Amber Valletta

Infobox actor

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birthdate = birth date and age|1974|2|9
birthplace = Phoenix, Arizona, United States
birthname = Amber Evangeline Valletta
spouse = Hervé Le Bihan (1994 - 1996) (divorced)
Christian McCaw (September 2003 - present) 1 child

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

Biography

Early life

Valletta was born in Phoenix, Arizona to a mother who worked at the post office. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/60/Amber-Valletta.html Amber Valletta Biography (1974-) ] ] 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 supermodel Shalom Harlow. Valletta was scheduled to appear on "Punk'd" on Season 6 Episode 3, along with David Boreanaz and Kristin Cavallari, but the show's producer, Ashton Kutcher, had to move the prank played on Valletta to an episode later to make room for the prank played on Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens. She was also mentioned, fictionally, in Meg Cabot's "Princess Diaries: Princess in the Spotlight" as one of the guests at Mia's mother's wedding.

Personal life

Valletta is married to renowned Olympic volleyball player Christian "Chip" McCaw with whom she has a son, Auden. Before this marriage, she dated Leonardo DiCaprio in early-1998. Her first marriage, in 1994, was to Hervé Le Bihan. They divorced in 1996. On August 24, 2006, her publicist announced that she was going into rehab for non-substance abuse issues related to stress and image problems.

Valletta also serves as the spokesperson for Oceana’s [ [http://www.oceana.org Oceana – Protecting the World’s Oceans: International Home ] ] Seafood Contamination Campaign, [ [http://www.oceana.org/index.php?id=90&no_cache=1 Oceana – Protecting the World’s Oceans: Stop Seafood Contamination ] ] 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". [ [http://imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-08-29 Movie & TV News @ IMDb.com - WENN - 29 August 2006 ] ]

In January, 2008, she participated in a video for Barack Obama produced by Will.I.Am called Yes We Can.

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) - TBA
*"Game" (2008) - Angie

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

External links

*imdb name|id=0005520|name=Amber Valletta
*fashionmodel|id=Amber_Valletta|name=Amber Valletta
* [http://www.oceana.org/index.php?id=342 Amber Valletta's work on the Oceana Seafood Contamination Campaign]
* [http://www.askmen.com/women/models/21_amber_valetta.html AskMen.com website]
* [http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/feature/slideshows/2007/02/amber_valletta Classic photographs from Vogue magazine]
* [http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/women/articles/2008/02/amber_valletta Men's Vogue profile of Amber Valletta]

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