{{short description|American actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Amy Stoch | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- Valid citation required for full name for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> | birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> | birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = Amy Stock<br/>Amy Stock-Poynton | occupation = Actress | known_for = | alma_mater = Ashland University<ref>[https://screenrant.com/missy-bill-ted-movies-actress-where-now/ Where Missy From The Bill & Ted Movies Is Now]</ref><br/>California State University, Northridge<br/>University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | spouse = {{marriage|Robert Poynton|1987|2004|reason=divorced}} | children = 1 | years_active= 1986&ndash;present }}

'''Amy Stoch''' is an American actress and academic, also known as '''Amy Stock-Poynton'''.

==Life and career== Stoch was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and wanted to be an actress from a young age. She had her break when she reached the semifinals in the spokesmodel category on the television show ''Star Search'', and one of the show's judges, Sue Cameron, offered to represent her.<ref name=studiovisit>Merli, Melissa. [http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2013-02-10/studio-visit-amy-stoch.html "Studio Visit: Amy Stoch"], ''The News-Gazette'', February 10, 2013.</ref>

In 1986, she played Britta Englund, a former KGB agent who was involved in a love triangle with Patch Johnson and Bo Brady, on ''Days of Our Lives''. There, she met actor Robert Poynton, who played John Black. They married in 1987 and had a son, Robert Andrew Poynton V <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news-gazette.com/news/actress-takes-aim-at-doctorate/article_7c162830-646e-568b-b604-eee41d345c71.html|title=Actress takes aim at doctorate}}</ref> but divorced in 2004.<ref name=dool>{{cite book|last=Russell|first=Maureen|title=Days of Our Lives: A Complete History of the Long-Running Soap Opera|year=1995|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0786486511}}</ref>

In 1987, she played a recurring role in a major story arc on ''Dallas'' as Lisa Alden, the biological aunt of Christopher Ewing.<ref name=dallas>{{cite book|last=Lee|first=Bruce Morris|title=Primetime network serials: episode guides, casts, and credits for 37 continuing television dramas, 1964 through 1991|date=1996|publisher=McFarland & Co.|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=0786401648}}</ref> She played Missy, the sexy stepmother of Bill and later Ted, in ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'',<ref name=Tomatoes>{{cite web|title=Amy Stock-Poynton|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/amy_stockpoynton/|website=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=27 August 2015}}</ref> and its sequels ''Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey''<ref name="nytimes">Maslin, Janet. [https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0CE5DF163FF93AA25754C0A967958260 Movie Review: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)], ''The New York Times'', July 19, 1991.</ref> and ''Bill & Ted Face the Music''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/bill-and-ted-sequel-new-returning-cast-members-1203254965/|title='Bill & Ted' Sequel Adds New and Returning Cast Members (EXCLUSIVE)|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=2019-06-27|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref> Stoch also appeared in four television movies of the ''Gunsmoke'' series, as Marshal Matt Dillon's daughter Beth,<ref name=gunsmoke>{{cite book|editor-last=Yoggy|editor-first=Gary A.|title=Back in the saddle: essays on Western film and television actors|year=1998|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, NC|isbn=078640566X}}</ref> and made guest appearances on ''Matlock'', ''The Fall Guy'', ''Hardcastle and McCormick'', ''Dynasty'', ''Knots Landing'', and ''High Incident'', among others. She also played Fawn Hall in the miniseries, ''Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North''.

===Academia=== Stoch holds a bachelor of arts in theatre from Ashland University, and a master's from California State University, Northridge.<ref name=parkland>[http://www.faa.parkland.edu/theatre/faculty-astoch.html Faculty/Staff: Amy E. Stoch, PhD] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225234120/http://www.faa.parkland.edu/theatre/faculty-astoch.html |date=February 25, 2014 }}, Parkland.edu; accessed August 26, 2015.</ref>

In 2012, she completed a PhD in theatre History, theory, and criticism from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.<ref name=phd>Wood, Paul. [http://www.news-gazette.com/arts-entertainment/local/2008-04-28/actress-takes-aim-doctorate.html Actress takes aim at doctorate], ''The News-Gazette'', April 28, 2008.</ref>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+<ref name="Filmography NYTimes">{{cite news|title=Amy Stock Poynton: Filmography|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/68361/Amy-Stock-Poynton/filmography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222134149/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/68361/Amy-Stock-Poynton/filmography|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2015|archive-date=2015-12-22}}</ref> !Year!!Title!!Type||Character |- | 1986 || ''Days of Our Lives'' || TV series || Britta Englund |- | 1986||''Soul Man''||Film||as Girl in Bed |- | 1987||''Summer School''||Film||as Kim |- | 1987–88||''Dallas''||TV series||as Lisa Alden (16 episodes) |- | 1989||''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure''||Film||as Missy |- | 1989||''Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North'' ||TV movie|| as Fawn Hall |- | 1990||''Gunsmoke: The Last Apache''||TV movie||as Beth Yarnder |- | 1991||''Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey''||Film||as Missy |- | 1992||''Gunsmoke: To the Last Man''||TV movie||as Beth Dillon |- | 1993||''Gunsmoke: The Long Ride''||TV movie||as Beth Reardon |- | 1993||''Kiss of a Killer''||TV movie||as Young Mrs. Wilson |- | 1994||''Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice''||TV movie||as Beth Reardon |- | 1996||''The Little Death''||Film||as Meredith Hannon |- | 1996||''High Incident''||TV series|| |- | 1994||''Beanstalk''||Film|| as Rebecca Taylor (Jack's mom) |- | 1996||''Murder, She Wrote''||TV series||as Amy Ortega in episode "Death Goes Double Platinum" |- | 1998||''The Lake''||TV movie||as Saleswoman |- | 2001||''The Perfect Nanny''||TV movie||as Beth O'Reilly |- | 2010||''The Strip''||Film||as Mrs. Davis |- | 2020||''Bill & Ted Face the Music''||Film||as Missy |}

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