Amy

Amy is a female given name, sometimes short for Amelia or Amita. In French, the name is spelled "Aimée", which means "beloved".

Notable people with the given name Amy

Brené Brown

Brené Brown (born November 18, 1965) is an American scholar, author, and public speaker, who is currently a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. Over the last twelve years she has been involved in research on a range of topics, including vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. She is the author of two #1 New York Times Bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection (2010) and Daring Greatly (2012). She and her work have been featured on PBS,NPR,TED, and CNN.

Early life and education

Brown was born in San Antonio, Texas and spent a formative period in New Orleans, Louisiana. She completed her Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) at University of Texas at Austin in 1995, followed by a Master of Social Work (MSW) in 1996 and Ph.D. from the Graduate College of Social Work at the University of Houston in 2002.

Career

Brown began her career as a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. Her research focuses on authentic leadership and wholeheartedness in families, schools, and organizations. She presented a 2012 TED talk and two 2010 TEDx talks.

Alison Brie

Alison Brie Schermerhorn (born December 29, 1982), known professionally as Alison Brie, is an American actress. She is known for portraying Annie Edison on the NBC/Yahoo! series Community, Trudy Campbell on the AMC drama Mad Men, and the voice of Diane Nguyen on the Netflix animated series, BoJack Horseman. She has starred in films such as Scream 4 (2011), The Five-Year Engagement (2012), The Lego Movie (2014), Get Hard (2015) and Sleeping with Other People (2015).

Early life

Brie was born in Hollywood, California. Her mother, Joanne (née Brenner), works at Para los Niños ("For the Children"), a non-profit child care agency, and her father, (Charles) Terry Schermerhorn (a.k.a. Terry Charles), is a musician and freelance entertainment reporter. She has a sister, Lauren.

Brie's mother is Jewish and her father has Dutch, Scottish, and Irish ancestry. Brie has stated that, while being raised by her divorced parents, she occasionally attended a "Christian-Hindu hybrid church", the Self-Realization Fellowship, with her father. However, her mother "would always make sure we knew we were Jewish".

Jason Sudeikis

Daniel Jason Sudeikis (/sᵿˈdeɪkɪs/ sə-DAY-kis; born September 18, 1975) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter and voice actor. He began his career in improv comedy. In 2003, he was hired as a sketch writer for Saturday Night Live and became a cast member from 2005 to 2013. He has appeared on television in 30 Rock, The Cleveland Show, Eastbound & Down, and other shows. He is also known for his roles in the films Hall Pass (2011), Horrible Bosses (2011), Epic (2013), We're the Millers (2013), and Horrible Bosses 2 (2014).

Early life

Sudeikis was born Daniel Jason Sudeikis in Fairfax, Virginia. His mother, Kathryn (née Wendt), was formerly a travel agent at Brennco and was president of the American Society of Travel Agents. His father, Daniel Joseph Sudeikis, is a vice president of business development. His uncle (mother's brother) is actor George Wendt, who is best known for his role as Norm Peterson on Cheers, and his maternal grandmother's father was photographer Tom Howard. Sudeikis is of Lithuanian and Irish descent on his father's side, and German and Irish ancestry on his mother's.