Amy Walker

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Amy Walker
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Walker in August 2013
Alma mater University of Wollongong
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
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Channel
Years active2007–present
Genre(s)Accents, acting, vlog
Subscribers182 thousand [1]
Total views34.45 million [1]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers

Last updated: 10 Jul 2022
Website amywalkeronline.com

Amy Walker is an American actress and singer. [2] She is best known for voicing Lunara in the video game Heroes of the Storm and a variety of characters in Fallout 76.

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Early life

Amy Walker studied acting and singing at the University of Wollongong. She later settled in Wellington, and played the character Joan in the short film Dead Letters. [3]

Career

In Heroes of the Storm, Walker voiced Lunara and various characters in Fallout 76 (Miss Nanny, Beverly Solomon, Dorothy Orris, and Mawmaw). She created a YouTube video 21 Accents, [4] [5] which earned her appearances on both The Today Show [6] [7] and Inside Edition . [8] [9] She also partnered with Nokia as an accent expert to promote their Foreign Accent Cup. [10]

Walker performed her first original one-woman show, Amy Walker: Inside Out, in November 2007 and has since created three other original shows onstage and online. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

In 2019, Amy Walker filmed two feature films, Evan Wood and Grace and Grit, both of which were released in late 2020. She also voiced Emi Terasawa in the video game, Judgment. [16]

She learned how to paint in college. [17]

Discography

Awards

Award nominations for Amy Walker
YearAwardRoleEvent
2008Best Actress"Betty" in Remember Wenn by Rupert HolmesDiscovering New Mysteries Festival
2009Best Actress [18] "Pam Brent" in Personal Call by Agatha ChristieDiscovering New Mysteries Festival
2009Best Music VideoDirector, "We Are Connected" (Music Video)RainDance Short Film Festival

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