Amber is a feminine given name taken from amber, the fossilized tree resin that is often used in the making of jewelry. The word can also refer to a yellowish-orange color.
The name was in occasional use in the early 1800s, according to United States census records. It first came into regular use in the
Anglosphere
The Anglosphere is a group of English-speaking world, English-speaking nations that share historical and cultural ties with England, and which today maintain close political, diplomatic and military co-operation. While the nations included in d ...
in the late 1800s along with other gemstone names popular during the Victorian era. It rose in popularity following the release of the 1944 historical romance novel '' Forever Amber'' by American author
Kathleen Winsor
Kathleen Winsor (October 16, 1919 – May 26, 2003) was an American author. She is best known for her first work, the 1944 historical novel '' Forever Amber''. The novel, racy for its time, became a runaway bestseller even as it drew criticism ...
. Amber has been a popular name in most English speaking countries. In the United States, it ranked among the top 1,000 names at different points between 1880 and 1916 and again consistently between 1945 and 2022. It peaked in usage there in the 1990s, when it was the 20th most popular name in the United States. It has ranked among the top 50 names for girls in England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
and Canada in recent years. Variants have also been popular in other countries, including Ámbar in Spanish, which is currently among the most popular names for girls in Argentina, Ambre in
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
, which was among the top 10 names for newborn girls in France in recent years, and the Italian Ambra, which was among the top 10 names for baby girls in Albania and among the top 50 names for newborn girls in Italy in recent years.
English elaborations of the name in use include Amberlee, Amberleigh,
Amberley Amberley may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Amberley, Queensland, near Ipswich, Australia
*RAAF Base Amberley, a Royal Australian Air Force military airbase
United Kingdom
* Amberley, Gloucestershire, England
* Amberley, Herefordshire, England
...
, Amberli, Amberlie, Amberlin, Amberlinn, Amberly, Amberlyn and Amberlynn, among others.
Women
* Amber (performer) (born 1969), Dutch pop music/dance music performer and singer
* Amber, stage name for
Rie Eto
(born September 29, 1973) is a Japanese popular music artist. She released the majority of her singles and albums under her real name, but from 2000 to 2001 she used the stage name amber. She has released no new material herself since 2001, but ...
(born 1973), Japanese pop music artist
* Amber Agar (born 1976), English actress
* Amber Aguirre (born 1958), American ceramic sculptor
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Amber Allen
Amber Allen (born October 21, 1975) is a professional Canadian soccer player. She led the Vancouver Whitecaps team in goals (23) and points (48) in the 2005. This earned her the W-League All-Conference honours. She was named for the national s ...
(born 1975), Canadian professional soccer player
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Amber An
Amber An (), born Liao Ching-ling (), is a Taiwanese actress, singer, television host, and model.
Career
Amber An entered the showbiz in February 2009 through television program ''Celebrity Imitated Show: The Largest Political Party'', in whi ...
(born 1985), Taiwanese actress, singer, television host, and model
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Amber Anderson
Amber Felicity Rose Anderson (born 5 March 1992) is a British actress, pianist and model. On television, she is known for her roles as Ciara Porter in the crime drama ''Strike'' (2017) and Diana Mitford in the sixth series of ''Peaky Blinders'' ...
(born 1992), British actress, pianist, and model
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Amber Anning
Amber Anning (born 18 November 2000) is a British sprinter. She is the British record holder indoors over 200m and she was part of British teams that won medals in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay events at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor ...
(born 2000), British runner
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Amber Arcades
Amber Arcades is the stage name of Annelotte de Graaf (born 15 December 1988), a Netherlands, Dutch singer-songwriter from Utrecht.
Biography
De Graaf holds a master's degree in law, and worked as an assistant for war crimes tribunals at the Unit ...
(born 1988), Dutch singer-songwriter
* Amber Arlint, American politician
* Amber Atherton (born 1991), British entrepreneur and investor
* Amber Bain (born 1995), birth name of
The Japanese House
Amber Mary Bain (born 13 July 1995), known professionally as The Japanese House, is an English indie pop musician from Buckinghamshire. Bain contributes vocals and plays guitar, synthesizer and keyboard for her music. As a teenager, Bain decid ...
, English indie pop musician
* Amber Baker, American politician
*
Amber Balcaen
Amber Balcaen (born March 7, 1992) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. She competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 15 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports. She is most known for being the first Canadian wo ...
(born 1992), Canadian professional stock car racing driver
*
Amber Barrett
Amber Barrett (born 16 January 1996) is an Irish international footballer who plays for Frauen-Bundesliga club Turbine Potsdam. She made her debut for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team in September 2017. As a prolific forwa ...
(born 1996), Irish international footballer
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Amber Barretto
''Hang Time'' is an American teen sitcom that aired on NBC from September 9, 1995 to December 16, 2000 as part of the network's Saturday morning program block for teenagers, TNBC. Created by Troy Searer, Robert Tarlow and Mark Fink, the series fe ...
, American actress
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Amber Beattie
Amber Louisa Oatley Beattie (born 22 July 1993) is a former English actress, mainly known for her roles as Lulu Baker in ''Jinx'' (2009) and as Gretel in ''The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'' (2008).
Acting career
Beattie got her big break in t ...
(born 1993), English former actress
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Amber Bellringer
Amber Bellringer (born 5 June 1990 in Taranaki, New Zealand) is a New Zealand netball player. Bellringer played in the National Bank Cup for the Western Flyers in 2006 and 2007. With the start of the ANZ Championship, she played for the Central ...
(born 1990), New Zealand netball player
* Amber Benson (born 1977), American actress
* Amber Bondin (born 1991), Maltese singer
*
Amber Bowman
Amber Bowman (born January 28, 1985) is a female firefighter who has captured the world championships at the World Firefighter Challenge in 2012 and 2013. Of note, she captured gold in all four disciplines of the event: female individual, female ...
