Amy Morton

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Summary

Amy Morton is an actor and director whose career spans Chicago theater, Broadway, film, and television. A longtime Steppenwolf ensemble member, she earned Tony nominations for August: Osage County and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and is widely recognized for Chicago P.D. Her stage work includes gritty American dramas and family stories. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, or activism, or public political advocacy, are on record; she has said that being a female director makes no difference to her approach to a play.