Born: Amy Lysle Smart on 26 March 1976, in Topanga, California, US.

Amy Smart is an American actress and former fashion model. She studied ballet for ten years and enrolled in acting classes when she was 16, but began her career as a fashion model, working in Italy, France, Mexico, and Tahiti.

Smart's first film role was for director Martin Kunert's film Campfire Tales, followed by a very minor role in the 1997 film Starship Troopers as the co-pilot for Carmen Ibanez (played by Denise Richards). She had a starring role in the mini-series titled The 70s, playing a young woman from Ohio. In 1999, Smart played the girlfriend of a popular football player (played by James Van Der Beek) in the film Varsity Blues. Also, Smart appeared in the series Felicity, as a girlfriend of Scott Foley's character. She subsequently appeared in a number of films catering to a teenage audience, many of which were successful, including Road Trip (2000) and The Butterfly Effect (2004). In 2004, she was nominated for "Best Kiss" at the MTV Movie Awards for her role in Starsky & Hutch.

There's something about blonds that triggers a lightheartedness. People can't take you seriously. Brunettes are more mysterious.

In 2005, Smart co-starred with Ryan Reynolds in the romantic comedy film Just Friends, which had a total domestic box office gross of $32 million and a total worldwide box office of $46.7 million. In 2006 she played the girlfriend of the lead character, Chev (played by Jason Statham) in the film Crank.

Smart is engaged to actor Branden Williams, whom she has dated for over thirteen years. Her former roommate Ali Larter appeared alongside Smart in the film Varsity Blues and modelled with her in Milan.