Amber Valletta

Amber Evangeline Valletta (born February 9, 1974) is an American model and actress.

Biography

Early life

Valletta was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Her mother worked at the post office. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. She attended Booker T. Washington High School. She got her start in the fashion industry when her mother enrolled her in modeling school at the age of fifteen at the Linda Layman Agency.

Career

Valletta has gone on to act in several films, been on the cover of magazines and in advertisements for Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein and Versace and hosted MTV's House of Style with friend and fellow model Shalom Harlow. Her next movie is The Spy Next Door , starring Jackie Chan, George Lopez, and Billy Ray Cyrus. She plays the mother of a child who accidentally downloads a CIA code from the internet.

Personal life

Valletta is married to Olympic volleyball player Christian "Chip" McCaw with whom she has a son, Auden. Her first marriage, in 1994, was to Hervé Le Bihan. They divorced in 1996.

Valletta also serves as the spokesperson for Oceana’s Seafood Contamination Campaign, where she brings awareness of the dangers of mercury poisoning in various kinds of seafood. The decision to join Oceana's campaign was prompted by the mercury-poisoning experience of a friend and the fact that she is a mother.

In August 2006, the New York Daily News reported that Valletta completed a stint at The Meadow rehabilitation facility in Wickenburg, Arizona, for stress and non-substance-related issues. Valletta told People magazine, "As was correctly reported earlier this week, my stay at The Meadows had nothing to do with substance abuse or addiction; I am pleased to say I have seven years' sobriety. But I continue every day to heal and grow as a person".

In January, 2008, she participated in a video for Barack Obama produced by Will.I.Am called "Yes We Can" along with her son Auden, whom she was holding in her arms.

Filmography

• Drop Back Ten (2000) - Mindy Deal
• What Lies Beneath (2000) - Madison Elizabeth Frank
• The Family Man (2000) - Paula
• Perfume (2001) - Blair
• Max Keeble's Big Move (2001) - Ms. Dingman
• Duplex (2003) - Celine
• Raising Helen (2004) - Martina
• Hitch (2005) - Allegra Cole
• Transporter 2 (2005) - Audrey Billings
• Man About Town (2006) - Brynn Lilly
• Dead Silence (2007) - Ella
• Premonition (2007) - Claire
• My Sexiest Year (2007) - Marina
• The Last Time (2007) - Belisa
• Days of Wrath (2008) - Jane Summers
• Gamer (2009) - Angie
• The Spy Next Door (2010)

Television

• Hysteria - The Def Leppard Story (2001) - Lorelei Shellist
• Lucky (2003) - Sarah
• Rock Me Baby (2004) - Summer
• Punk'd (2005) - Herself
  • Originally scheduled to appear on Season 6 Episode 3, but moved to Season 6 Episode 4 due to Terrell Owens suspension.

References

1. ^ Amber Valletta Biography (1974-)
2. ^ "Shauna Sand Gets Estranged Hubby Arrested". Gossip Girls. 2008-11-26 . http://www.gossipgirls.com/amber-valletta-rising-star-241700 . Retrieved 2009-04-17 .  
3. ^ Oceana – Protecting the World’s Oceans: International Home
4. ^ Oceana – Protecting the World’s Oceans: Stop Seafood Contamination
5. ^ Movie & TV News @ IMDb.com - WENN - 29 August 2006

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