- published: 22 May 2016
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Amy Louise Acker (born December 5, 1976) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on the television series Angel as Winifred Burkle and Illyria and on Alias as Kelly Peyton. She is also known for her role as Dr. Claire Saunders on Dollhouse.
Acker was born and raised in Dallas, to a homemaker mother and a lawyer father. She graduated Lake Highlands High School in Dallas. She subsequently earned a bachelor's degree in theater from Southern Methodist University.
In her junior year of college, Acker enjoyed a short stint of modeling work for the J. Crew clothing catalog. In 1999, she was nominated for a Leon Rabin award for "Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role" for her performance in the play Thérèse Raquin. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in the same year. She worked as a stage actress for several seasons, including a stint at American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin.
Acker made her major television debut when she starred as Winifred "Fred" Burkle on the second through fifth seasons of Angel and also as the character of Illyria for part of the show's fifth and final season. She won the 2003 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television for her portrayal.
Up into the universe I cast my line
Standing on top of the rolling hillside
I'm waiting for a sign
Watching for your eyes
I know I'll be here all night
Starfishin' for you
Wishing that it weren't true
You've taken a shine
To someone new
A crawfish, a sunfish a lightening bug goes by
Starlight and sea foam my washed up valentine
The nets came up empty the last kiss was thrown
The poor dog up in the sky lost his bone
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Just when I thought my ship had come in
You went and spoiled everything
I'm gonna cry an ocean of tears
I'll sail away the rest of my years
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Seaweed and moonbeams
A shipwreck of bad dreams
Sand dunes and sea grass
Galileo's face in his beer glass
The clock is callin' to you
The night has fallin' for you
The whole world is turned upside down
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