Amy Castle

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Amy Castle
Occupations
  • YouTuber
  • actress
  • musical artist
Years active1998–present
Website amycastle.com

Amy Castle is an American actress and internet personality. She is known for her role as Viki Vanderheusen on Passions , and as the "Cuppycake Girl".

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Career

On February 26, 1994, she sang The Cuppycake Song at 3 years old. She released an album called Balloons in 1995 to go along with the song. [1] The original video went viral on the internet. [2]

After that, she began studying acting at the age of 4, and signed with her manager and first agent in Fall of 1998. On her fifth audition, she landed the role of young Ally on the hit TV series Ally McBeal . [3] During the show's second and third seasons she appeared in eight episodes. Since then, she has appeared in many other shows, including The Norm Show , Providence , Lizzie McGuire , Oliver Beene , Malcolm in the Middle , and Summerland .

In 2002, Castle won a Young Artist Award for "Best Performance In A Comedy Series - Guest Starring Young Actress" for her work on Lizzie McGuire in the episode "Just Like Lizzie". [4] In the summer of 2007, Castle booked what is currently her largest role to date, a recurring part on the daytime drama Passions . She plays Viki, the niece of Harmony resident Esme Vanderheusen. [1]

In 2009, Castle played Tara on General Hospital .

In 2010, she played Amy Dillard in the episode "Nevada vs Senator Harper" of The Defenders .

Filmography

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