Amy Smart

Amy Lysle Smart was born in Topanga, California in March 26, 1976. Amy has a brother, Adam. Inspired by her friend Vinessa Shaw, Smart studied ballet for ten years and enrolled in acting classes when she was 16, but began her career as a fashion model, working in Italy, France, Mexico, and Tahiti. She modeled with Ali Larter in Milan.
Smart had a very minor role in the 1997 film Starship Troopers as the co-pilot for (and friend of) Carmen Ibanez (Denise Richards). In 1999, Smart played the girlfriend of a popular football player (played by James Van Der Beek) in the film Varsity Blues
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Smart also appeared in the series Felicity, as a girlfriend of Scott Foley's character. She subsequently appeared in a number of films catering to a teenage audience, many of which were successful, including Road Trip (2000) and The Butterfly Effect (2004).