Amy O'Neill(I)
- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
American performer Amy O'Neill was born in Pacific Palisades on July 8, 1971. The daughter of an art school director and a construction company owner, O'Neill is the third of five children. Accompanied by her older siblings, she began auditioning for roles at the age of ten, first appearing at the age of 13 in an episode of Mama's Family (1983) in which she played the younger version of Betty White's character.
As a young teenager, O'Neill continued to land guest spots on television shows such as Matt Houston (1982), Tribunal de nuit (1984), Les routes du paradis (1984), La cinquième dimension (1985), and Sacrée famille (1982), before winning a regular role on the 1986 season of the long-running soap opera Les feux de l'amour (1973). She made her feature film debut three years later in Chérie, j'ai rétréci les gosses (1989). In the movie, O'Neill's character Amy is shrunk by her scientist father (Rick Moranis). She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her performance, but lost to Gaby Hoffmann for Jusqu'au bout du rêve (1989). O'Neill reprised her role in the sequel, Chérie, j'ai agrandi le bébé (1992).
Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, O'Neill mainly continued to guest-star on popular television series such as Star Trek: La nouvelle génération (1987), L'equipée du Poney Express (1989), and Arabesque (1984), also appearing in the biographical miniseries On m'appelait Steven (1989). She had roles in the made-for-TV flicks Le territoire des loups (1993) and Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women (1994), as well as the rejected comedy pilot ...Where's Rodney? (1990)
As a young teenager, O'Neill continued to land guest spots on television shows such as Matt Houston (1982), Tribunal de nuit (1984), Les routes du paradis (1984), La cinquième dimension (1985), and Sacrée famille (1982), before winning a regular role on the 1986 season of the long-running soap opera Les feux de l'amour (1973). She made her feature film debut three years later in Chérie, j'ai rétréci les gosses (1989). In the movie, O'Neill's character Amy is shrunk by her scientist father (Rick Moranis). She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her performance, but lost to Gaby Hoffmann for Jusqu'au bout du rêve (1989). O'Neill reprised her role in the sequel, Chérie, j'ai agrandi le bébé (1992).
Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, O'Neill mainly continued to guest-star on popular television series such as Star Trek: La nouvelle génération (1987), L'equipée du Poney Express (1989), and Arabesque (1984), also appearing in the biographical miniseries On m'appelait Steven (1989). She had roles in the made-for-TV flicks Le territoire des loups (1993) and Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women (1994), as well as the rejected comedy pilot ...Where's Rodney? (1990)
