WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO: AMY LOCANE

The “What Ever Happened To” series has turned into the most popular series here. And I have one person to thank for that, Amy Locane.

One day, when I couldn’t think of anything else to write, I noticed in the birthday listings that it was Amy Locane’s birthday. At the time, I wondered what happened to her? I then started thinking about other celebrities, Jonna Lee being the first, and the series was born.

So, I decided to go back and look at Amy Locane’s career, to write up an official series entry for her.

Amy got her start on the 1984 Chad Lowe sitcom SPENCER. Despite watching the show, and being the same age as Amy, I have no memory of her on this sitcom. She starred in a couple other TV series after that.


It was in the 1989 Hugh Hudson film LOST ANGELS, opposite Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz, that I first noticed her. This film with Donald Sutherland as a doctor in a home for troubled kids, was a popular cable film, even though it didn’t get much of a theatrical release.

This began a run of popular films. From John Waters CRY BABY, NO SECRETS with another "What Ever Happened To" star Traci Lind, and 1992’s SCHOOL TIES.

In 1992, she also joined the cast of MELROSE PLACE for a brief run. This was followed by AIRHEADS with her SCHOOL TIES co-star Brendan Fraser and Adam Sandler.

1994 saw the release of BLUE SKY, the film that Jessica Lange won an Oscar for. The film had been on the shelf at Orion since 1991. Whether if it had come out any earlier, and had a greater impact on Amy’s career (who is very good in it), we will never know.


In 1996, she starred in yet another critically acclaimed role. She starred as Dennis Hopper’s object of obsession in CARRIED AWAY. A very daring performance by Amy, critics loved the film, even though it didn’t do much at the box office.

But the next few years saw a lot of Direct to DVD films, from GOING ALL THE WAY (with Ben Affleck and Rachel Weisz), BONGWATER (with Luke Wilson and Jack Black), LEGEND OF THE MUMMY, PREFONTAINE, and ROUTE 9 among others.

She did appear in the Maggie Gyllenhaal film SECRETARY. It was then back to smaller films before her last, a 2005 Sci-Fi Channel film ALIEN EXPRESS.



So, What Ever Happened To Her?

Amy moved back to New Jersey. There, in addition to reportedly teaching acting classes, she was married and now has two daughters, the most recent born in January 2009.

According to the IMDB, she recently finished an 8 minute short film, shot in New Jersey.

So maybe she will be returning to acting.

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