(born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player and firefighter
* Amber Boykins (born 1969), American politician
*
Amber Bracken
Amber Bracken (born 1984) is a Canadian photojournalist known for her reporting on issues affecting Indigenous peoples in North America.
She won a World Press Photo first prize in 2017 for Contemporary Issues and in 2022 won the overall World Pr ...
(born 1984), Canadian photojournalist
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Amber Bradley
Amber Bradley (born 19 May 1980 in Wickham, Western Australia) is an Australian former rower - a six time Australian national sculling champion, a two time World Champion, dual Olympian and an Olympic medal winner. She won her World Championshi ...
(born 1980), Western Australian former rower
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Amber Briggle
Amber Briggle is an American activist based in Denton, Texas and a founding member of the Human Rights Campaign Parents for Transgender Equality National Council.
Biography
Briggle began her activist career in April 2016, using Facebook to protes ...
, American activist
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Amber Brock
Amber Brock (born January 14, 1980) is an American author known for her debut novel, ''A Fine Imitation'' and her follow-up ''Lady Be Good.'' She also teaches English, Spanish, and Creative Writing at The Atlanta Girls' School.
Reception
''A Fin ...
(born 1980), American author
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Amber Brooks
Amber Jean Brooks (born January 23, 1991) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She has previously played for Adelaide United, Houston Dash, OL Re ...
(born 1991), American NWSL player
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Amber Brown (fighter)
Amber Brown (born December 14, 1988) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter in the Atomweight weight class.
Fight Matrix has almost continually ranked Brown as a top fifteen women's atomweight, having ranked her as high as #5 in October ...
(born 1988), American mixed martial arts fighter
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Amber Bullock
Amber Brianna Lawrence-Bullock (born April 11, 1986) is an American urban contemporary gospel artist and musician. Bullock won the gospel singing competition, ''Sunday Best'', that airs on BET, during season four. She started her music career, ...
(born 1986), American urban contemporary gospel artist and musician
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Amber Butchart
Amber Jane Butchart is a British fashion historian and writer. She has researched and appeared in programmes on the BBC, Channel 4, and Sky Arts. In 2018, she presented the BBC documentary series ''A Stitch in Time''. Butchart teaches at London C ...
(born 1980/1981), British fashion historian and writer
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Amber Campbell
Amber Campbell (born June 5, 1981) is an American hammer thrower. Campbell attended Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina and competed for the Chanticleer track team. She had her first international competition at the 2005 World Champion ...
(born 1981), American hammer thrower
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Amber Campisi
The following women have appeared in the American or international edition of ''Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month. Those who were also named Playmate of the Year are highlighted in green. A common misconception is that Marilyn Monroe wa ...
, American model, Playmate of the month for February 2005
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Amber Carrington
The fourth season of the American reality talent show ''The Voice'' premiered on March 25, 2013, on NBC and was hosted by Carson Daly, while Christina Milian returned as the social media correspondent. Coaches Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton retu ...
, American contestant on
The Voice (American season 4)
The fourth season of the American reality talent show ''The Voice'' premiered on March 25, 2013, on NBC and was hosted by Carson Daly, while Christina Milian returned as the social media correspondent. Coaches Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton returne ...
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Amber Case
Amber Case (born Portland, Oregon) is an American cyborg anthropologist, user experience designer and public speaker. She studies the interaction between humans and technology.
Biography
Case was born in about 1986. She graduated with a bachelor ...
(born c. 1986), American cyborg anthropologist, user experience designer, and public speaker
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Amber Chia
Amber Chia (, pinyin: ''Xiè Lìpíng''; born 14 December 1981) is a Malaysian model, actress, TV host and brand ambassador. She was born in Teluk Intan, Malaysia but grew up in the town of Tawau in Sabah, East Malaysia. Chia started her own c ...
(born 1981), Malaysian model and actress
* Amber Christine Meidinger (born 1990), American convicted criminal
* Amber Clarke (born 2004), Australian AFLW player
* Amber Coffman (born 1984), American singer-songwriter
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Amber Cope
Amber Nicole Cope (born August 18, 1983) is a professional stock car racing driver. She is known for making NASCAR history with her sister Angela Cope-Ruch. they became the first twins to compete in one of its top three series on October 23, 20 ...
(born 1983), American professional stock car racing driver
* Amber Copley, American beauty pageant titleholder
*
Amber Corwin
Amber Corwin Farrow (born December 21, 1978) is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 1999 Four Continents silver medalist and 2004 bronze medalist.
Personal life
Corwin was born on December 21, 1978, in Harbor City, Calif ...
(born 1978), American figure skater
* Amber Cowan (born 1981), American artist and educator
*
Amber Cox Amber Cox (born 1973 or 1974) is a sports executive and current chief operating officer (COO) of the Kansas City NWSL since 2021. Before joining Kansas City, Cox had various sports positions at William Woods University and Columbia College from t ...
(born 1973/1974), American sports executive
* Amber Creek (1982–1997), American murder victim
*
Amber Curreen
Amber Curreen (born ) is an actor and theatre producer based in Auckland, New Zealand. She played character Shannon Te Ngaru on ''Shortland Street''. She is a producer with Auckland theatre companies Te Rēhia Theatre Company and Te Pou Theatr ...
