Biography
Mädchen Amick (born December 12, 1970) is an American actress who rose to prominence in the early 1990s. Her name "Mädchen" means "girl" in German, though she was born in Sparks, Nevada. Her most iconic role came in 1990 when David Lynch cast her as Shelly Johnson in the cult classic series "Twin Peaks." The waitress character became one of the show's most beloved roles, and Amick's performance helped launch her career. She appeared in both the original series (1990-1991) and the 2017 revival. ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Making I'm Dangerous Tonight
2022
as Herself
Behind the scenes footage of I'm Dangerous Tonight. Footage shot by Stan Giesea and Eric H. Lasher
Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
2017
as Self
"Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon" is a three-part short documentary briefly chronicling the history of Twin Peaks. Produced and released on YouTube as part...
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014
as Shelly Johnson
Ninety minutes of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, assembled by David Lynch to continue the story of the final week of ...
Unanswered Prayers
2012
as Ava Andersson
After his football career, Ben Beck returned to his Virginia small town and joined the family building firm. His family happiness with wife Lorrie and...
Priest
2011
as Shannon Pace
In an alternate world, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, the veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity with...
Pleading Guilty
2010
as Brushy
The story is a legal thriller about Mack Malloy, a middle-aged lawyer basically waiting to retire, who is assigned by his firm to track down another a...
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007
A select group of key creative forces involved in the making of Twin Peaks reveals their take on the fascinating creation and journey of the wildly po...
A Slice of Lynch
2007
as Self
David Lynch, Mädchen Amick, Kyle MacLachlan and John Wentworth reminisce about "Twin Peaks" while seated at a diner counter.
Four Corners of Suburbia
2005
as Rachel Samson
A group of young adults spending a weekend together on a secluded island in Maine find themselves haunted by the choices they didn't make as they conf...
Lies and Deception
2005
as Jean Brooks
Six years after her husband's suicide, Jean Bruckner is dumbfounded by the news that he has recently been murdered! With the help of a private investi...
Global Effect
2002
as Dr. Sera Levitt
Terrorists steal the only cure to a deadly virus that has been unleashed in Africa.
The Rats
2002
as Susan Costello
A clan of evil rats overtakes a Manhattan department store and threatens to overrun the city.
Scenes of the Crime
2002
as Carmen
A young man about to get married earns extra cash by driving a local mobster, but things go awry when the mobster is shot dead by a rival crime boss.
Postcards From The Cast
2001
as Self
"Postcards From The Cast" is a featurette originally released in the 2001 DVD release, Twin Peaks: The First Season. It was later re-released in the B...
Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks
2001
as Self
"Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks" is a featurette originally released on the 2001 DVD release of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. It feature...
Hangman
2001
as Grace Mitchell
Death by noose. A nasty way to die if you're not dropped from a length, but instead just had the support kicked from beneath you. A series of murders ...
The List
2000
as Gabrielle Mitchell
After being arrested for solicitation, a high-class prostitute threatens to make public a list of her best clients and someone resorts to murder to ke...
Mr. Rock n Roll: The Alan Freed Story
1999
as Jackie McCoy
This is the story of Alan Freed. He was working as a DJ in Cleveland, Ohio, and he discovered how amazing R&B or Rhytym & Blues is, however, the music...
Psychopath
1998
as Rachel Dwyer
A beautiful attorney's hunt for a serial killer is frustrated by his accomplice's twisted scheme to keep the killer free at all costs
The Hunted
1998
as Samantha Clark
Insurance investigator Samantha Clark goes deep into a Pacific Northwest forest to retrieve $12 million from a crashed airplane. While there she meets...
Heartless
1997
as Annie O'Keefe
A shy young woman receives a heart transplant and undergoes a personality change that may be connected to the murdered donor.
Bombshell
1997
as Angeline
Characters in a bio technological firm utilize nanotechnology (miniature, smart robots) to control others for their own good.
Wounded
1997
as Julie Clayton
After a grizzly-bear poacher named Hanaghan kills her fiance and fellow Fish & Wildlife Deptartment officer, Julie Clayton sets out to track the k...
French Exit
1995
as Zina
Davis meets Zina in a car wreck. Their immediate attraction for one another is put into jeopardy when they learn each is competing for the same writi...
The Courtyard
1995
as Lauren
Architect Jonathan moves into an LA courtyard apartment complex; then one of his neighbors is murdered ... by mistake ... Jonathan was the intended vi...
Trapped in Paradise
1994
as Sarah Collins
Residents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.
Love, Cheat & Steal
1993
as Lauren Harrington
Paul Harrington thinks he has the perfect wife... stunning, kind, and ambitious. Yet behind Lauren's pretty face lies a wicked person who sent her for...
Dream Lover
1993
as Lena Mathers
Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incid...
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992
as Shelly Johnson
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The...
Sleepwalkers
1992
as Tanya Robertson
Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only ...
The Borrower
1991
as Megan
Aliens punish one of their own by sending him to earth. The alien is very violent, and when the body he occupies is damaged, he is forced to find anot...
Don't Tell Her It's Me
1990
as Mandy
Gus is a fat cartoonist that recently won a battle against cancer, which explains his baldness. But he is also lonely. Therefore, his caring sister tr...
I'm Dangerous Tonight
1990
as Amy
An ancient Aztec cloth with a curse accidentally finds its way into the possession of a young woman. She decides to make a dress from the cloth. Whoev...
Jury Duty: The Comedy
1990
as Miss Doddsworth
Mild and meek accountant Sanford Lagelfost has been charged with embezzling $3 million dollars from Trout Industries. A decidedly mixed bag of jurors ...
Twin Peaks
1989
as Shelly Johnson
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the...
Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier
1989
as Laurie
Welcome to the bay... Mitch and his friends enter the sink or swim world that is BAYWATCH.
Fractured
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Director
Based on true events, this film with follow the journey of a young woman traversing her trauma, heartbreak and mental illness while pushing the bounda...