Girl graduated from The University of Texas at Austin, where she grew up, with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Drama. After working in public relations and marketing, which she disliked, she decided to become an actress and moved from Texas to Los Angeles in 1995. Amy has done work as an Actress, Casting Director, Producer and Production Manager as well as doing Voice-Overs.

She has had notable guest television appearances as "Lana" in Star Trek Voyager (Episode 7.25, "Endgame: Part 1", 2001), Silk Stalkings and as "Sherry Drake" on Pacific Blue. She broke into films starring as a Reporter in the movie "8 Seconds" with Luke Perry.

Amy Lindsay was Casting Director for the film Thunderbird (2001). Amy married supermodel and actor Hoyt Richards in July 2005.