Susan Elizabeth "Suzy" Amis (born January 5, 1962) is an American film actress and former model.
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Amis first worked as a Ford model before she began acting in the 1980s. She made her feature film debut in the 1985 comedy film Fandango (1985), opposite Kevin Costner. Following Fandango, Amis had roles in since had roles in Rocket Gibraltar (1988), Where the Heart Is, and Rich in Love (1993). In 1993 she appeared as ...
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Susan Elizabeth "Suzy" Amis (born January 5, 1962) is an American film actress and former model.
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Amis first worked as a Ford model before she began acting in the 1980s. She made her feature film debut in the 1985 comedy film Fandango (1985), opposite Kevin Costner. Following Fandango, Amis had roles in since had roles in Rocket Gibraltar (1988), Where the Heart Is, and Rich in Love (1993). In 1993 she appeared as Josephine "Jo" Monaghan in The Ballad of Little Jo. Amis later appeared in Blown Away (1994), The Usual Suspects (1995) and the blockbuster Titanic in which she played Lizzy Calvert, the granddaughter of Rose DeWitt Bukater (Gloria Stuart). That same year she starred opposite Tom Selleck in the western Last Stand at Sabre River.
In 2005, Amis founded MUSE Elementary, a Reggio-inspired, independent, non-profit school in the Topanga area of Los Angeles serving the need for progressive and individualized education touching lives as deeply as...
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