(born c. 1985), New Zealand actress and theatre producer
* Amber D. Miller, American experimental cosmologist
* Amber D (born 1982), British hard dance DJ
* Amber Dalton, American professional esports player
* Amber Dalton, Canadian founder of printmaking company Articulate Ink
* Amber Davies (born 1996), Welsh actress and television personality
*
Amber Dawn
Amber Dawn is a Canadian writer, who won the 2012 Dayne Ogilvie Prize, presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada to an emerging lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender writer.Amber de Botton, British journalist and political adviser
* Amber Dermont, American author and professor
* Amber Dotson, American country music artist
*
Amber DuBois
John Albert Gardner III (born April 9, 1979) is an American convicted double murderer, rapist, and child molester. He confessed to the February 2009 rape and murder of 14-year-old Amber Dubois from Escondido, California, and the February 2010 rap ...
(1994–2009), American murder victim
* Amber Duncan (?–1993), American murder victim
* Amber E. Boydstun, American political- and data scientist
*
Amber English
Amber English (born October 25, 1989 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is an American sport shooter who won the gold medal in the women's skeet at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, setting a new Olympic record of 56. Amber English is current ...
(born 1989), American sport shooter
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Amber Fallon
Amber Fallon ( pen name, Alyn Day; born October 7, 1983) is an American editor and a writer of horror stories and novels.
Biography
Amber Fallon was born Amber Lynn Day in New Mexico
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(born 1983), American editor and horror story writer
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Amber Fares
Amber Fares is a Lebanese Canadian filmmaker, documentarian, director and cinematographer. She co-founded SocDoc Studios. She is based in Brooklyn and State of Palestine, Palestine.
Biography
Born in Canada with Lebanese roots, Fares began her s ...
, Lebanese Canadian filmmaker, documentarian, director, and cinematographer
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Amber Ferenz
Amber Ferenz (born 1972) is an American musician, music educator and composer.
Life
Amber Ferenz graduated with a bachelor's degree in bassoon performance from the North Carolina School of the Arts, and a Master of Fine Arts in orchestral performa ...
(born 1972), American musician, music educator, and composer
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Amber Ferreira
Amber Ferreira (née Cullen; born 1982) is an American triathlon, triathlete, coach and endurance athlete. She is the 2010 and 2014 United States Snowshoe Champion and the 2012 World Snowshoe Championships, 2012 World Snowshoe Championship runner ...
(born 1982), American triathlete, coach, and endurance athlete
* Amber Fiser, American WPF player
*
Amber Fleury
Amber Fleury (born April 10, 1979) is a Canadian recording artist, and was the eighth-place finisher in the third season of '' Canadian Idol'', which aired during the summer of 2005. Born in Dauphin, Manitoba, she now lives in Calgary, Alberta whe ...
(born 1979), Canadian recording artist
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Amber Frank
Amber Dawn Frank (born December 2, 1998), formerly known professionally as Amber Montana, is an American actress. She is known for her role as Taylor Hathaway in the Nickelodeon series ''The Haunted Hathaways''.
Biography
Frank started acti ...
(born 1998), American actress
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Amber Frey
Scott Lee Peterson (born October 24, 1972) is an American convicted murderer. In 2004, he was convicted of the first-degree murder of his wife, Laci, who was pregnant at the time, and the second-degree murder of their unborn son, Conner, in Mo ...
(1975–2002), American mistress of convicted murderer Scott Peterson
* Amber Galloway (born 1977), American sign language interpreter, especially of songs
*
Amber Gaylor
Amber Gaylor (born 22 February 1995) is an association footballer who plays as a midfielder for Billericay Town F.C. Women in the FA Women's National League South East division.
Gaylor made twelve appearances in the FA Women's Super League in th ...
(born 1995), English association footballer
* Amber Gell (born 1984), American program manager, former engineer and scientist, and STEM education advocate
* Amber Gersjes (born 1997), Dutch judoka
* Amber Giles (born 1992), birth name of
Mija (DJ)
Amber Giles (born May 30, 1992), known professionally as Mija, is an American DJ, music producer, and promoter, originally from Phoenix, Arizona, who came to attention in 2014 after she played with Skrillex.
Personal life
Giles was born in Phoeni ...
, American DJ, music producer, and promoter
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Amber Gill
Amber Rose Gill (born 4 August 1997) is an English television personality and author. In 2019, she won the fifth series of '' Love Island''. She has since presented the ITV series ''The Full Treatment'' (2021), as well as competing on the Cha ...
(born 1997), English television personality and author
* Amber Glenn (born 1999), American figure skater
* Amber Gray, American actress and singer
*
Amber Guyger
On the night of September 6, 2018, 26-year-old accountant Botham Jean was murdered when off-duty Dallas Police Department patrol officer Amber Guyger entered Jean's apartment in Dallas, Texas and fatally shot him. Guyger, who said that she had ...
(born 1988), American convicted murderer
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Amber Hagerman
An Amber Alert (alternatively styled AMBER alert) or a child abduction emergency alert ( SAME code: CAE) is a message distributed by a child abduction alert system to ask the public for help in finding abducted children. The system originated i ...
(1986–1996), American murder victim, after whom the AMBER Alert was named
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Amber Hall
Amber Jade Hall (born December 29, 1977) is a professional women's basketball player formerly in the WNBA. Her primary position was forward.
High school years
Born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Hall was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, whe ...
(born 1977), Canadian former WNBA player
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Amber Hall (rugby league)
Amber-Paris Hall (born 7 January 1995) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays for the Sydney Roosters Women in the NRL Women's Premiership.
Primarily a , she is a New Zealand representative.
Playing career
In 2012, Hall, a Richm ...
(born 1995), New Zealand rugby league footballer
* Amber Halliday (born 1979), South Australian former rower and cyclist
* Amber Harris (born 1988), American WNBA player
* Amber Harrison (born 1945), alternate name of Fiona Richmond, English former glamour model and actress
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Amber Hayes
Amber Hayes is an American country music singer-songwriter. In 2008, she was cast as Kathy Twitty in the Conway Twitty production, ''Conway Twitty: The Man, The Music, The Legend...''. She was signed to FUNL Music in 2010 and released her debut ...
