Amy J. Roeder is an American politician, actress, and academic serving as a member of the

Maine House of Representatives The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature. The House consists of 151 voting members and three nonvoting members. The voting members represent an equal number of districts across the state and are elected via ...

from the 125th/23rd district. Elected in November 2020, she assumed office on December 2, 2020.

Early life and education

Roeder was born in

Minneapolis Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the state's List of cities in Minnesota, most populous city. Locat ...

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

and raised in New London, Minnesota. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre from the

University of Evansville The University of Evansville (UE) is a private university in Evansville, Indiana. It was founded in 1854 as Carnegie Hall of Moores Hill College, Moores Hill College. The university operates a satellite center, Harlaxton Manor, Harlaxton College ...

and a Master of Fine Arts in theatre from the

University of Georgia The University of Georgia (UGA or Georgia) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States. Chartered in 1785, it is the oldest public university in th ...

. She earned a Master of Business Administration from the

University of Maine The University of Maine (UMaine) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Orono, Maine, United States. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the Flagship universitie ...

where she currently serves as an adjunct professor.

Career

Roeder is a member of the

Actors' Equity Association The Actors' Equity Association (AEA), commonly called Actors' Equity or simply Equity, is an American trade union, labor union representing those who work in Theatre, live theatrical performance. Performers appearing in live stage productions w ...

and

SAG-AFTRA The Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

. From 1998 to 2002, she was an actor, writer, and instructor at

Improv Asylum Improv Asylum is an improvisational comedy theater in the North End, Boston, North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The theatre was founded in 1998 by Paul D'Amato, Norm Laviolette, and Chet Harding. The theater produce ...

. In 2003 and 2004, she was a member of Gotham City Improv. In 2013 and 2014, she was an instructor at

the Second City Training Center The Second City Training Center was founded in the mid-1980s to facilitate the growing demand for workshops and instruction from the Second City theatre. The Training Centers are located in Chicago and Toronto. Satellite Centers formerly existe ...

. From 2014 to 2018, was the director of education at the Penobscot Theatre Company. In 2018 and 2019, she was the executive director of the

Criterion Theatre The Criterion Theatre is a West End theatre at Piccadilly Circus in the City of Westminster, and is a Grade II* listed building. It has a seating capacity of 588. Building the theatre In 1870, the caterers Spiers and Pond began developmen ...

. Roeder was elected to the

in November 2020 and assumed office on December 2, 2020.

Personal life

Roeder has two adopted sons and lives

Bangor, Maine Bangor ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The city proper has a population of 31,753, making it the state's List of municipalities in Maine, third-most populous city, behind Portland, Maine, Portland ...

Filmography

Film

Television

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Actresses from Minneapolis Actresses from Maine University of Evansville alumni University of Georgia alumni University of Maine faculty Democratic Party members of the Maine House of Representatives Women state legislators in Maine Politicians from Bangor, Maine 21st-century American women politicians 21st-century members of the Maine Legislature {{Maine-MERepresentative-stub