Amy Conachan
Birthday: Born in 1990-11-19 in Glasgow, Scotland
Deathday: Alive
Amy is a stage and television actress. Since graduating with a BA in Acting from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2015, Amy's production credits include: Coriolanus, The Hypochondriak and 13 (RCS); Skeleton Wumman (Play, a Pie and a Pint); Blood Wedding (Graeae) and Redefining Juliet (Barbican, Open Lab). Amy Conachan has a rare spinal condition that means her legs are “really small” and “don’t work”, as she describes them, because her spinal cord “doesn’t go all the way down”. As a result, she uses a wheelchair.
TV Credits
Grace
Character: Mo
Brighton based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job, but his career is currently at rock bottom. He’s fixated by the disappearance of his beloved wife, Sandy, and running enquiries into long forgotten cold cases with little prospect of success. Following another reprimand for his unorthodox police methods, Grace is walking a career tightrope and risks being moved from the job he loves most....
Crime
Character: Karen
Detective Inspector Ray Lennox investigates the disappearance of a schoolgirl while battling cocaine addiction and a mental breakdown....
Only Child
Character: Saleswoman
Richard's long overdue visit to recently-widowed Ken makes him realize his dad may need a bit more full time help. Not that Ken would agree, of course, but that statement is pretty much true about anything. An eccentric, strong-willed technophobe, Ken is set in his ways, leaving Richard worrying about his dad growing old....
The Chief
Character: Kirsty Doolan MSP
Scot Squad’s top cop dives deep into dealing with colleagues, bams and family alike. Can he still be the numero uno in a modern, progressive police force?...
Fear
Character: Fiona Gregston
Excited to make a fresh start away from London, Martyn and Rebecca move into a beautiful house in Glasgow with their two young children. At first, the new home seems idyllic, but when their neighbour Jan makes unnerving comments to Rebecca it turns out to be the start of something far more intimidating....
Movie Credits
National Theatre Live: Oliver Twist
Character: Mrs Thingummy
Born into poverty and misfortune, Oliver Twist escapes the workhouse for a life of adventure where he joins Artful Dodger, Fagin, and their mischievous gang of pick pockets. But the enjoyment is short-lived as he falls under the influence of the vicious Bill Sykes. This production was specially filmed for audiences to enjoy online at home and features creatively integrated sign language, audio description, and captioning....
Skeleton Wumman
Character:
The Skeleton Wummin rests at the bottom of the cold sea, withering away in the passing tides and dreaming of life above the waves, in this vivid and poetically eerie Scots-language fable....