Charlene Amoia
Biography
Charlene Amoia is an American actress best known for her role as Wendy the waitress in the TV sitcom How I Met Your Mother. Her other television credits include Glee, Switched at Birth, Days of Our Lives and her film credits include American Reunion (2012) from the American Pie series. Raised in Buffalo, New York, she got her start in modeling before making the transition to acting in 2001 with a role on the soap opera, Port Charles. That part on the daytime drama led to guest appearances in several other series, including Joey, Girlfriends, 90210, and as Anna Schick in The Young & The Restless.
Movie Appearances

Lifeline
as Vivian Huxley
2025

American Reunion
as Ellie
2012

His Fatal Fixation
as Dr. Isaac
2020

Adverse
as Mary
2021
The Longer Day of Happiness
as Cheryl
2012

Held for Ransom
as Student #1
2000

Fat
as Jill
2013

A Royal Christmas Holiday
as Marcy
2023

Authors Anonymous
as Eudora
2014

The Waystation
2016

A Royal Christmas on Ice
as Janet
2022

Adrenaline
as Josie Rigsby
2015

Fear of Flying
as Liz
2024

Sniper: Special Ops
as Janet Conrad
2016
Grave Walkers
as Deputy Hancock
2015

A Demon Within
2017

Deadly Vows
as Becca Dillon
2017

Loveseat
as Ashley
2013

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
as Maria Bertinelli
2020

Not a Stranger
as Carol
2018
TV Appearances

Major Crimes
as Kelly Press
2012

How I Met Your Mother
as Wendy
2005

Dexter
as Young Woman
2006

Castle
as Ana Marie
2009

The Mentalist
as Melaina Mendelssohn
2008

Sleepy Hollow
as Susan James
2013

Switched at Birth
as Diana Coto
2011

Man with a Plan
as Bessica
2016

iCarly
as Jenna Hamilton
2007

Joey
as Diane
2004

Underdeveloped
as Pam Chowder
2023

The Finder
as Annie Turnbull
2012
