Lindsey Gort

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Lindsey Gort
Born (1984-04-24) 24 April 1984 (age 40)
NationalityAmerican
Years active2009–present
Spouse
Beau Laughlin
(m. 2015)

Lindsey Gort (born April 24, 1984) is an American actress. She is known for her portrayals of Samantha Jones on CW's The Carrie Diaries and Amy Quinn on the legal drama series All Rise .

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Career

Gort was born in Scottsdale, Arizona.[ citation needed ] She got involved in the local theater at a young age and her first appearance was in 2009 in a short drama titled Goodbye horses. [1]

In 2010, she starred in the drama thriller Forgotten Pills and the TV movie Wing Bitches. Gort appeared in a minor role in the 2013 action film 2 Guns . [2]

Her first major break came in 2013, when after being turned down for the role twice, she was cast as a young Samantha Jones in the Sex and the City prequel series "The Carrie Diaries" . [3] [4] [5] [6] The older and previous version of the character from Sex and the City was played by Kim Cattrall. [7] [8] Cattrall congratulated Gort on Twitter for winning the role and also offered her some advice on playing the character. [9] [10] [2]

In March 2015, Gort joined the dark-comedy sitcom series Impastor in a recurring role of Ashlee. [11] During 2015, she also starred in a Christmas themed TV movie called How Sarah Got Her Wings. [12] [13]

In 2016, she starred in the CBS TV comedy movie Real Good People. [14] In September 2017, Gort was cast as the DC comics character Detective Amy Rohrbach on the superhero show Titans . [15] [16] Her appearance on the show was short-lived as the character was killed off in the second episode of the series. [17] [18]

In late 2019, Gort was cast as Amy Quinn on the CBS legal drama series All Rise . [19] Gort made recurring appearances throughout the first season of the show and was subsequently promoted to series regular for the second season of the series. [20] [21] [22] She returned in the show's third season. [23]

Gort has guest starred on such shows as Lucifer , Baby Daddy , Modern Family and American Housewife''. [15] [24] [25] [21] [26] [27] She starred in TV movie Love is a Piece of Cake in 2020. [21] [28]

Personal life

Gort married her boyfriend Beau Laughlin in July 2015 in a ceremony at The Paramour Mansion in Silver Lake, California. [29]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009Goodbye HorseAlexShort film
2010 Forgotten Pills Alicia
2010Wing BitchesLindseyTV movie
2010T.V.UsherShort film
2011Our Footloose RemakeRusty
2012Destinea, Our IslandAbbie Garner
2012Body LanguagesGirlShort film
2012PhoenixSusan
2013 Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter Poolside Woman #1Short film
2013 2 Guns Waitress Marjorie
2013Social Media AnonymousCindyShort film
2015How Sarah Got Her WingsSarah
2015Self PromotionTessTV movie
2016Urban CowboyVivianTV movie
2016Real Good PeopleJuneTV movie
2019Best IntentionsKatie BaxterTV movie
2019A Merry Christmas MatchJillian WintersTV movie
2020Love is a Piece of CakeJessie DaleTV movie

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012All the Wrong NotesUnknown1 episode
2012SketchyCindy1 episode
2013 Vegas Ginny Binder1 episode
2013 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Kymm1 episode
2013–14 The Carrie Diaries Samantha Jones Main (season 2), 13 episodes
2014Two Popular Girls' GuideLindsey3 episodes, also writer
2015 Baby Daddy Ashley2 episodes
2015–16 Impastor Ashlee13 episodes
2016 Modern Family Cindy1 episode
2016 The Last Tycoon Hazel Ward1 episode
2017 Pure Genius Georgia Ray1 episode
2017 American Housewife Holly1 episode
2017 Lucifer Candy Morningstar / Fletcher2 episodes
2017 Do You Want to See a Dead Body? Marissa1 episode
2017 S.W.A.T. Jilly1 episode
2018 Titans Amy Rohrbach2 episodes
2018 Single Parents Judith1 episode
2019 A Million Little Things Joanna1 episode
2019–2023 All Rise Amy QuinnMain (season 2–3), recurring (season 1)
2021 Station 19 Ingrid Saunders4 episodes
2024 Dead Boy Detectives (TV series) Maxine3 episodes

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