Mädchen Amick
Also Known As: Madchen Amick, Mädchen E. Amick , Mädchen Elaina Amick, مادچن امیک
Biography: Mädchen Amick (born December 12, 1970) is an American actress who rose to prominence in the early 1990s. Her name "Mädchen" means "girl" in German, though she was born in Sparks, Nevada. Her most iconic role came in 1990 when David Lynch cast her as Shelly Johnson in the cult classic series "Twin Peaks." The waitress character became one of the show's most beloved roles, and Amick's performance helped launch her career. She appeared in both the original series (1990-1991) and the 2017 revival. Notable Works: "Twin Peaks" (1990-1991, 2017) as Shelly Johnson "Gilmore Girls" (2002-2003) as Sherry Tinsdale "ER" (2004-2005) as Wendall Meade "Witches of East End" (2013-2014) as Wendy Beauchamp "Riverdale" (2017-present) as Alice Cooper "American Horror Story: 1984" (2019) "Sleepwalkers" (1992) "Dream Lover" (1993) "Trapped in Paradise" (1994) She married David Alexis in 1992, and they have two children: Sylvester Time Alexis (born 1992) Mina Tobias Alexis (born 1993) She has been open about mental health awareness and advocacy, particularly after her daughter was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She works to reduce stigma around mental health conditions and promote better understanding and support.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Sparks, Nevada, USA
Birthday: December 12, 1970
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Gender: Female
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Don't Tell Her It's Me
Overview: Gus is a fat cartoonist that recently won a battle against cancer, which explains his baldness. But he is also lonely. Therefore, his caring sister tries to set him up with suitable woman. But to do so, she must turn him into an irresistible man. When he falls in love with Emily, Gus takes the identity of a mysterious biker from New Zealand.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-21
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Scenes of the Crime
Overview: A young man about to get married earns extra cash by driving a local mobster, but things go awry when the mobster is shot dead by a rival crime boss.
Genres: Drama Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-11
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Trapped in Paradise
Overview: Residents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-02
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The Rats
Overview: A clan of evil rats overtakes a Manhattan department store and threatens to overrun the city.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-17
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Heartless
Overview: A shy young woman receives a heart transplant and undergoes a personality change that may be connected to the murdered donor.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-05
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The Hunted
Overview: Insurance investigator Samantha Clark goes deep into a Pacific Northwest forest to retrieve $12 million from a crashed airplane. While there she meets a mysterious mountain man who claims he can help her hunt down the money but instead he ends up hunting her.
Genres: Thriller Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-04
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Priest
Overview: In an alternate world, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, the veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity with other humans inside one of the Church's walled cities. When the Priest's niece is kidnapped by vampires, the Priest breaks his vows to hunt them down. He is accompanied by the niece's boyfriend, who is a wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess.
Genres: Action Fantasy Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-05
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Dream Lover
Overview: Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to realize he may not really know the woman he married.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-24
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Love, Cheat & Steal
Overview: Paul Harrington thinks he has the perfect wife... stunning, kind, and ambitious. Yet behind Lauren's pretty face lies a wicked person who sent her former boyfriend to jail by setting him up. Reno Adams has lost seven years of his life in Jail and wants revenge. After escaping, he tracks Lauren down and intends to make her and her husband's life a living hell.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-05
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Mr. Rock n Roll: The Alan Freed Story
Overview: This is the story of Alan Freed. He was working as a DJ in Cleveland, Ohio, and he discovered how amazing R&B or Rhytym & Blues is, however, the music is considered to be "BLACK" music. So, most radio stations won't play it. However, Freed believed that it's the next wave, so he fights to have it played on the air. Eventually, he went into the big time - New York, and he decided to dub this music "ROCK & ROLL". Despite his success, he still had a lot of opposition and made deals with the wrong people, which would lead to his downfall.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-31
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Hangman
Overview: Death by noose. A nasty way to die if you're not dropped from a length, but instead just had the support kicked from beneath you. A series of murders like this is taking place, linked to a net-based game of 'Hangman', the words of which are linked somehow. Detective Roos (LDP) is on the case. He finds himself drawn to Grace Mitchell (Madchen Amick), who is somehow connected to all of the victims. Hangman is a story of pure vengeance, against everyone who burdened the killer's mind.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-02-09
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Lies and Deception
Overview: Six years after her husband's suicide, Jean Bruckner is dumbfounded by the news that he has recently been murdered! With the help of a private investigator, she heads to Chicago to uncover the truth behind her spouse's charade. The deeper she digs, the more danger she puts herself in. The truth may be out there, but she may get killed before she finds it!
Genres: Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-24
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I'm Dangerous Tonight
Overview: An ancient Aztec cloth with a curse accidentally finds its way into the possession of a young woman. She decides to make a dress from the cloth. Whoever wears this cloth/dress comes under its spell; all inhibitions and moral responsibilities are lost.
