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Amy Lynn Carlson (born July 7, 1968 height 5' 6" (1,68 m)) is an American actress best known for playing Josie Watts on Another World and Alex Taylor on Third Watch. More recently, she played Kelly Gaffney on the short-lived NBC courtroom drama, Law & Order: Trial by Jury. She currently plays Linda Reagan on the CBS drama Blue Bloods.When Carlson was 13, her family (consisting of her parents, herself, and three siblings) moved to Amman, Jordan, for one year, where her parents had been hired to teach at the American Community School. After returning to the United States, Carlson attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. While in college, Carlson was active in the school’s theatre department, appearing in Fifth of July, Noises Off, A Lie of the Mind, and School for Scandal. Carlson graduated cum laude.
Carlson is represented by Karen Foreman on behalf of the The Domain Agency. She is managed by Estelle Lasher and Principal Entertainment.
Carlson currently resides in Chinatown in Manhattan with her daughter, born in 2006, her son, born in August 2009 and her husband, Syd Butler, bass guitar player of Les Savy Fav and owner of the independent label Frenchkiss Records.
In 2013, Carlson's first starring role in a feature film, Sight Unseen (filmed in 2005), will be completed, with no further details of a release date.
Known For

Would I Lie to You?
Self · (1 episode)
2022

Know Fear
Wendy
2022

FBI: Most Wanted
Jackie Ward · (2 episodes)
2020

The Incoherents
Jerry
2019

Sunny Daze
Samantha
2019

A Bread Factory, Part One: For the Sake of Gold
Grace
2018

Landline
Carla
2017

Natural Selection
Laura
2016

A Midsummer's Hawaiian Dream
Helen
2016

Hits
Christina Casserta
2014

Too Big to Fail
Erin Callan
2011

Green Lantern
Jessica Jordan
2011

Blue Bloods
Linda Reagan · (90 episodes)
2010

Blue Bloods
Linda Reaga · (0 episode)
2010

Fringe
Maureen Donovan · (1 episode)
2008

Black Friday
Rachel McKenzie
2007

Anamorph
Alexandra Fredericks
2007

Criminal Minds
Cece Hillenbrand · (1 episode)
2005

Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Kelly Gaffney · (13 episodes)
2005

NCIS
Karen Sutherland · (1 episode)
2003

Peacemakers
Katie Owen · (10 episodes)
2003

Stella Shorts 1998-2002
Park Dancer
2002

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Kate Armstrong · (1 episode)
2000

If These Walls Could Talk 2
Michelle
2000

Third Watch
Alex Taylor · (56 episodes)
1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Patricia Andrews · (1 episode)
1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Katie McGrath · (1 episode)
1999

Get Real
Dr. Sedgwick · (4 episodes)
1999

Martial Law
(1 episode)
1998

Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Tammy Boyer
1998

ER
Alex Taylor · (1 episode)
1994

Law & Order
Collette Connolly · (1 episode)
1990

Another World
(1547 episodes)
1964
Drift
(1 episode)