From her biography, Amy Morton was born in the state of Illinois, in the city of Oak Park. She went to Oak Park and to River Forest High School in the Oak Park. She went to Triton College and to Clarke University but she did not finish. She was among the core group member of SteppenWolf Theater from 1997. She spent a large part of her career working in Chicago Theater Scene. She had appeared in different stage production and they include Awake and Sing, Love-Lies-Bleeding, The Pillowman, Dublin Carol, American Buffalo and Clybourne Park.

Amy Morton started to act in Broadway when she was opposite Gary Sinise and played in the role of Nurse Ratched in the work that won Tony Award under the name of One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. She was the original actress of Barbara in August: Osage County of Tracy Letts and she got a Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award nomination for the role.

According to her bio, she had only a brother under the name of Bruce Morton but he died when he suffered Pancreatitis at the age of 40 years. She is of American nationality and she has average height. At a time, she was said to be in relationship with William Petersen but they broke up without getting married. William is also an actor, a producer and a director. She got married to Rob Milburn and they are happy together as a husband and wife. More about her married life cannot be found online.

At her age, she was also able to appear in a number of some feature films. She was in the supporting role of Dolly Parton in Straight Talk. In Rookie of the Year, she had the main role of being the mother of a Lead character. This is the film that had box office success and it grossed over 56million dollars in the entire world. She was also in the crime thriller called 8mm and it was directed by Joel Schumacher. She is playing as Amanda Harris on a CBS drama under the name blue blood. Even if she is successful as actress, her net worth is not known. Besides acting, she also invests into restaurants and she is the owner of Evanston Restaurant.