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Amy Brenneman

Amy Brenneman

Actor, also producer · Born June 22, 1964 (62) · New London, Connecticut, USA

Primetime Emmy nominee · Golden Globe nominee · Screen Actors Guild Award nominee · 1 other major award body

Amy Frederica Brenneman (born June 22, 1964) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her roles in the television series NYPD Blue, Judging Amy and Private Practice. She has also starred in films such as Heat, Fear, Daylight, Nine Lives and 88 Minutes. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Amy Brenneman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 22, 1964 (62)
From
New London, Connecticut, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
35 on MovieCove · 48 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 14% in 30 days

What are Amy Brenneman's films like?

Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
30%
Morality
21%
Self
21%
Survival
14%
Society
12%
Power
1%
Ideas
1%
Romantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory3 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 20 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 7 · Serious 2 · Dark 11

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 17 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 7 · Charged 6 · Intense 7

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 10 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 8 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 14 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

12 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 6 of 12 analyzed roles.

Ally
6 of 12
Hero
2 of 12
Herald
1 of 12
Threshold guardian
1 of 12
Shadow
1 of 12
Shapeshifter
1 of 12
Show the 12 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
12
Contemplative
13
Melancholic
7
Dread
6
Warm
5
Other
26

How their films linger

Hopeful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous5
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Amy Brenneman's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 24 of their 35 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Amy Brenneman's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

48 credits, 35 with a MovieCove page; 17 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Old Man(2022)

    Show 15 episodes · as Zoe McDonald

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Shining Girls(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · as Rachel

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Sweet Girl(2021)

    as Diana Morgan

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Tell Me Your Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · as Mary

  • These Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Janet

  • Best Summer Ever(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Foster Boy(2019)

    as Kim Trainer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Her Mind in Pieces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Mother

  • Peel(2019)

    as Lucille

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Monster Challenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Patton's Wife

  • Intelligent Lives(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Goliath(2016)

    Show 8 episodes · as Diana Blackwood

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • In the Shadows of the Rainbow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Jane the Virgin(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Donna

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Leftovers(2014)

    Show 28 episodes · as Laurie Garvey

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Words and Pictures(2013)

    as Elspeth

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Face of Love(2013)

    as Ann

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Veep(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Regina Pell

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Mother and Child(2009)

    as Dr. Stone

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Downloading Nancy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Carol

  • Private Practice(2007)

    Show 111 episodes · as Violet Turner

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • The Jane Austen Book Club(2007)

    as Sylvia

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • 88 Minutes(2007)

    as Shelly Barnes

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Nine Lives(2005)

    as Lorna

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Grey's Anatomy(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · as Dr. Violet Turner

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • A Series of Unfortunate Events(2004)

    as Mrs. Baudelaire (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Off the Map(2003)

    as Adult Bo

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Narrator

  • Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her(2000)

    as Detective Kathy Faber (segment "Love Waits For Kathy")

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Suburbans(1999)

    as Grace

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Judging Amy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 138 episodes · Creator · Producer · as Amy Gray

  • ATF(1999)

    as Agent Robin O'Brien

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Mary Cassatt: American Impressionist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Mary Cassatt

  • Your Friends and Neighbors(1998)

    as Mary

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • City of Angels(1998)

    as Angel (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Lesser Prophets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Annie

  • Nevada(1997)

    Producer · as Chrysty

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Daylight(1996)

    as Madelyne Thompson

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Fear(1996)

    as Laura Walker

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Heat(1995)

    as Eady

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Casper(1995)

    as Amelia Harvey

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Bye Bye Love(1995)

    as Susan

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Duckman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Lauren Simone (voice)

  • NYPD Blue(1993)

    Show 44 episodes · as Janice Licalsi

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Frasier(1993)

    Show 4 episodes · as Faye Moskowitz

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Middle Ages (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 6 episodes · as Blanche

  • Murder, She Wrote(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Amy Wainwright

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Keep Coming Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Gillian

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 47 titles, 46 of them dated from 1984 to 2022; peak year 1995.

Biggest box office

Heat (1995)

$187M worldwide

Highest rated

Heat (1995)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Private Practice (2007)

Film career

MilestoneBreakoutNomination
19842022

Peak 1995 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting46 of 47: 45 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thProducing2 of 47: 1 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 47: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s17 · 17 acting · 1 crew2000s11 · acting2010s11 · acting2020s6 · 5 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 10% of 20 roles
950010

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

10 major nominations and no wins, 1994–2003.

  1. 2003
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
  2. 2002
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
  3. 2001
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
  4. 2000
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television
  5. 1995
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
  6. 1994
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Amy Brenneman's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 55th percentile, the median of all 24; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Reach · how many have seen their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Midcredits score across 35 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

18 of their 35 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser18
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · producer

Intelligent Lives (2018)

97th percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Heat (1995)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Amy Brenneman's work okay for kids?

Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore9 titles61–87 · median 77 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity11 titles8–69 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity9 titles39–87 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles12–72 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles54–75 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Amy Brenneman work with?

People who share at least 2 of Amy Brenneman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kathy Baker shares the most, 4.

Directors

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers