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Q: What ever happened to Amy Brenneman? I lost sight of her after "Private Practice."

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Adam Thomlison / TV Media

Though you may not have seen all her stuff, Amy Brenneman has in fact been a near-constant presence on TV screens since the debut of "Judging Amy" in 1999.

Notwithstanding a supporting role on the first season of "NYPD Blue" in 1993, CBS's family-friendly legal drama "Judging Amy" was her breakout role — it was her first lead and the gig that put her on the map.

It ended in 2005, and by 2007 she was starring in another prime-time hit, "Private Practice." That ran until 2013, after which she booked a role on HBO's "The Leftovers," which ran from 2014 to 2017. She then followed that with an eight-episode stint on the third season of Amazon Prime's "Goliath" in 2019.

Brenneman took 2020 off before embarking on what might be her most ambitious period yet; one which began with a leading role in Prime's "Tell Me Your Secrets" in 2021 and then "Shining Girls" on Apple TV . Her latest series, "The Old Man" on FX, just debuted a couple of weeks ago.

All three of these new shows have yet to be renewed or officially canceled, so any one of them could come back and be Brenneman's next big hit.

Between all of these have been numerous guest spots and big-screen films. While she has yet to get back to the level of fame she reached with "Judging Amy," one could make the case that Brenneman is one of the hardest-working people in the TV biz.

 

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