Amber Tamblyn Biography

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Born: 14 May 1983, Santa Monica, California, USA (age 23)
Birth Name: Amber Rose Tamblyn
Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 12 nominations  
Credited Years: 1995 - 2008
Profession: Actress / Self
Known for: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants / The Ring / General Hospital

Biography

Amber Rose Tamblyn (born May 14, 1983) is an Emmy-nominated American actress and poet. She came to fame on the soap opera General Hospital followed by a starring role on the television series Joan of Arcadia. She has branched out into film roles, appearing in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and The Grudge 2. The actress is returning to television again on CBS' drama pilot Babylon Fields.

Tamblyn was born in Santa Monica, California, the daughter of actor Russ Tamblyn and musician/writer Bonnie Murray. At the age of 10, she played Pippi Longstocking at the Santa Monica Alternative School House; her father's agent, Sharon Debord, was attending as a family friend and ended up convincing her father to allow Tamblyn to go on auditions.

Tamblyn is a political liberal and attended the 2004 Democratic National Convention. She has been a vegetarian since 2005 (stating that what keeps her from becoming a vegan is her taste for cheese.) When she found out her character's pet on General Hospital was going to be a tarantula, she requested that the spider be killed off, due to Tamblyn's arachnophobia. She suggested that the spider could be replaced by a rat, the type of pet Tamblyn had at home.In February 2005, Tamblyn received vicious threats from a stalker. He pledged to "torture her for a million years" and "drill things into her kneecaps," among other acts of violence. Frightened, Tamblyn phoned the police. A restraining order was issued forbidding the man from coming within 100 yards of her. Tamblyn is an agnostic. She has also stated that she celebrates Hanukkah, although she is not Jewish. She is the goddaughter of actors Dean Stockwell and Dennis Hopper and musician Neil Young. Stockwell and her father, Russ Tamblyn, appeared together in the film "The Boy with Green Hair" and in the Quantum Leap episode 'Thou Shalt Not...'She is said to have convinced a homeless man to pose as her father so she could get her navel pierced. It soon became infected, however, and she had to confess to her parents. The story inspired an episode of "Joan of Arcadia."