Amy Aquino

Biography

Amy Aquino (born March 20, 1957) is an American television, film, and stage actress. The graduate of Harvard and Yale universities has appeared in television series such as Brooklyn Bridge, ER, and Being Human, and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role in Picket Fences. She was co-Secretary/Treasurer of the SAG-AFTRA until August 2015 and currently stars in Amazon Studios' television series Bosch as Lt. Grace Billets. Aquino was born in Teaneck, New Jersey, to Adele Frances (née Mesiti) and Salvatore Aquino. She first acted in junior high school productions. At Harvard University she was pre-med, majoring in biology. In her final year, she realised she was spending more time acting than studying and so left to travel to New York to take acting classes, while working at a law firm. She stayed there for three years without landing any acting jobs, before travelling on a recommendation to Minneapolis, where she gained her first roles. In 1986, after two years of rejections, she enrolled at Yale University School of Drama, where she studied three years.

Most Known For

Grey's Anatomy

as Marianne Grandy

Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Erica Stohlmeyer

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as A.D.A. Valerie Nichols

The Mentalist

as Judge Patricia Davis

Suits

as Judge

Castle

as Janine Marks

Desperate Housewives

as Erika Gold

Monk

as Mrs. Bowen

Monk

as Rhonda

The West Wing

as Becky Reeseman

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Susan Braudy

The Closer

as Laura Mayhan

Glee

as Funny Girl Producer

ER

as Janet Coburn

Bosch

as Grace Billets

CSI: NY

as Diane Lipstone

Ghost Whisperer

as Georgina

The Practice

as Judge Louise Moreno

The Good Fight

as Stella Corben

Everybody Loves Raymond

as Peggy