, American country music singer-songwriter
* Amber Heard (born 1986), American actress
*
Amber Hearn
Amber Liarnie Rose Hearn (born 28 November 1984) is a New Zealand association footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club EDF Logroño and the New Zealand women's national team, making her senior international debut in a 2–0 loss to A ...
(born 1984), New Zealand former professional soccer player
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Amber Hikes Amber Jelena Hikes (they/them, she/her) is an American civil rights activist and community organizer, who currently serves as the chief equity and inclusion officer for the American Civil Liberties Union. Prior to their work for ACLU, Hikes was mos ...
, American civil rights activist
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Amber Hodgkiss
Amber Caroline Hodgkiss (Born 12 November 1991) is a British people, British actress.
Career
Her first professional job was the role of Eleanor Smith (Grange Hill), Eleanor Smith in the popular television show Grange Hill.
She is known for her r ...
(born 1991), British actress
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Amber Holcomb
Amber Nicole Holcomb (born March 17, 1994) is an American singer, who came in fourth place on the twelfth season of ''American Idol.''
Early life
Amber Nicole Holcomb was born on March 17, 1994, in Houston, Texas. Holcomb starting singing at the ...
(born 1994), American singer
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Amber Holland
Amber Holland (born July 10, 1974) is a Canadian curler from Loreburn, Saskatchewan. Holland skipped Saskatchewan's team to a national women's championship in 2011 by defeating defending champion Jennifer Jones in the Scotties Tournament of He ...
(born 1974), Canadian curler
* Amber Holt (born 1985), American WNBA player
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Amber Hood
Amber Hood is an American voice actress in animation and video games.
Selected credits
Animation
* ''Blaze and the Monster Machines'' — Monkey
* ''Blood+'' — Kaori Kinjo (English dub)
* '' Codename: Kids Next Door'' — Jessica
* ''Doc Mc ...
(born 1970), American actress
* Amber Hughes (born 1994), American triple jumper and hurdler
* Amber Hunt, several people
* Amber Hurst Martin, American singer and actress
* Amber J. Lawson (born 1972), American producer, entrepreneur, and online content- and development executive
* Amber Jackson (born 1984), American former college- and professional softball player, and former college softball head coach
* Amber Jacobs (born 1982), American former WNBA player
*
Amber-Jade Sanderson
Amber-Jade Sanderson (born 25 October 1976) is an Australian Labor Party politician who is the member for Morley in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Western Australia. Since 21 December 2021, sh ...
(born 1976), Australian politician
* Amber Joiner (born 1976), American politician
*
Amber Joseph
Amber Joseph (born 15 December 1999) is a Barbadian professional racing cyclist, who is currently a guest rider for . She rode in the women's time trial event at the 2020 UCI Road World Championships
The 2020 UCI Road World Championships is ...
(born 1999), Barbadian cyclist
* Amber Joy Vinson, American nurse who tested positive for the Ebola virus
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Amber K
Amber K (born 9 July 1947 in Bronxville, New York) is the Pagan/Craft name (pseudonym) of Kitty Randall, an author of books about magick, Wicca and Neopaganism, and a third-degree priestess of the Wiccan faith. She was initiated at the Temple o ...
(born 1947), pseudonym of Kitty Randall, American occult writer
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Amber Kaldor
Amber Kaldor (born 16 October 1990) is an Australian people, Australian female acrobatic gymnast. With partners Mei Hubnik and Madison Chan, Kaldor achieved 15th in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.
References
1990 bir ...
(born 1990), Australian acrobatic gymnast
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Amber Kani
Amber Kani (born 17 January 1991) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership.
A or , she has represented New Zealand and the Māori All Stars.
Playing career
A Papakura Si ...
(born 1991), New Zealand rugby league footballer
* Amber-Keegan Stobbs (born 1992), English professional footballer
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Amber Kelleher-Andrews
Amber Kelleher-Andrews is a relationship matchmaker. She is the co-founder and CEO of Kelleher International, one of the largest matchmaking firms in the United States.
In 2013, she was a matchmaker on NBC's '' Ready for Love''.
Education and ea ...
, American relationship matchmaker
* Amber Kirk-Ford (born 1998), British columnist, blogger, and vlogger
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Amber Kole
Amber is fossilized tree resin that has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects."Amber" (2004). In Ma ...
, American pair skater
* Amber Kraak (born 1994), Dutch cyclist
* Amber Kuo (born 1986), Taiwanese singer and actress
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Amber L. Hollibaugh
Amber L. Hollibaugh (born 1946) is an American writer, filmmaker and political activist, largely concerned with feminist and sexual politics.
Career and writings
Hollibaugh is the daughter of a dark-skinned Romany father, and a white Irish-Amer ...
(1946–2023), American writer, filmmaker, activist, and organizer
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Amber L. Puha
Amber Lynn Puha is an American mathematician and educator at California State University San Marcos. Her research concerns probability theory and stochastic processes.
Early life and education
She earned a B.A. in mathematics at University of C ...
, American mathematician and educator
* Amber Lancaster (born 1980), American television personality
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Amber Lawrence
Amber Louise Lawrence (born 19 April 1978) is an Australian country music singer-songwriter-guitarist. Five of her studio albums have reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 50, ''3'' (2012), ''Superheroes'' (2014), ''Happy Ever After'' (2016), ...
(born 1978), Australian country music singer-songwriter-guitarist
* Amber Le Bon (born 1989), English fashion model
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Amber Lee Connors
Amber Lee Connors (born April 9, 1991) is an American voice actress who has provided voices for English dubbed Japanese anime and video games. She is known for her roles as Nozomi Kaminashi from '' Keijo!!!!!!!!'', Miki Kawai from '' A Silent Vo ...