Genres: Horror Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-08
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Wounded
Overview: After a grizzly-bear poacher named Hanaghan kills her fiance and fellow Fish & Wildlife Deptartment officer, Julie Clayton sets out to track the killer down and discover why the FBI is keeping its case secret from her. She is joined in her quest by Rollins, a police detective fresh out of alcohol-dependency rehabilitation.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-02-13
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The List
Overview: After being arrested for solicitation, a high-class prostitute threatens to make public a list of her best clients and someone resorts to murder to keep the list a secret. Meanwhile, the judge on the case struggles with his dilemma and one cop aims to find the killer.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-27
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Bombshell
Overview: Characters in a bio technological firm utilize nanotechnology (miniature, smart robots) to control others for their own good.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-26
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Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks
Overview: "Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks" is a featurette originally released on the 2001 DVD release of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. It features various cast and crew reflecting on Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-26
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French Exit
Overview: Davis meets Zina in a car wreck. Their immediate attraction for one another is put into jeopardy when they learn each is competing for the same writing job.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-26
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Psychopath
Overview: A beautiful attorney's hunt for a serial killer is frustrated by his accomplice's twisted scheme to keep the killer free at all costs
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-22
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The Courtyard
Overview: Architect Jonathan moves into an LA courtyard apartment complex; then one of his neighbors is murdered ... by mistake ... Jonathan was the intended victim!
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-24
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Global Effect
Overview: Terrorists steal the only cure to a deadly virus that has been unleashed in Africa.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-12
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Postcards From The Cast
Overview: "Postcards From The Cast" is a featurette originally released in the 2001 DVD release, Twin Peaks: The First Season. It was later re-released in the Blu-ray sets, Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery and Twin Peaks: From Z to A. It features interview snippets of various subjects with cast members of Twin Peaks.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-18
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Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
Overview: "Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon" is a three-part short documentary briefly chronicling the history of Twin Peaks. Produced and released on YouTube as part of the build-up to the premiere of the 2017 series, it was released on home video as part of Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series and Twin Peaks: From Z to A.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-05
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Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
Overview: A select group of key creative forces involved in the making of Twin Peaks reveals their take on the fascinating creation and journey of the wildly popular show.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-30
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Making I'm Dangerous Tonight
Overview: Behind the scenes footage of I'm Dangerous Tonight. Footage shot by Stan Giesea and Eric H. Lasher
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-26
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Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Overview: Ninety minutes of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, assembled by David Lynch to continue the story of the final week of Laura Palmer’s life.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-07-16
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Pleading Guilty
Overview: The story is a legal thriller about Mack Malloy, a middle-aged lawyer basically waiting to retire, who is assigned by his firm to track down another attorney who has embezzled millions from the firm and disappeared. Many of the minor characters in Pleading Guilty also appear in ScottTurow's other novels. This was a pilot for a television show based on Pleading Guilty was shot in 2010 but not picked up by the FOX network. Based on Turow's 1993 book.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-01
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Four Corners of Suburbia
Overview: A group of young adults spending a weekend together on a secluded island in Maine find themselves haunted by the choices they didn't make as they confront the meaning of love, friendship, and their lives in a world of virtual wonders and genetic cloning.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-11
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The Borrower
Overview: Aliens punish one of their own by sending him to earth. The alien is very violent, and when the body he occupies is damaged, he is forced to find another.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-16
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Twin Peaks
Overview: An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an alternate, closed ending.)
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-03
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A Slice of Lynch
Overview: David Lynch, Mädchen Amick, Kyle MacLachlan and John Wentworth reminisce about "Twin Peaks" while seated at a diner counter.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-30
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Overview: In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.
Genres: Drama Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-06-03
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Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier
Overview: Welcome to the bay... Mitch and his friends enter the sink or swim world that is BAYWATCH.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-29
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Unanswered Prayers
Overview: After his football career, Ben Beck returned to his Virginia small town and joined the family building firm. His family happiness with wife Lorrie and adolescent son Jessie is suddenly tested by the return of Ben's first high-school love, Ava Andersson, who visits from Chicago, after a failed marriage, to bury her ma. Ava seduces Ben into reliving their courtship, which she traumatically broke off without a goodbye. Jesse reacts furiously, even backseats his own football scholarship bid, rather pa's projected ambition, in favor of a writing summer course
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-07
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Jury Duty: The Comedy
Overview: Mild and meek accountant Sanford Lagelfost has been charged with embezzling $3 million dollars from Trout Industries. A decidedly mixed bag of jurors are chosen to serve on the case, including Eddie, a waiter; Rita, a high-priced call girl; Phil, a high-powered businessman; and Abby, a rabble rousing ex-hippie. When the star witness, the voluptuous Hope Hathaway, takes the stand, she startles everyone with her stories of Sanford's Lothario-esque conquests. Suddenly, the unassuming Sanford is a celebrity heartthrob and he finds himself in headlines and gossip columns across the country. Due to the case's growing notoriety, the judge sequesters the jury. And things start to get wild...
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-14
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Sleepwalkers
Overview: Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only by feeding on the life-force of the innocent, but destined to roam the earth, avoiding discovery while searching for their next victim. That search takes them to the sleepy little town of Travis, Indiana, where beautiful teenager Tanya Robertson is about to become an unwilling pawn in their nightmarish fight for survival.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-10
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