Amy Stoch


Amy Elizabeth Stoch, also known as Amy Stock and Amy Stock-Poynton, is an American actress and academic.

Acting career

Stoch was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and wanted to be an actress from a young age. She got her break when she reached the semifinals in the spokesmodel category on the television show Star Search, and one of the show's judges, Sue Cameron, offered to represent her.
In 1986, she played Britta Englund, a former KGB agent who was involved in a love triangle with Patch Johnson and Bo Brady, on Days of Our Lives, where she met actor Robert Poynton who played "John Black". They married in 1987 and had a son, Robert Andrew Poynton V, but divorced in 2004.
In 1987, she played a recurring role in a major story arc on Dallas as Lisa Alden, the biological aunt of Christopher Ewing. She played Missy, the sexy stepmother of Bill and later Ted, in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, and its sequels Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey and Bill & Ted Face the Music. Stoch also appeared in four television movies of the Gunsmoke series, as Marshal Matt Dillon's daughter "Beth", and made guest appearances on Matlock, The Fall Guy, Hardcastle and McCormick, Dynasty, Knots Landing, and High Incident, among others. She also played Fawn Hall in the mini-series, '.
YearTitleTypeCharacter
1986Soul ManFilmas Girl in Bed
1987Summer SchoolFilmas Kim
1987-88DallasTV Seriesas Lisa Alden
1989Bill & Ted's Excellent AdventureFilmas Missy
1989'TV Movieas Fawn Hall
1990Gunsmoke: The Last ApacheTV Movieas Beth Yarnder
1991Bill & Ted's Bogus JourneyFilmas Missy
1992'TV Movieas Beth Dillon
1993'TV Movieas Beth Reardon
1993Kiss of a KillerTV Movieas Young Mrs. Wilson
1994Gunsmoke: One Man's JusticeTV Movieas Beth Reardon
1996The Little DeathFilmas Meredith Hannon
1996High IncidentTV Series
1994BeanstalkFilmas Rebecca Taylor
1996Murder, She WroteTV seriesas Amy Ortega in episode "Death Goes Double Platinum"
1998The LakeTV Movieas Saleswoman
2001The Perfect NannyTV Movieas Beth O'Reilly
2010The StripFilmas Mrs. Davis
2020Bill & Ted Face the MusicFilmas Missy

Academia

Stoch holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Ashland University, and a Masters from California State University, Northridge.
In 2012, she completed a PhD in Theatre History, Theory, and Criticism from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Currently, she teaches Acting for the Camera and Critical Studies courses at AMDA College and Conservatory for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles, Critical Writing for Actors at New York Film Academy, Theatre Appreciation online for Concord University, and Theatre History at Loyola Marymount University.