Amy Rutberg

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Amy Rutberg
Born
Amy Lauren Ruth Rutberg

(1981-11-11) November 11, 1981 (age 43)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles
OccupationActress
Years active1997–present
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Spouse
Shane Rahmani
(m. 2011)
Children1

Amy Lauren Ruth Rutberg (born November 11, 1981) is an American actress, and television writer. She is known for her role as Marci Stahl in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Daredevil (2015-2018) and The Defenders (2017).

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Early life

Born in Los Angeles, Rutberg became interested in acting at a young age after watching a production of Peter Pan and she was "carried away screaming...because she was certain Peter would be back to fly her to Neverland". She transferred to University of California, Los Angeles where she continued to study other subjects like law. Just before turning seventeen, she acquired an agent and began to pursue acting. [1] [2]

Career

Rutberg starred in the a cappella musical comedy Perfect Harmony at the Clurman Theatre in New York City. [3] She made guest appearances in the shows Blindspot , NCIS: New Orleans , The Blacklist , Elementary and Taken . [4] [5]

In 2015, Rutberg made her debut in Daredevil as Marci Stahl, girlfriend to Foggy Nelson. Although the character of Marci was originally cast to appear only in one episode, she would go on to be a recurring character through the entire series, with a guest appearance in The Defenders . [6]

In 2018, Rutberg joined the cast of the ABC television reboot of the Blaxploitation series Get Christie Love! . [5] However, ABC later announced that it had decided not to pick the pilot up to series. [7]

Personal life

Amy Rutberg is married and has one child. [4] She appeared on season 6 episode 11 of the reality series, Say Yes to the Dress .

Filmography

Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
1997Sports Theater with Shaquille O'NealEpisode: "Broken Record"
1997 Pacific Blue Amy JorgensonEpisode: "Ties That Bind"
2005 Everwood SarahEpisode: "A Mountain Town"
2006 As the World Turns Nurse1 episode
2008 Recount Clark Center InstigatorTV movie
2008 Law & Order CourtneyEpisode: "Misbegotten"
2009 Jake and Amir AmandaWeb series, 3 episodes
2009 The Unusuals Roxanne TateEpisode: "One Man Band"
2009 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Emma CohenEpisode: "Passion"
2010Law & OrderMegan KerikEpisode: "Blackmail"
2013Murder in ManhattanMary BarketTV Pilot
2014The ActressKateEpisode: "Kate"
2014 Alpha House Melanie SaksEpisode: "The Retreat"
2015 The Good Wife Rebecca SmercornishEpisode: "Open Source"
2015Karl Manhair, Postal InspectorAmy / Delores LaramieWeb series, Recurring
2015–2018 Daredevil Marci StahlRecurring (seasons 1, 3)
Guest (season 2);
11 episodes
2016 Elementary Nicole SlaterEpisode: "Down Where the Dead Delight"
2017BeerfestAngieTV miniseries, main cast
2017 Bull Abigail WalshEpisode: "The Fall"
2017 The Blacklist Annie KaplanEpisode: "Requiem"
2017 Marvel's The Defenders Marci StahlEpisode: "Mean Right Hook"
2017 Blindspot Marci BoothEpisode: "Enemy Bag of Tricks"
2018–2019 NCIS: New Orleans Megan Sutter/The AngelRecurring role
2018 Pinkalicious & Peterrific Dr. Wink (voice)Episode: "Fairy House/Pinkabotta & Peterbotta"
2018 Taken Anna WarrenEpisode: "Charm School"
2018 Get Christie Love! Danielle "Silver Manicure" MoranTV Pilot
2019 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Annabeth PearlEpisode: Part 33
2019 FBI Stacy HarperEpisode: "The Lives of Others"
2021 Dopesick Alice FisherEpisode: "Black Box Warning"
Film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2009Sucker PunchPaulineShort film
2010Inside OutBrook PriceShort film
2013RefugeNellAlso known as The Mansion
2014 The Opposite Sex ReginaUncredited
2016 Hard Sell Vet Susan
2017 Rebel in the Rye Betsy Hopkins
2018AccommodationsClaudia
Video game roles
YearTitleRole
2011 Saints Row: The Third Radio Voices

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