Actress and poet born May 14, 1983 in Santa Monica, California, best known as the title character on Joan of Arcadia, as well as such movies as 127 Hours, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Spiral (2007), The Ring and The Grudge 2, and a recurring role on House and a lead role on the earlier cop show The Unusuals. Is also the daughter of Russ Tamblyn.
Married David Cross in October 2012. They have a daughter together.
Filmography
- General Hospital (1995-1996, 1998-2000) as Emily Bowen Quartermaine
- Port Charles (1999-2000)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2001) as Janice Penshaw
- Boston Public (2002) as Melissa Campbell
- The Twilight Zone (2002) as Jenna Winslow
- The Ring (2002) as Katie Embry
- CSI: Miami (2002) as Senior Cadet Valerie Barreiro
- Without a Trace (2003) as Clare Metcalf
- Joan of Arcadia (2003-05) as Joan Girardi
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) as Tibby Tomko-Rollins
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
- The Grudge 2 (2006) as Aubrey Davis
- Spiral (2007) as Amber
- Spring Breakdown (2009) as Ashley Hartmann
- The Unusuals (2009) as Detective Casey Shraeger
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009) as Ella Crystal
- The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (2009-10, 2012, 2016) as Girl / Not Todd's Girlfriend / Stephanie Daley
- 127 Hours (2010) as Megan
- House (2010-12) as Martha M. Masters
- Portlandia (2012) as Intern
- Metalocalypse (2012) as Trindle (voice)
- Django Unchained (2012) as Daughter of a Son of a Gunfighter
- Inside Amy Schumer (2013-2022) as multiple roles
- The Heart, She Holler (2013) as Hurlette Headhe
- Two and a Half Men (2013-15) as Jenny Harper
- Community (2014) as Thought Jacker Co-Star
- Drunk History (2018) as Margaret Sanger
- Helpsters (2019) as Paleontologist Paloma
- Y: The Last Man (2021) as Kimberly Campbell Cunningham
- You Hurt My Feelings (2023) as Carolyn
Related Tropes
- The Cameo: Her appearance in Django Unchained. Her father Russ plays a character named Son of a Gunfighter, which was also the title of a 1965 Western of his. Amber got the idea to extend the joke by showing up for a few seconds as the "Daughter of a Son of a Gunfighter".