559m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Morton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4749324, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607920/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26930

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Bear*](https://film.one/tv/the-bear-2022.md) (82), [*It Ends with Us*](https://film.one/film/it-ends-with-us.md) (54)
- **Apple TV:** [*Up in the Air*](https://film.one/film/up-in-the-air.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Amy Morton is an American actress and director, best known for her work in theatre. She has been a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble since 1997 and originated the role of Barbara Fordham in Tracy Letts's *August: Osage County* on Broadway, earning a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play. She received a second Tony nomination for her performance as Martha in the 2012–2013 Broadway revival of *Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?*.

On screen, Morton has appeared in films including *Rookie of the Year* (1993), *Up in the Air* (2009), *The Dilemma* (2011) and *Bluebird* (2013). Since 2014 she has played Sergeant Trudy Platt in the NBC series *Chicago P.D.*, with recurring appearances in the related *Chicago Fire* and *Chicago Med*. She played Jenny Bloom in the 2024 film *It Ends with Us* and Nancy Chore in the 2022 series *The Bear*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *It Ends with Us* (2024), Fi1m 54, as Jenny Bloom — [page](https://film.one/film/it-ends-with-us.md)
- *The Bear* (2022), Fi1m 82, as Nancy Chore — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-bear-2022.md)
- *Up in the Air* (2009), Fi1m 74, as Kara Bingham — [page](https://film.one/film/up-in-the-air.md)
- *Falling Down* (1993), Fi1m 71, as Mom (Back Yard Party) — [page](https://film.one/film/falling-down.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *It Ends with Us* (2024), as Jenny Bloom — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/it-ends-with-us.md)
- *The Bear* (2022), series, as Nancy Chore — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-bear-2022.md)
- *Chicago Med* (2015), series, as Trudy Platt
- *Bluebird* (2014), as Lesley
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, as Trudy Platt
- *Chicago Fire* (2012), series, as Trudy Platt
- *Boss* (2011), series, as Catherine Walsh
- *Homeland* (2011), series, as Erin Kimball — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *The Dilemma* (2011), as Diane Popovich
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, as Amanda Harris
- *Up in the Air* (2009), as Kara Bingham — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/up-in-the-air.md)
- *The Greatest* (2009), as Lydia
- *Private Practice* (2007), series, as Leni
- *The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays* (2006), as Nurse Ratched (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
- *8MM* (1999), as Mrs. Mathews
- *ER* (1994), series, as Mrs. Walters — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Rookie of the Year* (1993), as Mary Rowengartner
- *Falling Down* (1993), as Mom (Back Yard Party) — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/falling-down.md)
- *Kiss of a Killer* (1993), as Reba
- *Angel Street* (1992), series, as Mrs. Donally
- *Mrs. Cage* (1992), as Elizabeth Cage
- *Straight Talk* (1992), as Ann
- *Crime Story* (1986), series, as Pregnant Girl
- *Crime Story: Pilot* (1986), as Pregnant Girl
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Gina Rox, Linda Wilhite
- *Through Naked Eyes* (1983), as Karen
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Elizabeth Cage

## Gallery

- ![Amy Morton](https://film.one/media/person/11148/gallery-467521d54beb.jpg) Amy Morton — Michael Brosilow, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Rondi_Reed_and_Amy_Morton_in_play_by_Tracy_Letts_%28Morton_cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Amy Morton](https://film.one/media/person/11148/gallery-111dcecba6f9.jpg) Amy Morton — Image via TMDB
- ![Amy Morton](https://film.one/media/person/11148/gallery-2423d0c3ba1c.jpg) Amy Morton — Image via TMDB
- ![Amy Morton](https://film.one/media/person/11148/gallery-88acfa9ca9a5.jpg) Amy Morton — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 2013: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 2008: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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