(born 1991), American voice actress, dubbing director, and line producer
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Amber Lee Ettinger
Amber Lee Ettinger (born October 2, 1982) is an American actress, Internet celebrity, model, and singer.
Ettinger became notable after being hired to portray Obama Girl in Barely Political's June 2007 Internet video " Crush on Obama", in which ...
(born 1982), American actress, Internet celebrity, model, and singer
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Amber Leibrock
Amber Leibrock (born February 8, 1988) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division in Bellator.
Mixed Martial Arts career
Leibrock gained entry into Invicta FC by defeating Paola Ramirez at Tuff-N-Uff: Xtreme ...
(born 1988), American mixed martial artist
* Amber Littlejohn (born 1975), Native American professional figure competitor
* Amber Liu, several people
* Amber Lu (born 1989), alternate name of
Lu Shan (actress)
Lu Shan (, born 25 July 1989) also known as Amber Lu, is a Chinese actress and model
A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the Plan_(drawing), plans of a building in late 16th-cen ...
Amber Lyon
Amber Elizabeth Lyon (born November 9, 1982) is an American investigative journalist and photographer. She is known for her work reporting human rights abuses against pro-democracy protesters in Bahrain and police brutality against protesters in ...
(born 1982), American investigative journalist, filmmaker, and photographer
* Amber MacArthur (born 1976), Canadian Internet- and television personality
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Amber Mae Cecil
Amber Mae Cecil (20 August 1938 – 15 July 1998) was a prominent Australian radio, theatre and television actress of the 1950s and 1960s.
Early life
Amber Mae Cecil was born on 20 August 1938 in Potts Point. Her parents were also prominent fi ...
(1938–1998), Australian radio-, theatre-, and television actress
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Amber Marchese
Amber Marchese (born August 13, 1977) is an American television personality and entrepreneur. She is known for starring in the reality television series ''The Real Housewives of New Jersey''.
Career
Amber appeared on the sixth season of Bravo's ...
(born 1977), American television personality and entrepreneur
* Amber Mariano (born 1978), American television personality
* Amber Mariano (politician) (born 1995), American politician
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Amber Marie Bollinger
Amber Marie Bollinger is an American actress. She is best known for her 2014 Film, ''Listening''.
Life and career
Amber Marie Bollinger was born in Bellevue, Ohio where she graduated from ''Bellevue High School''. In high school, Bollinger p ...
, American actress
* Amber Mark (born 1993), American singer, songwriter, and producer
* Amber Marks (born 1977), British barrister and author
* Amber Marshall, several people
* Amber Maximus (born 1997), Belgian footballer
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Amber McBride
Amber is fossilized tree resin that has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects."Amber" (2004). In Ma ...
, American author, poet, and professor
* Amber McLaughlin (1973–2023), American transgender woman executed for rape and murder
* Amber McNaught (born 1976), British blogger, author, and former local journalist
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Amber McReynolds
Amber Faye McReynolds (born 1979) is an American election administration expert who is a member of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service. McReynolds is the chief executive of the National Vote at Home Institute, which suppor ...
(born 1979), American election administration expert
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Amber Merritt
Amber Merritt (born 17 February 1993) is a 4.5-point wheelchair basketball player who plays forward. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where she won a silver medal and at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. ...
(born 1993), English-born Australian wheelchair basketball player
* Amber Midthunder (born 1997), American actress
* Amber Morley, Canadian politician
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Amber Musser
Amber Jamilla Musser is an English professor at the CUNY Graduate Center. Musser is also Associate Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Washington University in St. Louis.
Early life and education
From the University of Oxford, ...
, English professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies
* Amber Nash (born 1977), American actress and improvisational comedian
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Amber Neben
Amber Leone Neben (born February 18, 1975) is an American racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental Team . Neben won the UCI world time trial championship in 2008 and 2016 as well as the U.S. national road race champions ...
(born 1975), American racing cyclist
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Amber Neilson
Amber Neilson (born 14 December 1984) is an Australian retired soccer player who played for Newcastle Jets in the Australian W-League.
Playing career Club career
Neilson played for Newcastle Jets in the Australian W-League.
Neilson retired ...
(born 1984), Australian retired soccer player
* Amber Ojeda, American contestant on Platinum Hit
* Amber O'Neal (born 1974), American professional wrestler
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Amber Parkinson
Amber Parkinson (born 3 October 1976 in Melbourne) is an Australian épée fencer.
As an Athlete
Parkinson was ranked first in the Australian Open Fencing Championships in December 2007. In August 2007 Parkinson competed in the Asian Fencing ...
(born 1976), Australian épée fencer
* Amber Pate (born 1995), Australian professional cyclist
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Amber Peebles
Amber Jean Peebles (born in Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand television presenter and a former Miss World New Zealand. She competed at Miss International 2003 and Miss World 2004
Peebles attended Howick College. After college she studi ...
(born 1983), New Zealand TV host and beauty pageant titleholder
* Amber Penrith (born 1980), English rugby union player
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Amber Peterson
Amber Peterson (born April 24, 1982) is a Canadian freestyle skier.
Peterson was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She competes in aerials, and made her World Cup debut in December 1999 at Blackcomb, British Columbia. Her first, and to date, only W ...
(born 1982), Canadian freestyle skier
* Amber Petty, Australian contestant on
Australian Survivor (season 2)
The second season of '' Australian Survivor'', also known as ''Australian Celebrity Survivor'' and ''Celebrity Survivor: Vanuatu'', is a television series based on the international reality game show franchise '' Survivor''. The season featured ...
* Amber Pierce (born 1981), American professional racing cyclist
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Amber Pilley
Amber Pilley (born 8 December 1997) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership and Burleigh Bears in the QRL Women's Premiership. Primarily a , she was a Queensland representati ...
