Elizabeth Anne Allen is an American actress. Allen is best known for her recurring role as the witch

Witch (Buffyverse)

In the fictional Buffyverse established by Buffy and Angel, a Witch is a person who has great knowledge and power over the use of mystical forces, commonly known as "magic" and colloquially referred to as "mojo" and "the whammy", to perform various feats that defy the laws of nature. The term...

 Amy Madison

Amy Madison

Amy Madison is a fictional character, a witch played by Elizabeth Anne Allen in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and by Shay Astar in the Season 8 motion comics. She made appearances in every season of Buffy except Seasons Five .Amy is a witch...

 on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Allen is an alumna of Gloversville High School in Gloversville, New York

Gloversville, New York

Gloversville is a city in Fulton County, New York, that was once the hub of America's glovemaking industry with over two hundred manufacturers in Gloversville and Johnstown. In 2000, Gloversville had a population of 15,413. Ten years later, the population had increased to 15,665- History :The...

 and graduated from Russell Sage College

Russell Sage College

Russell Sage College is a women's college located in Troy, New York, approximately north of New York City in the Capital District. It is one of the three colleges that make up The Sage Colleges...

 in Troy, NY in 2001. After college she moved to Hollywood to begin an acting career.http://www.elizabethanneallen.com Since 1992, Allen has worked regularly, primarily in guest or recurring roles on various television series. These include Doogie Howser, M.D.

Doogie Howser, M.D.

Doogie Howser, M.D. is an American television comedy-drama starring Neil Patrick Harris as a 16-year-old doctor who also faces the problems of being a normal teenager. Created by Steven Bochco and David E. Kelley, ABC aired the show from 1989 to 1993 for four seasons totaling 97 episodes.-Plot:Dr....

and Silk Stalkings

Silk Stalkings

Silk Stalkings is a TV crime drama originally shown on CBS in 1991 as part of the network's late-night Crimetime After Primetime programming package, and rebroadcast on the USA Network. After CBS ended the Crimetime experiment in 1993, the series ran exclusively on USA until its finale in the...

. Allen also had a recurring role in the T.V. series Bull

Bull (TV Series)

Bull is a short-lived American drama series created by Michael S. Chernuchin, who had worked on Law & Order and Brooklyn South in 2000. It was TNT's first original series, and was cancelled in the middle of Season 1...

playing the character Pam Boyd.

Allen won the recurring role of Amy Madison on Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the season one episode "Witch". She returned as Amy in the second season's "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Buffy episode)

"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" is episode 16 of season two of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In this episode, Cordelia breaks up with Xander after her friends mock her...

", the season three episode "Gingerbread

Gingerbread (Buffy episode)

"Gingerbread" is episode 11 of season 3 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.-Plot synopsis:While on the nightly patrol, Buffy not only encounters a vampire, but her mother looking for some quality time and a chance to "share" in the slaying experience...

" (where her character was turned into a rat) and season four's "Something Blue

Something Blue (Buffy episode)

"Something Blue" is the 9th episode of season 4 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Written by Tracey Forbes and directed by Nick Marck, it originally aired on November 30, 1999 on the WB network...

" (in a brief, non-speaking cameo). She returned for a three-episode guest arc in the season six episodes "Smashed

Smashed (Buffy episode)

"Smashed" is the 9th episode of season 6 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.-Plot synopsis:Willow, sad and lonely without Tara, figures out a way to turn the metamorphosed Amy from a rat back into human. Feeling newly liberated, they decide to go out and have some fun. At The...

", "Wrecked

Wrecked (Buffy episode)

"Wrecked" is the 10th episode of season 6 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.-Plot synopsis:Tara and Dawn wake on the couch and find that neither Buffy nor Willow returned home the night before. Buffy wakes up naked with Spike to find that the building around them fell down as she...

" and "Doublemeat Palace

Doublemeat Palace (Buffy episode)

"Doublemeat Palace" is the 12th episode of season 6 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.-Plot synopsis:Willow reports to Xander and Anya that the supervillains seem to have abandoned their basement lair...

". She made one final appearance on Buffy in the season seven episode "The Killer In Me

The Killer in Me (Buffy episode)

"The Killer in Me" is the 13th episode of the seventh and final season of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.-Plot synopsis:...

".

She auditioned for, and was the runner up for the role of Buffy. The role went to Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Prinze , known professionally by her birth name of Sarah Michelle Gellar , is an American actress, singer and executive producer...

, but Joss Whedon

Joss Whedon

Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an American screenwriter, executive producer, director, comic book writer, occasional composer and actor, founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-creator of Bellwether Pictures...

 was so impressed by Elizabeth that he created the character of Amy for her.

External links

• Elizabeth Anne Allen at the Internet Movie Database
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