Amy Aquino
Biography
Amy Aquino (born March 20, 1957) is an American television, film, and stage actress. The graduate of Harvard and Yale universities has appeared in television series such as Brooklyn Bridge, ER, and Being Human, and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role in Picket Fences. She was co-Secretary/Treasurer of the SAG-AFTRA until August 2015 and currently stars in Amazon Studios' television series Bosch as Lt. Grace Billets. Aquino was born in Teaneck, New Jersey, to Adele Frances (née Mesiti) and Salvatore Aquino. She first acted in junior high school productions. At Harvard University she was pre-med, majoring in biology. In her final year, she realised she was spending more time acting than studying and so left to travel to New York to take acting classes, while working at a law firm. She stayed there for three years without landing any acting jobs, before travelling on a recommendation to Minneapolis, where she gained her first roles. In 1986, after two years of rejections, she enrolled at Yale University School of Drama, where she studied three years.
Known For

Law & Order

Grey's Anatomy

The Mentalist

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Private Practice

Suits

Castle

Desperate Housewives
All Movies (32)
- Rhythm Is a Dancer2025 · as Susan
- Beware the Wolves2025
- Juror #22024 · as Judge Thelma Hollub
- Puppy Love2024 · as Emily's Mom
- The Grotto2022 · as Arnel Platte
- Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special2021 · as Dr. Christina Raynor (archive footage)
- Beautiful Boy2018 · as Annie Goldblum
- Sensum2017 · as Dr. Rita Montal
- Hacked2016
- The Lazarus Effect2015 · as President Dalley
- In Security2014 · as Lena's Mom
- In My Sleep2010 · as Detective Curwen
- Prison Break: The Final Break2009 · as Warden Alice Simms
- In Good Company2004 · as Alicia
- The Singing Detective2003 · as Nurse Nozhki
- National Security2003 · as Councilwoman
- White Oleander2002 · as Miss Martinez
- Undisputed2002 · as Darlene Early
- My Brother's Keeper1995 · as Terry
- Boys on the Side1995 · as Anna
- Once in a Lifetime1994 · as Barbera
- Betrayal of Trust1994 · as Jeannie Wilcox
- Jack Reed: Badge of Honor1993
- A Place to Be Loved1993 · as Debby Hunter
- Alan & Naomi1992 · as Ruth Silverman
- The Last to Go1991 · as Ginny
- Descending Angel1990 · as Catherine
- Working Girl1988 · as Alice Baxter
- Moonstruck1987 · as Bonnie
- The Slumber Party Massacre1982 · as Pam (uncredited)
- Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary— · as Self
- The Music Store— · as Julie Valli
All TV Shows (48)
- Spider-Noir2026 · as Dr. Faber
- The Irrational2023 · as CJ Wright
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier2021 · as Dr. Christina Raynor
- The Good Fight2017 · as Stella Corben
- Grace and Frankie2015 · as Dana
- Bosch2015 · as Grace Billets
- The Finder2012 · as Cristina Farrel
- Suits2011 · as Judge
- Being Human2011 · as Donna Gilchrist
- Harry's Law2011 · as Marylin Coulis
- Glee2009 · as Funny Girl Producer
- Castle2009 · as Janine Marks
- The Mentalist2008 · as Judge Patricia Davis
- Private Practice2007 · as Claire
- Head Case2007 · as Lorraine Finkelstein
- Twenty Good Years2006 · as Lois
- Brothers and Sisters2006 · as Dr. Joan Avadon
- Shark2006 · as Judge Grant
- Heist2006 · as Captain
- Big Love2006 · as Leslie Usher
- Ghost Whisperer2005 · as Georgina
- Weeds2005 · as School Psychologist
- The Closer2005 · as Laura Mayhan
- Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Marianne Grandy
- Desperate Housewives2004 · as Erika Gold
- Boston Legal2004 · as Judge Phyllis Tamber
- CSI: NY2004 · as Diane Lipstone
- Monk2002 · as Mrs. Bowen
- Monk2002 · as Rhonda
- Alias2001 · as Virginia Kerr
- Crossing Jordan2001 · as Lois Carver
- Curb Your Enthusiasm2000 · as Susan Braudy
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as A.D.A. Valerie Nichols
- Strong Medicine2000 · as Willa James
- Freaks and Geeks1999 · as Mrs. Schweiber
- The West Wing1999 · as Becky Reeseman
- Action1999 · as Connie Hunt
- Felicity1998 · as Dr. Toni Pavone
- Ally McBeal1997 · as Dr. Harper
- The Practice1997 · as Judge Louise Moreno
- Everybody Loves Raymond1996 · as Peggy
- 7th Heaven1996 · as Ms. Williams
- Madman of the People1994 · as Sasha Danziger
- ER1994 · as Janet Coburn
- Picket Fences1992 · as Dr. Joanna 'Joey' Diamond
- The Larry Sanders Show1992 · as Rabbi Marcy Klein
- Brooklyn Bridge1991 · as Phyllis Berger Silver
- Law & Order1990 · as Defense Attorney Erica Stohlmeyer