Amy Brenneman: Queen of the Courtroom Amy Frederica Brenneman was born on June 22, 1964, in New London, Connecticut. Her parents, both Harvard Law School graduates, were active in the legal field; by the time Brenneman was three years old, her mother had become a judge. While her parents worked, Brenneman kept busy by getting involved with her local children's theater group, which she performed with until she was a teenager. Then she attended college at her parents' alma mater, where she studied comparative religion and continued to act. In 1986, Brenneman graduated from Harvard and continued to act in her college theater group, the Cornerstone Theater Company. She spent the next five years putting on plays in small towns across the country. In 1991, 26-year-old Brenneman moved to New York City, where she soon landed commercial gigs and sitcom work. Her big break came as a tough rookie on the cop drama ""NYPD Blue."" Brenneman's debut on the show caused some controversy because of her R
