Amy Smart,
talented & lovely actress, born March 25th, 1976 in Topanga
Canyon, California, was a relatively new arrival when she
first gained notice for her supporting roles in the 1999 hit
teen films "Varsity Blues" and "Outside Providence."
With her blonde, carefree California girl good looks, the
Los Angeles native got her start in TV-movies and made her
feature debut in Stephen Kay's "The Last Time I Committed
Suicide" screened at 1997's Sundance Film Festival. She
was briefly seen in Paul Verhoeven's big-budget sci-fi actioner
"Starship Troopers" and had an impressive turn in
the vastly different, quirkily independent "How to Make
the Cruelest Month." In the latter she played Dot, the
graceful golden girl who seduces the one-time boyfriend of
her sister, the troubled protagonist Bell (Clea DuVall). The
by-the-numbers horror film "Campfire Tales" followed
in 1998, along with the topically chilling but clumsily executed
internet stalker thriller "Dee Snider's StrangeLand,"
written, produced and starring the titular Twisted Sister
frontman as a deranged torturer who meets his victims in web
chatrooms.
Amy would reach her widest
audience with a co-starring role opposite James Van Der Beek
in Brian Robbins' surprise box office hit "Varsity Blues."
The actress played Jules Harbor, a girl who longs for life
beyond her small town's high school football-obsessed culture
but who, as sister of the injured star quarterback (Paul Walker)
and girlfriend of his idealistic replacement (Van Der Beek),
is tied to it. With her darkened hair, sad eyes and intelligent
portrayal of the strong-willed Jules, Smart reminded audiences
of Van Der Beek's "Dawson's Creek" co-star Katie
Holmes. She would next be featured as Shawn Hatosy's upper-class
love interest in Michael Corrente's poignant 1970s era comedy
"Outside Providence."
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