Is Amy Redford married? All we know about Robert Redford’s youngest daughter, who followed in his footsteps

Veteran American actor and filmmaker Robert Redford passed away in his sleep at his home in Sundance, Utah, on September 16. He was 89. Cindi Berger, the chief executive of his publicity firm, Rogers & Cowan PMK, announced his death to The New York Times.

Sundance Film Festival founder Robert Redford is survived by his second wife, German painter Sibylle Szaggars, his two daughters, Shauna Redford and Amy Redford, whom he shared with his first wife, Lola Van Wagenen, and his seven grandchildren.

Amy Redford, 54, is Robert Redford’s fourth and youngest child and his second daughter. She followed in the footsteps of her father and is an actress, producer, and director, who was married and divorced twice, first to Mark Mann and later to Matt August, according to Hello! Magazine.

During a 2008 interview with IndieWire, Amy shared that as a kid, she witnessed her dad make films with “an extraordinary cast of characters that came together to make it happen,” which attracted her to the world of entertainment.

“I found myself drawn to the nomadic and creative life that that implied... What led me to actually having the opportunity to do it was a combination of luck, timing, and stubbornness,” she added.

Everything you need to know about Robert Redford's youngest child, Amy

Robert Redford and his first wife, historian and activist Lola Van Wagenen, were married for nearly three decades (married in 1958) until their divorce in 1985, according to The New York Post. During their time together, the couple shared four children, sons Scott and David, and daughters Shauna and Amy.

Amy Redford is their youngest child, born in October 1970, and grew up in Utah and Manhattan, New York City. Her middle name is Hart. She did her high school from the Dalton School, before pursuing theater at San Francisco State University and becoming an actress.

Amy credited her father’s career for drawing her to Hollywood. She is now best known for playing the role of Elizabeth Brenner in the 1999 romantic comedy, Giving It Up, and Sylvia McCord in the 2007 period drama The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams.

According to the Famous People website, after studying dramatic arts at San Francisco State University, Robert Redford’s daughter attended the University of Colorado Boulder and took theater lessons in London. Amy made her television debut in a 1998 episode of the CBS crime drama Dellaventura.

She has made cameo appearances in shows such as Sex and the City, The Sopranos, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Amy has also produced The Lincoln Project and directed several projects, including the 2008 feature film, The Guitar, Jeff Buckley's 2016 project, Everyday People, and the drama thriller film Roost in 2022, according to Newsweek and PEOPLE.

Speaking to the New York Times in 2008, Amy Redford shared she was “able to talk to my dad in a way a lot of people can’t.”

“He still drives me nuts, he’s still my dad, but I have to say, in light of what his universe was, he had his eye on the ball in terms of having kids, and part of that was being raised in Manhattan,” she added.

Amy Redford is a mom of three daughters, Eden August, born in 2008, and twins, born in 2010, whom she shares with her ex-husband and theater director Matt August. They were together from 2008 to 2022. She is now a single mother who resides in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The co-host of the podcast titled Scrappy Broads was also married to Scottish photographer Mark Mann from 2000 to 2004.

Robert Redford’s other surviving child is his elder daughter, Shauna, 65, who is a painter. His younger son, David James “Jamie” Redford, was a documentarian and environmentalist who passed away from cancer in 2020. Jamie’s son, Dylan, followed in the footsteps of his Oscar-winning grandfather and is a filmmaker, producer, and actor who also sits on the board of directors for the Redford Center.

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Robert Redford’s eldest child, son Scott Anthony, was born in September 1959. However, he died three months later from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, as per The Post.

The Ordinary People director later married his longtime girlfriend, Sibylle Szaggars, in 2009. She is a German multimedia artist and environmentalist. They were together until Redford’s demise on Tuesday and did not share any children during their 16 years of marriage.

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