Ambulance Girl is a 2005 made-for-television film starring Kathy Bates and Robin Thomas. It premiered in the United States on September 12, 2005 on the Lifetime network.

Ambulance Girl
Based onAmbulance Girl: How I Saved Myself By Becoming an EMT
Screenplay byAlan Hines
Story byJane Stern
Directed byKathy Bates
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Original release
NetworkLifetime
ReleaseSeptember 12, 2005 (2005-09-12)

The film is based on the memoir by Jane Stern, Ambulance Girl: How I Saved Myself by Becoming an EMT. The teleplay was written by Alan Hines and the film was directed by Kathy Bates.[1][2]

Kathy Bates plays Jane Stern, a food writer who becomes an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).

Accolades

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Bates received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie,[3] but lost to Helen Mirren for her role in Elizabeth I. The film received two Prism Award nominations, one for Best Miniseries or TV Movie and the other for Performance in a Miniseries or TV Movie. The film did not win either nomination.

References

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  1. ^ Ambulance Girl: How I Saved Myself By Becoming an EMT. amazon.com. April 2004. ISBN 1400048699.
  2. ^ "Ambulance Girl". emmys.com. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  3. ^ Nathan Southern (2013). "Ambulance Girl (2005)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
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