(born 1997), Australian former rugby league footballer
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Amber Portwood
Amber Leann Portwood is an American reality television personality and convicted criminal. From Anderson, Indiana, she is known for being cast in the reality television series ''16 and Pregnant'' in 2009, which documented the pregnancies and fir ...
(born 1990), American reality television personality and convicted criminal
* Amber Preston, American stand-up comedian
* Amber Ramirez (born 1998), American basketball player
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Amber Rayne
Meghan Wren (September 19, 1984 – April 2, 2016), known professionally as Amber Rayne, was an American pornographic actress.
Biography
Rayne was born in Detroit and raised in Northern California. She was of mixed Italian, Scottish, Irish and ...
(1984–2016), American pornographic actress
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Amber Reed
Amber Reed (born 3 April 1991) is an English rugby union player. She won the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup as a member of 's squad and was selected for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad. She currently also plays for Bristol Bears.
Internatio ...
(born 1991), English rugby union player
* Amber Reeves (1887–1981), New Zealand-born British feminist writer and scholar
* Amber Richards (1957–1996), American transgender female impersonator, performer, and television personality
* Amber Richards (set decorator), New Zealand set decorator
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Amber Riley
Amber Patrice Riley (born February 15, 1986), sometimes known mononymously as RILEY, is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her portrayal of Mercedes Jones on the Fox comedy-drama series ''Glee'' (2009–2015). For her perform ...
(born 1986), American actress, most famous for her role on the television series ''
Glee
Glee means delight, a form of happiness.
Glee may also refer to:
* Glee (music), a type of English choral music
* ''Glee'' (TV series), an American musical comedy-drama TV series, and related media created by Ryan Murphy
* ''Glee'' (Bran Van 30 ...
Amber Robles-Gordon
Amber Robles-Gordon (born 1977 San Juan, Puerto Rico) is an American mixed media visual artist. She resides in Washington, DC and predominantly works with found objects and textiles to create assemblages, large-scale sculptures, installations and ...
(born 1977), American mixed media visual artist
* Amber Rolfzen (born 1994), American volleyball player
* Amber Rose (born 1983), American model
* Amber Rose Kandarian (born 1982), Armenian-American filmmaker
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Amber Rose Revah
Amber Rose Revah (born 24 June 1986) is a British actress, writer, and voice artist.
She is best known for playing the roles of Dinah Madani in Marvel's '' The Punisher'', Mika in MGM limited series Last Light and as Mary Magdalene in the box ...
(born 1986), British actress, writer, and voice artist
* Amber-Rose Rush (?–2018), New Zealand murder victim
* Amber Rubarth, American singer-songwriter and actress
* Amber Rudd (born 1963), British politician, MP for Hastings and Rye, former Home Secretary
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Amber Ruffin
Amber Mildred Ruffin (born January 9, 1979) is an American comedian. She hosts her own late-night talk show titled ''The Amber Ruffin Show'' on NBC and Peacock. She has been a writer for ''Late Night with Seth Meyers'' since 2014. When she joined ...
(born 1979), American writer, comedian, and talk-show host
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Amber Rutter
Amber Jo Rutter OLY (née Hill, born 21 August 1997) is an English sport shooter who specialises in skeet. She has won a total of three gold medals in a major international competition, spanning the ISSF World Cup series (2013 and 2015), and th ...
(born 1997), English sport shooter
* Amber S. Boehnlein, American particle physicist, computer scientist, and administrator
* Amber Sainsbury (born 1978), New Zealand actress, philanthropist, and producer
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Amber Savva
Amber Zoe Savva (born 1993) is a British actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Serena in the 2007 film ''Fishtales''.
Filmography
* ''The Bill'' (2005, 1 episode) Sanura Azmi
* ''Fishtales
''Fishtales'' is a 2007 family comedy ...
(born 1993), English actress and theatre producer
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Amber Scorah
Amber Scorah is a Canadian-American writer, speaker, and activist.
Early life
She grew up as a third-generation Jehovah's Witness in Vancouver, Canada with her parents and sister. She rarely had contact with non-Jehovah's Witnesses. She forwent ...
, Canadian-American writer, speaker, and activist
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Amber Scott
Amber Scott is an Australian ballet dancer. She is a principal artist at The Australian Ballet.
Early life
Scott was born and raised in Brisbane, Australia. She started dance classes at age three and ballet at age five. She also attended jazz ...
(born 1982/1983), Australian ballet dancer
* Amber Sealey, British-American actress, screenwriter, and film producer- and director
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Amber Settle
Amber Settle is an American computer scientist and professor of education and theory in the department of Computer Science at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. She is known for her work in computer science education and her continuing serv ...
, American computer scientist and professor of education and theory
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Amber Seyer
The Miss Missouri USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Missouri in the Miss USA pageant. It is directed by Vanbros and Associates, based in Lenexa, Kansas. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of st ...
, American beauty pageant titleholder
* Amber Share, American author and illustrator
* Amber Shepherd, birth name of
Amba Shepherd
Amber Louise Shepherd, better known by her stage name Amba Shepherd is an Australian singer and songwriter, best known for her collaborations with the Dutch music producer, Hardwell. Amba Shepherd was named "The most relevant guest vocalist in ED ...
(born 1991), Australian singer
* Amber Sherlock (born 1975), Australian journalist, television news presenter, and reporter
* Amber Sibley, American make-up artist
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Amber Siyavus
''Big Brother 8'' is the eighth season of the American reality television series ''Big Brother''. It is based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, which gained notoriety in 1999 and 2000. The series premiered on CBS on July 5, 2007 a ...
, American waitress, and contestant on
Big Brother 8 (American season)
''Big Brother 8'' is the eighth season of the United States, American reality television series ''Big Brother (American TV series), Big Brother''. It is based upon the Netherlands series Big Brother (Netherlands), of the same name, which gained n ...
