Biography

Amy Walker is a performer, director, and internet phenomenon, who has been featured on TEDx, the TODAY Show, NPR, Inside Edition, and more.

Her online videos have garnered over 20 million views on YouTube and beyond, from the viral “21 Accents“, to memorable characters, songs, stories, and musings on being human.  She recently collaborated with Jack White and Third Man Records, to produce the single “A Discourse on Accents”, available from iTunes and Third Man Records.

The success of her one-woman shows and videos  inspired the film Connected, which is being produced by the global community at ConnectedFilm.com.

As a teacher and director, she has tapped the truth in artists all over the world, from productions such as  A Tale of Two Cities, and The Passion Mime, to workshops and private coaching.

She is insatiably interested in the unique juice that fuels the human spirit, and dedicates her life to
awakening the full potential within herself and others.

Productions

Television:
The TODAY Show, NBC -as Herself
Inside Edition, CBS -as Herself
Northwest Afternoon, KOMO -as Herself

Theatre – over 75 productions, including:
Won Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress at the International Mystery Theatre Festival, KY;
One Woman Show – Amy Walker: Inside Out
Sandra Markowitz in A Thousand Clowns;
Irena in I Never Saw Another Butterfly;
Jo March in Little Women;
Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker;
Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors;
Asé in Peer Gynt;
Hero in Much Ado About Nothing.

Directing:
A Tale of Two Cities
The Passion Mime
Hooked Again
We Are Connected (music video)

Film:
“Joan” in Quarter Acre Pictures’ Dead Letters, directed by Paolo Rotondo;

Headshots by Willa Kveta

Skills

Accents:
Over 21 accents at the ready, including British RP, Cockney, Northern English,
Northern and Southern Irish, Scottish, Czech, French, German, Australian,
New Zealand, Various American: Brooklyn, Bronx, Mid-West,
rhotic & non-rhotic Southern. Can quickly pick up anything I hear.

Singing:
Vocal Group: 1st Soprano, Styles: Numerous, including jazz, blues, classical, musical theatre and pop.

Dance:
Ballet I & II, Swing, Salsa, Ballroom, Aerial Fabric, 10+ years of musical choreography

Other Skills:
Conversational French, Basic Spanish and Italian, Fencing, Rock Climbing,
Nimble -Quick learner, Screenwriting, Creative Writing, Ceramics, Painting,
Drawing, Basic Piano, Song-Writing, Directing, Vocal Coach

Training:
BCA Program: Performance: Acting and Singing,University of Wollongong, Australia;
Auditioning for Film workshop, Kate Caldwell, NY, NY;
Auditioning for the Camera workshop, Rachel Bullock Casting, Wellington, NZ;
Acting for Film Intensive, Vicky Yiannoutsos, Wellington, NZ;
Drama I, II, III, IV, South Whidbey High School.