Amy Walker

{{short description|American actress and singer}} {{Multiple issues|{{Notability|bio|date=June 2020}}}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox social media personality | name = | image = Amy Walker's Headshot by Kathryn Parrot Photography.jpeg | caption = Amy Walker in August 2013 | image_size = 220px | birth_date = | alt = Amy Walker | birth_place = | alma_mater = University of Wollongong | occupation = {{Hlist|Actress|singer}} | years_active = | website = {{URL|amywalkeronline.com}} | instagram_handle = AmyWalkerOfficial | instagram_followers = 3.94 thousand | youtube_handle = amywalkerofficial | youtube_display_name = Amy Walker | youtube_years_active = 2007–present | youtube_genre = {{Hlist|Accents|acting|vlog}} | youtube_subscribers = 182 thousand | youtube_views = 35.5 million | stats_update = 23 Apr 2026 }}

'''Amy Walker''' is an American actress and singer.<ref name=djournal>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/274034|title=A soul on fire: A profile of actress, singer Amy Walker|work=The Digital Journal|access-date=18 June 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100607041446/http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/274034| archive-date= June 7, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> She is best known for voicing Lunara in the video game ''Heroes of the Storm'' and a variety of characters in ''Fallout 76.''

==Early life== Amy studied acting and singing at the University of Wollongong. She later settled in Wellington, and played the character Joan in the short film ''Dead Letters''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/swr/news/21604124.html|title=South Whidbey's KONG Connection: Clinton resident appears in summer blockbuster|author=Patricia Duff|publisher=The South Whidbey Record|access-date=29 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811024031/http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/swr/news/21604124.html|archive-date=2011-08-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Career == In ''Heroes of the Storm'', Amy voiced Lunara and various characters in ''Fallout 76'' (Miss Nanny, Beverly Solomon, Dorothy Orris, and Mawmaw). She created a YouTube video ''21 Accents'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bwcitypaper.com/Articles-i-2008-05-01-218680.112112_Speaking_in_Tongues.html/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503092551/http://www.bwcitypaper.com/Articles-i-2008-05-01-218680.112112_Speaking_in_Tongues.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-03 |title=Speaking in Tongues |publisher=Black & White |access-date=7 June 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k|title=21 Accents|via=YouTube|access-date=18 June 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100619064742/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k| archive-date= June 19, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> which earned her appearances on both ''The Today Show''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/22425001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201235806/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/22425001|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2019|title=The TODAY Show|work=NBC News|access-date=18 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/whidbey/archives/133863.asp|title=UPDATE: Amy Walker on NPR and TODAY!|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer | first=Sue|last=Frause|date=March 9, 2008}}</ref> and ''Inside Edition''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.insideedition.com/videos.aspx?videoID=123|title=Inside Edition|publisher=Inside Edition|access-date=18 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/whidbey/archives/134371.asp|title=Amy Walker sings Danny Boy, appears on Inside Edition|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer | first=Sue|last=Frause|date=March 17, 2008}}</ref> She also partnered with Nokia as an accent expert to promote their Foreign Accent Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://conversations.nokia.com/2010/06/07/foreign-accent-cup-kicks-off/|title=Foreign Accent Cup Kicks Off|publisher=Nokia|access-date=7 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612234302/http://conversations.nokia.com/2010/06/07/foreign-accent-cup-kicks-off/|archive-date=June 12, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Miss Walker performed her first original one-woman show, ''Amy Walker: Inside Out'', in November 2007 and has since created three other original shows onstage and online.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/diy_promotion_marlett_and_me_20090623/|title=DIY Promotion—Amy Walker Style|author=David Marlett|publisher=Movie Maker|access-date=21 June 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100601055002/http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/diy_promotion_marlett_and_me_20090623/|archive-date=June 1, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Amy Walker performs live online |author=Patricia Duff |newspaper=The South Whidbey Record |date=November 9, 2009 |url=http://blogs.southwhidbeyrecord.com/spindthriftpages/amy-walker-returns-show/126/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918054032/http://blogs.southwhidbeyrecord.com/spindthriftpages/amy-walker-returns-show/126/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Amy Walker goes live again! |author=Patricia Duff |newspaper=South Whidbey Record |date=January 14, 2010 |url=http://blogs.southwhidbeyrecord.com/spindthriftpages/amy-walker-live/178/ }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhqoslblBbg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/nhqoslblBbg |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title= Live Interactive Vlog highlights 3/6/10|author=Amy Walker|publisher= YouTube.com and Vokle Media |access-date=16 May 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO8h4i2p99E |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/fO8h4i2p99E |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title= The Real Amy|author=Amy Walker|publisher= YouTube.com and Vokle Media |access-date=16 May 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2019, Amy Walker filmed two feature films, Evan Wood and Grace and Grit, both of which were released in late 2020. She also voiced Emi Terasawa in the video game, ''Judgment''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Judgment (2019 Video Game) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Judgment/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>

She learned how to paint in college.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=The Flipside With Jack White: Why He Loves Accents, But Hates His Own |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2011/03/11/134290390/the-flipside-jack-white-on-why-he-loves-accents-but-hates-his-own?ps=cprs |website=NPR.org | date=March 7, 2011 |access-date=26 August 2020 |language=en| last1=White | first1=Jack | last2=Boilen | first2=Bob }}</ref>

==Discography== *''Discourse on Accents'' (Third Man Records, 2011)<ref name=":0" />

==Awards== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Award nominations for Amy Walker |- !scope="col"| Year !scope="col"| Award !scope="col"| Role !scope="col"| Event |- | 2008 | Best Actress | "Betty" in ''Remember Wenn'' by Rupert Holmes | Discovering New Mysteries Festival |- | 2009 | Best Actress<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newmysteries.org/|title=Discovering New Mysteries Festival|access-date=2 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724181154/http://www.newmysteries.org/|archive-date=2010-07-24|url-status=dead}}</ref> | "Pam Brent" in ''Personal Call'' by Agatha Christie | Discovering New Mysteries Festival |- | 2009 | Best Music Video | Director, "We Are Connected" (Music Video) | RainDance Short Film Festival |- |}

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== *{{official website}} *{{IMDb name|3108527}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Amy}} Category:American stage actresses Category:American expatriate actresses in New Zealand Category:Living people Category:Actresses from Seattle Category:21st-century American actresses Category:University of Wollongong alumni Category:21st-century American singers Category:21st-century American women singers Category:American YouTube vloggers Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:YouTubers from Seattle