Amber Slagle
Amber Slagle (born July 7, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver, crew chief, and engineer. She competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 24 Chevrolet SS for McGowan Motorsport ...
(born 1996), American professional stock car racing driver, crew chief, and engineer
* Amber Smith (disambiguation), several people
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Amber Stevens West
Amber Dawn Stevens West is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Ashleigh Howard in the ABC Family series ''Greek (TV series), Greek'' (2007–2011)'','' Maxine in the NBC sitcom ''The Carmichael Show'' (2015–2017), and Clair ...
(born 1986), American actress
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Amber Stachowski
Amber Val Stachowski (born March 14, 1983) is an American water polo player for the UCLA Bruins and the U.S. National Team, who won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Her position is center defender.
High school and college
At Capistr ...
(born 1983), American water polo player
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Amber Stocks
Amber "AB" Stocks is an American basketball executive consultant, coach, and former player. She was most notably the General Manager and Head Coach of the Chicago Sky in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Stocks was as an assistan ...
, American WNBA executive consultant, coach, and former player
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Amber Straughn
Amber Nicole Straughn (born 1979) is an American astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center where she serves as the deputy project scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope, responsible for science communications. Her research foc ...
(born c. 1979), American astrophysicist
* Amber Swartz-Garcia (1980–?), American kidnapping victim
* Amber Tamblyn (born 1983), American actress
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Amber Tang
Amber Tang (; born 30 April 1995), is a Hong Kong hostess and actress. She was the first runner-up and Miss Photogenic in the Miss Hong Kong 2018 Pageant.
Early and personal life
Amber Tang graduated from Heep Yunn Primary School (2007) and Heep ...
(born 1995), Hong Kong hostess and actress
* Amber Templemore-Finlayson, British film- and television director
* Amber Theoharis (born 1978), American journalist, sports anchor- and reporter, documentary film producer, and tech executive
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Amber Thomas
Amber Thomas (born November 17, 1993) is a Canadian swimmer. She lost her sight at ten years old due to a brain tumour and is classified in the S11 disability class. (search for "Amber Thomas")
At the age of fifteen Thomas competed at the 200 ...
(born 1993), Canadian Paralympic swimmer
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Amber Torrealba
Amber Torrealba (born July 1, 1990) is a 3X World Champion Skimboarder and Filmmaker.
Amber was born and raised on the east coast in Melbourne, Florida and currently resides in Laguna Beach, California. She has been skimboarding since 17 years ...
(born 1990), American skimboarder and filmmaker
* Amber Tuccaro (1990–?), Canadian First Nations woman who went missing in 2010, and found dead in 2012
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Amber Tysiak
Amber Tysiak (born 26 January 2000) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club West Ham United and the Belgium national team.
Early life
Tysiak was born in Houthalen-Helchteren and is of Italian ...
(born 2000), Belgian professional footballer
* Amber Valletta (born 1974), American actress and model
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Amber van der Hulst
Amber van der Hulst (born 21 September 1999) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . In June 2019, at the European Games in Minsk, she won a silver medal in the madison event.
Major result ...
(born 1999), Dutch professional racing cyclist
* Amber Verspaget (born 1998), Dutch footballer
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Amber Wadham
Amber Jay Wadham (born February 29, 1996), commonly known by her online alias Paladin Amber, is an Australian Twitch streamer and internet personality
An Internet celebrity (also known as a social media influencer, social media personality, in ...
(born 1996), Australian Internet personality, also known as Paladin Amber
* Amber Wagner, American soprano
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Amber Ward
Amber Ward (born 12 October 2001) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Adelaide. She was selected by the West Coast Eagles as an undrafted free agent following the 2020 AFL Women's draft, and made her AFL Women's debut in round 1 of th ...
(born 2001), Australian rules footballer
* Amber Welty (born 1967), American former track and field athlete
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Amber Whiting
Amber Whiting is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Brigham Young University women's basketball team. She was hired by BYU in 2022; prior to that, she coached high school basketball in Idaho. Whiting also p ...
, American college basketball coach
* Amber Wutich, American anthropologist and professor
* Amber Yobech (born 1991), Palauan swimmer
* Amber Zhaoyang Wang, Chinese high fashion model
Men
* Amber Gurung (1938–2016), Nepalese composer, singer, and lyricist
Hannah Montana
''Hannah Montana'' is an American teen sitcom created by Michael Poryes, Rich Correll and Barry O'Brien that aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between March2006 and January2011. The series centers on Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus), a ...
'', played by
Shanica Knowles
Shanica Channell Knowles (born November 17, 1990) also known simply as Shanica, is an American actress, singer-songwriter and instrumentalist, known for her roles as Amber Addison on '' Hannah Montana'', Shauna Keaton on ''Jump In!'', and Vaness ...
Amber Brown
''Amber Brown'' is a series of realistic fiction books for children created and originally written by Paula Danziger; later written by Elizabeth Levy and Bruce Coville. Early editions are illustrated by Tony Ross and later by Anthony Lewis. Th ...
, in a book by
Paula Danziger
Paula Danziger (August 18, 1944 – July 8, 2004) was an American children's author. She wrote more than 30 books, including her 1974 debut '' The Cat Ate My Gymsuit'', for children's and young adult audiences. At the time of her death, all her ...
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Amber Freeman
Wes Craven's ''Scream'' series features a large cast of characters created primarily by Kevin Williamson with contributions from Craven and Ehren Kruger. The series focuses on the character of Sidney Prescott ( Neve Campbell) and a successi ...
The Righteous Gemstones
''The Righteous Gemstones'' is an American television series created by Danny McBride that premiered on August 18, 2019, on HBO. The series follows a famous and dysfunctional family of televangelists. It stars McBride, John Goodman, Edi Patterson ...
