Amy Smart

Biography of Amy Smart

Amy Lysle Smart was born on March 26, 1976 in Topanga, California. She is an American actress and former model.

Amy Smart is the daughter of Judy and John Smart and has a brother named Adam. She took ballet classes for ten years before beginning her modeling career in Milan and New York City. She made her first cameo appearance in the 1996 television two-parter Murder, where she played a high school student. She then had her next television appearance on MTV's Rock the Vote, her first major role of which she was known was in 1999's Varsity Blues. She also starred in the first two seasons of the US television series Felicity. In the second season of the sitcom Scrubs she played the recurring supporting role of Jamie Moyer.

Smart's best-known films include the comedies Road Trip and Rat Race, the thriller Butterfly Effect and the drama Bigger Than the Sky. In 2006, Smart starred in the action film Crank and in 2009 in the sequel Crank 2: High Voltage opposite Jason Statham. On December 12, 2006, the film Just Friends with Ryan Reynolds was released. In 2012, she starred as Lilian Hart in the mystery thriller Columbus Circle. She starred in Takashi Shimizu's horror thriller Flight 7500 in 2014.

Smart is committed to the environment. She is spokeswoman for the conservation organization Heal the Bay in California, which takes care of the conservation of the nature of the California coast. She also serves on the board of directors of the Environmental Media Association and the Step Up Women's Network, which works to empower women.

Smart has been married to Carter Oosterhouse since September 10, 2011. In 2016 they became parents of a daughter.