Amy Pietz (born March 6, 1969) is an American film and television actress, recently appearing on the sitcom Aliens in America as "Franny Tolchuk".
She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the adopted daughter of Nancy, a nurse, and Arnold Pietz, a truck driver. She attended the Milwaukee High School of the Arts and graduated from DePaul University.
Pietz created the role of "Annie Spadaro" in the NBC sitcom Caroline in the City, which aired from 1995 to 1999. She was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for the role in 1999. She also starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom Rodney, which debuted in 2004. She has made guest appearances on Ally McBeal, The Drew Carey Show and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
On September 10, 2007, Pietz returned to the Milwaukee High School of the Arts, her alma mater, to show the audience scenes from her new TV series, Aliens in America, which premiered several weeks later, on October 1.
Pietz married actor Kenneth Alan Williams in 1997 in her native Milwaukee.
