What Is Amy Carlson Doing Now After Her Exit From Blue Bloods?

One of the first projects Amy Carlson worked on after exiting "Blue Bloods" was the indie film "The Incoherents," where she played a music executive named Jerry who had dealings with a rock band that was attempting a comeback. Carlson had ample experience to draw from to mold the character, as she and her husband, Syd Butler, launched an indie-music label in 1999 called Frenchkiss Records. Early in the label's inception, Carlson had a hands-on role. "At the time, I was working on 'Third Watch' and was making enough money to give [Butler] start-up capital. I'm really good at organizing projects," Carlson told Forbes in 2020 while discussing how she drew from real life experiences to prepare for the film. "As soon as I read [the script], it was like: 'I know that person,'" Carlson added. In fact, it was her work as a series regular on multiple shows that helped keep Frenchkiss Records afloat financially, as her husband told Forbes.

Carlson used "Third Watch" money to launch that indie label, and later collaborated with a fellow alum from the NBC series for 2020's "Sunny Daze." That film starred Jason Wiles, who also wrote and directed the project. Wiles knew Carlson from their "Third Watch" days.

In 2020, Carlson directed and acted in her own short film titled "The Letter," which won acclaim at the Hollywood Women's International Film Festival. Besides these films, Carlson also continued to work in television, which included a return to CBS.

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