Amy Lockwood
Amanda "Amy" Clare Lockwood (born April 29, 1987) is a Canadian actor, comedian, singer-songwriter. In 2004 she created, produced and hosted the weekly sketch-comedy series The Amy Lockwood Project on Rogers Television. She is most recently known for her work in the film Listen To Your Heart. She regularly performs original songs at comedy clubs in New York City.
Life and career
Amy Lockwood was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Lockwood attended Nepean High School in Ottawa where she was heavily involved in theatre and competed on their improv team at the Canadian Improv Games in 2004 and 2005.
Lockwood moved to New York City in 2006 as one of the youngest accepted students to Circle in the Square Theater School.
Television
Lockwood began making short films with her family's video camera as a teen. In 2004, a junior in high school, she submitted a three-episode outline of a sketch-comedy series "made for youth, by youth" to Rogers Television, which became The Amy Lockwood Project
The show aired weekly on Rogers Television in the 2004-2005 season. Her work on the show earned her the Donna Murdie Award to recognize an "outstanding woman in the media" at the 2005 Spirit of the Capital Youth Awards.
Film
After graduating from Circle in the Square Theater School, Amy appeared in the film Listen To Your Heart as Nicole, who aids the lead character in a plot to outsmart her mother (Cybill Shepherd) and reunite the two lovers.
Amy also recently appeared in the film "I Hate Toronto: A Love Story", in which she plays the leading lady and love interest to a [...] young man who she aids in finding a reason to live.
Comedy/Songwriting
Lockwood regularly performs at Broadway Comedy Club, EastVille Comedy Club, and New York Comedy Club, among others. In July 2010, her songs were featured on CBS Radio's Rock Chicks Live! podcast.
In August, 2010, Lockwood was hired to write a song for Discovery Hill Productions The Global Village Project, a documentary AbOUT The Global Village School for refugee women in Atlanta, GA. She spent a week at the school teaching the students her original piece Song For Another. The documentary is set for release in February, 2011 and will be narrated by actor Matthew Lillard.