Amy O'Neill

Amy O'Neill
Born	Amy Kendra O'Neill
Occupation(s)	Actress, Comedian, Performer
Years active	1984–1994, 2005 (actress) 2003–present (performer/comedian)

Amy O'Neill (born July 8, 1971) is an actress/performer. She is probably best known for her role as Amy Szalinski in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

Biography

Amy Kendra O'Neill was born to Tom O'Neill and his wife Ginny, she has quoted she had a "fantastic childhood". She was the fourth child in the family: Hugh, Barry, Katie, Amy, Casey. She is the niece of Hugh O'Neill, Esq, former Deputy Chief Counsel to The Secretary of the Navy, John Lehman. Her first debut was as Young Ellen Harper in Mama's Family. After that, she continued her acting in Television Series such as Matt Houston, Night Court, The Twilight Zone, and The Young and the Restless. Then she landed her big role in the 1989 comedy hit Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and it's 1992 sequel Honey, I Blew Up the Kid as Amy Szalinski, the wacky inventor's beautiful daughter who gets shrunk in the backyard with her brother and the neighbor's boys. Before Honey, I Blew Up the Kid became a sequel to the original, it was just an independent film with characters to the original and so Amy's character didn't exist. When the script changed to the Szalinski family, there was no room for a big female role (besides the babysitter), so that's why her on-screen time was short. She continued acting in Television Movies until after White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II, she appeared in series and then post-poned the acting business. Since that she had just one appearance on TV again: In the 2005 made documentary The 100 Greatest Family Movies she and her Honey, I Shrunk the Kids co-star Thomas Wilson Brown were interviewed about the movie.

She now lives in Hollywood, Alabama and is 1/3 of the circus trio "Girls on Stilts".

Filmography

• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - Amy Szalinski (1989)
• Desperate for Love - Cindy (1989)
• I Know My First Name Is Steven - Jodie (1990)
• Where's Rodney? - Lisa Barnes (1990)
• Honey, I Blew Up the Kid - Amy Szalinski (1992)
• White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II - Pandra (1993)

Television

• Mama's Family - Young Ellen Harper (1984)
• Matt Houston - Rosie (1984)
• Night Court - Jenny Reader (1985)
• Highway to Heaven - Sue (1985)
• The Twilight Zone - Blondie (1985)
• Family Ties - Brenda (1986)
• The Young and The Restless - Molly (1986)
• Second Chance - Karen (1987)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation - Annette (1989)
• Room for Romance - Sexy Teen (1990)
• The Young Riders - Jennifer Tompkins (1990)
• Gabriel's Fire - Ginny (1991)
• Murder, She Wrote - Susan Hartley (1991)
• Attack of the 5 ft. 2 Woman - Skater (1994)