Amy Paffrath is an American television presenter and actress.
Paffrath is the middle child of seven.[1] Her grandfather, Herman Paffrath, was also an actor.[2]
Paffrath earned her degree in Broadcast Journalism in 2005, and moved to Los Angeles in early 2006.[3] [4] [5]
From 2006 to 2007, Paffrath performed on-air reporting for Created by U and In the Mix, both on DirecTV. In early 2007, she hosted her own pop culture news show, Broadcaster News on broadcaster.com. Paffrath served as the longtime host of E! News Now; a red carpet correspondent for TV Guide's Hollywood 411; was a series regular on MSN's The Big Debate, and guest hosted on G4's Attack of the Show! and Fuel TV's The Daily Habit.[6] [7]
Paffrath hosted MTV’s Jersey Shore: After Hours and seasons 4-6 of Jersey Shore: Reunion.[8] She appeared on The Girl Spot on BiteSize TV. Paffrath was a red carpet correspondent for Yahoo! Movies. She hosted Top Story! Weekly on Improv Olympics; and seasons one and two of the reality series, Dating Naked, on VH1.[9] [10] In 2015, Paffrath hosted the Mid-America Emmy Awards.[11]
Paffrath appeared in the films Moonlight on Ivy (2006), Fly Kidz (2006), and Dinner at Eight (2007), and played the lead in Huntsville (2007). She starred in Paramore's music video, "Misery Business",[12] and Whitestarr's "Sunshine Girl".[13]
Paffrath has acted in the American sitcoms Hot in Cleveland, Sullivan & Son, and 2 Broke Girls.[14] In 2014, she appeared in the American film .[15]
Paffrath is the spokesmodel for Sibu Beauty Products.[16] She plays "Mayday Amy" in the Amazon Kindle "Fire" commercial campaign.[17] [18]
In April 2013, Paffrath married actor and singer Drew Seeley.[19] [20] They have a daughter, born in July 2019.[21]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes[22] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Dinner at Eight | Molly-Sue | Short film | |
| Hauntsville | Tammy | |||
| 2008 | Shadow on the Wall | Short film | ||
| 2009 | Fired Up! | 3rd Row Brunette | Uncredited | |
| Fun with War Crimes | Nurse | Short film | ||
| The Pit and the Pendulum | Gemma | |||
| Deep in the Valley | Sorority Girl | Uncredited | ||
| 2012 | Stockholm | Qara | Short film | |
| 2014 | Dumbbells | Female Cop | ||
| TV Newscaster | ||||
| 2015 | Freshwater | Kim Whitley | ||
| 2016 | Do Over | Angela Weiss | ||
| The Thinning | Wendy Banks | |||
| 2018 | Wendy Banks |
| Year | Title | Role | Channel[23] [24] [25] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Attack of the Show! | Herself | G4 | |
| Evil Bong II: King Bong | Velicity | |||
| I Kissed a Vampire | Luna Dark | |||
| 2010 | The Defenders | Field Reporter | CBS | |
| The Daily 10 | Correspondent | E! News | ||
| 2011 | Hollywood 411 | Correspondent | TV Guide | |
| The Daily Habit | Guest Host | Fuel TV | ||
| Evil Bong 3-D: The Wrath of Bong | Velicity | |||
| 2011–2012 | Host | MTV | ||
| 2012 | Oh Fuck, It's You | Mia | CBS | |
| War Bride | Nicole | |||
| Husband & Wife | The Wife | |||
| Hot in Cleveland | LA Actress | TV Land | ||
| 2013 | BK Comedy Series | Writer, director, producer | ||
| Sullivan & Son | Kathy | TBS | ||
| Hollywood Minute | BiteSize TV | |||
| 2 Broke Girls | York | CBS | ||
| 2014 | The Breaks | Vanessa | ||
| 2014–2015 | Dating Naked | Host | VH1 |