Doctors
Doctor or The Doctor may refer to:
Personal titles
* Doctor (title), the holder of an accredited academic degree
* A medical practitioner, including:
** Physician
** Surgeon
** Dentist
** Veterinary physician
** Optometrist
*Other roles
** ...
'', played by Lisa Ellis
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Amber Hearst
This is a list of characters that were introduced in CBBC's ''The Story of Tracy Beaker''. The series is based on the book of the same name by Jacqueline Wilson. It ran on for five series from 2002 to 2005. The series was followed by ''Tracy Bea ...
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford.
Origi ...
'', played by Nikki Patel
* Amber Keenan, in the 2020 Irish coming-of-age comedy-drama film ''
Dating Amber
''Dating Amber'' (originally titled ''Beards'') is an Irish comedy-drama film directed by David Freyne. The film features two closeted teenagers in 1990s Ireland who decide to start a fake relationship. The film was produced with assistance fro ...
'', played by
Lola Petticrew
Lola Petticrew (born 26 December 1995) is an Irish actor. They starred in the films '' A Bump Along the Way'' (2019) and ''Dating Amber'' (2020). On television, they are known for their roles in ''Bloodlands'' (2021–) and ''Three Families'' (20 ...
Amber Martin
'' Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera created by Reg Watson. It was first broadcast on 18 March 1985. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the serial in 1990, by order of first appearance. All characters ...
, in the Australian TV soap opera ''
Neighbours
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons an ...
Ana Mulvoy-Ten
Ana Maria Mulvoy-Ten (born 8 May 1992) is an English actress. She is known for playing the character of Amber Millington on the British boarding school drama ''House of Anubis''.
Career
Mulvoy-Ten's first role was as an extra in Harry Potter ...
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Amber Moore
Amber Moore is a fictional character from the American soap operas ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' and ''The Young and the Restless''. Throughout the character's entire history, she has been portrayed by Adrienne Frantz, first introduced by Bradle ...
, in the US TV soap operas ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' and ''The Young and the Restless'', played by Adrienne Frantz
* Amber Moss, in the US TV sitcom ''Unhappily Ever After#Recurring, Unhappily Ever After'', played by Dana Daurey
* Amber Murdoch, in the Scottish TV soap opera ''River City'', played by Lorna Anderson and Jenny Hulse
* Simpson family#Amber Simpson, Amber Pigal-Simpson, Homer Simpson's illegal wife, voiced by Pamela Hayden
* Amber Rhoades, in the US TV sitcom ''List of Married... with Children characters#Other recurring characters, Married... with Children'', played by Juliet Tablak
* Amber Sharpe, in the UK soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Lydia Lloyd-Henry and Lauren Gabrielle-Thomas
* Amber Simmons, in the Australian TV soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Maddy Jevic
* Ámbar Smith, in the ''Disney Channel Latin America'' series ''Soy Luna'', played by Valentina Zenere
* Amber Snoeckx, in the Belgian teen drama web series ''wtFOCK'', played by Nona Janssens
* Amber St. Clare, in the novel '' Forever Amber''
* Amber Sweet, in the 2008 US Gothic rock opera ''Repo! The Genetic Opera'', played by Paris Hilton
* Amber Turner, in the Australian TV soap opera ''
Neighbours
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons an ...
'', played by Jenna Rosenow
* Amber Volakis, in the US TV series ''House (TV series), House'', played by Anne Dudek
* Amber von Tussle, Amber Von Tussle, in the 1988 US comedy film ''Hairspray (1988 film), Hairspray'', played by Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick
* Amber Waves, in the 1997 US period comedy-drama film ''Boogie Nights'', played by Julianne Moore
* Amber Whitmire, in the 1995 US supernatural comedy-drama film ''Casper (film), Casper'', played by Jessica Wesson
* Amber Williams, in the 2006 US direct-to-video slasher film ''I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer'', played by Brooke Nevin
* Amber, in the 1952 Hindi costume action romance thriller film ''Amber (film), Amber'', played by Tanuja (young Amber) and Nargis (adult Amber)
* Amber, in the 2006 Malaysian short films ''The Amber Sexalogy'', played by Melissa Maureen Rizal
* Amber, in the Indian Hindi language TV series ''Amber Dhara'', played by Kashmira Irani
* Amber, in the US family comedy-drama TV series ''Andi Mack'', played by Emily Skinner (actress, born 2002), Emily Skinner
* Amber, in the mobile game ''Brawl Stars''
* Amber, in the US teen sitcom ''Clueless (TV series), Clueless'', played by Elisa Donovan
* List of Darker than Black characters#Evening Primrose, Amber, in the anime series ''Darker than Black''
* Amber, one of three identities of the Fool, who appears only in ''The Liveship Traders Trilogy'' by Robin Hobb
* Amber, in the ''Pokémon'' franchise
* Amber the Orange Fairy, in the ''Rainbow Magic'' book franchise
* Amber, in the video game ''Rune Factory 4''
* Amber, in the video game ''Genshin Impact''
* Amber, in the 1999 UK/New Zealand TV series ''The Tribe (1999 TV series), The Tribe'', played by Beth Allen
* Amber, in the 2019 UK Millarworld comic book series ''Chrononauts: Futureshock''
* Amber (The One-Legged Hypoglycemic), in ''Saturday Night Live'', played by Amy Poehler
* Amber, in the 2000 US direct-to-video animated science fiction romantic comedy mystery film ''Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders'', voiced by Candi Milo
* Amber, in the third volume of the animated web series ''RWBY''
* Amber, in the South Korean children's TV show ''Robocar Poli'', voiced by Rebecca Soler
* Princess Amber, in the US animated TV series ''Sofia the First'', played by Darcy Rose Byrnes
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