- Amy is 5' 4" (1.63 m).
- Her nickname is Ames.
- In 1997, Amy starred in the Off-Broadway play God's Heart.
- In 1992, Amy starred in a play titled Saint Joan of the Stockyards.
- While in France, Amy took care of two autistic children.
- She is addicted to the VH-1 TV show titled Behind The Music.
- She was the first actress to appear nude on a cop show NYPD Blue.
- Amy created a drama show Judging Amy, inspired by her mother's life and job.
- She was also nominated 3 times for a Golden Globe Award for her performance on a drama show Judging Amy.
- She was nominated 2 times for an Emmys for her performance on a cop drama show NYPD Blue.
- She was nominated 3 times (2000, 2001 & 2002) for an Emmy, for her performance in Judging Amy.
- She was a reader on Simon & Schuster Audio Book titled "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty."
- During 1980s, Amy did a TV commercial for Tampax.
- She was an executive producer, a writer and a creator of a popular CBS drama show Judging Amy.
- In 1992, Amy landed her first TV role as Blanche in a short-loved show Middle Ages.
- After five years working in a touring company, Amy moved to New York and started working as a teacher.
- She formed a touring production company while on college, titled "Cornerstone Theater Company."
- She spent one semester on college studying sacred dances in Nepal.
- She played a character named "Amy" in two different shows, Judging Amy and Murder, She Wrote.
- She spoke at the March for Women's Lives Rally.
- In 1986, she graduated from Harvard University.
- In 1982, she graduated from Glastonbury High School, Glastonbury, Connecticut.
- She has two older brothers, Matthew and Andrew.
- Amy has two children; daughter, Charlotte Tucker Silberling, born March 20, 2001 and son, Bodhi Russell Silberling, born June 8, 2005.
- She married Brad Silberling on September 30, 1995.
- Amy tried out for the part of Alison Parker on Melrose Place. The role eventually went to Courtney Thorne-Smith.
- Amy (about her nude scene in NYPD Blue): I was very surprised how controversial it was, with entire cities not running it... especially because I knew the scenes weren't gratuitous.
- Amy: I know for me, a lot of my 20s was about going off and proving that I wasn't like my mother. I was so different, I wasn't going to do anything like her. And then, we all know, you fall flat on your face, because you're exactly like your parents.
- Amy (about Judging Amy): In court I am completely at ease. And that's just because I'm imitating my mother.
- Amy (comparing Providence and Judging Amy): What's infuriating is, why can't there be two shows about women? There can be a bunch of shows about male cops and nobody thinks twice about it.
- Amy (about producing Judging Amy): I do find it's a very different part of my brain that works. Producing is the bird's-eye-view, the big picture, while acting is purely moment-to-moment. "It helps cut down on the paranoia that actors usually feel that things are going on they don't know about. It's about information, when I don't have information, I can go into a paranoid, grouchy place, you can kind of breathe easier.
- Amy: (about co-starring in "Daylight" with Sylvester Stallone) It may be contradictory on the surface, but that's closer to who I like to think I am. It could be due to my traditional upbringing or my stage background, but if there's a choice between playing stereotypical female roles or hitching my wagon to a big male star to get a really fun, strong character, there's no contest.
- Amy: People always talk about how they don't like shooting love scenes. I really don't mind it. I don't know what that says about me.
- Amy: When people get upset you know something is happening. But why do something if you're not going to touch a nerve?
