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Amy Sloan

Canadian actress

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ481954
Source-derived summary

Amy Kathleen Sloan is a Canadian-American actress. She was born in Gladstone, Manitoba, raised in Whitehorse, Yukon and graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

All My Sons - Ann Deever Geffen Playhouse

How the Light Gets In - Grace Wheeler. Boston Court

Awards and nominations

For her work on the TV series Call Me Fitz, episode "Are You There God? I Need to Speak to Frank", Sloan was nominated at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in the category of "Best performance by an actress in a featured supporting role or guest role in a comedic series".

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Amy Sloan” as canadian actress. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sloan, Canadian and actress.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current 102-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1978-05-12. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Sloan, Canadian and actress providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q481954. VIAF identifies the subject as 47049919. The Library of Congress control number is no2020059930. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from Amy Sloan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.