Amy is a fictional character from the comic book series The Walking Dead and television series, where she was portrayed by Emma Bell.
In both mediums she is the sister of Andrea, a close acquaintance of Dale Horvath, and one of the original Atlanta survivors. Andrea is greatly impacted by her sister’s early departure and group leader Rick Grimes is shown to feel underlying guilt when he hallucinates her voice on the phone.
Comic book series[]
Amy was Andrea's youngest sister. She is a junior physical-education major, and was returning to college for the new school year. When the dead began to rise, Amy and Andrea joined the survivor group existing on the outer limits of the overrun city of Atlanta. Amy and her sister cared for the group's children, and Amy herself, adventurous and out-going, became a key member of the group by keeping morale up. One night, Amy was bitten on the neck by a zombie in the opening stages of a zombie swarm's attack on the exposed camp, and died of blood loss and trauma within minutes, with Andrea shooting her in the head to prevent reanimation. Amy was then buried in the woods.
Television series[]
Amy is Andrea's younger sister by 12 years which causes tension between them; primarily, Amy resents Andrea's leaving her behind at home and not coming back often enough to visit and be a part of her life. As Amy was much more compassionate than Andrea, their father Terry even changed the fishing patterns he taught them, with Andrea it was about catching them for dinner and with Amy they were always thrown back. However, after growing up the two seemed to become closer as Amy was on a road-trip with Andrea when the outbreak occurred. When the dead begin to rise, Amy and Andrea encounter Dale who helps them out of the city and the three join the survivor camp existing on the outer limits of the overrun city of Atlanta, with Amy helping to look out for the kids in the camp. Dale also became close to Andrea and Amy and viewed them as surrogate daughters. The experience of the apocalypse strengthens their bond enormously (though Amy, despite worshiping her sister and seeing her as a role model, still does not appreciate being judged and ordered around by her).
Season 1[]
Amy first appears in the series premiere "Days Gone Bye", where she is shown in the camp of survivors outside Atlanta, hearing Rick's calls over the radio. She attempts to respond, but the transmission does not go through to his end. In the episode "Guts", Andrea thinks of Amy as still such a kid in some way, so Andrea gets her a Mermaid necklace from the shop in Atlanta. Amy's group received a distress call from Andrea's group, and Amy declares that they need to assist them, but Shane objects. In the episode "Tell It to the Frogs", Andrea's group returns to the camp, and the sisters reunite. Amy is later seen at the quarry doing laundry with Andrea, Jacqui, and Carol, until Carol's husband Ed comes along and picks a fight with Carol. Andrea tries to intervene, and Amy helps pull Carol away from Ed before Shane beats Ed senseless. In the episode "Vatos", Amy and Andrea go fishing on the lake and share their experiences about fishing with their father, comparing how he raised each of them differently. When they return to the camp, Dale explains how Jim has been digging strange holes on the hillside and they go to confront him. That night, the group enjoys dinner around the campfire, and when Amy excuses herself to go to the RV's bathroom, Amy is bitten by a walker in the opening stages of a walker swarm's attack on the exposed camp. Amy dies in Andrea's arms of blood loss and trauma after all the walkers have been killed. In the episode "Wildfire", Andrea cradles Amy's body and shoots her in the head after she reanimates. Amy is then buried on the hill, on her birthday.
Season 3[]
In the episode "Hounded", Amy's is the first voice to call Rick; she claims to be in a safe place and promises to call back soon, along with Jim, Jacqui and then Lori, who tells Rick all of them are just in his head.