- At 6 years of age she was a dancer in the Alabama Ballet Company's productions of the Nutcracker Suite.
- Has had roles in movies with actors whom she would later join on the cast of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: Lindsay Crouse and Eliza Dushku in BYE BYE LOVE (1995) and Seth Green in CAN'T HARDLY WAIT (1998).
- Her motion picture debut was in Steven Soderbergh's KING OF THE HILL, where she played a shy epileptic neighbour.
- Was nominated Young Artist Award for Best Youth Actress Co-Starring in a Motion Picture Drama in 1994 for KING OF THE HILL.
- Hair color: Blonde
- Eye color: Blue
- Music Love: Jeff Buckley; various singer-songwriters
- Flick Picks: ANTONIA'S LINE, THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH, KING OF THE HILL
- Favorite color: Blue
- Of her own work she is most proud of her work in the film KING OF THE HILL, her appearances as Tara on BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and her own movie project CHANCE.
- Loves to read and spends a lot of her down time on set reading.
- Favourite authors: Ray Bradbury, Susan Cooper, Marion Zimmer Bradley, J.K. Rowling (the 'Harry Potter' series), and Christopher Golden (the 'Body of Evidence' series).
- Lives in Los Angeles with her mother, her dog Pennsylvania (aka Penny) and her cat Benneton (aka Benny).
- Traveled to Romania to film the movie TABOO.
- In 2001, at the age of just 24, Amber directed, wrote, produced and starred in her own movie called CHANCE. It was presented at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002.
- Was born on Elvis Presley's birthday (January 8th) in 1977 (the year of Elvis' death.)
- Is a vegetarian.
- Wrote a comic book based on the characters of Willow and Tara as part of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic books series.
- Was to return to BUFFY in the 7th season, (following Tara's death) playing the character of Cassie Newton. However, negotiotions with Fox fell through. The character was retooled and the role went to Azura Skye instead.
- Arrived late at a BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER convention in June, 2003, because a deer ran into her mother's car in upstate New York.
Quotes- "If I wasn't an actress I'd want to be a writer or else find a job where I got to read books and watch movies all day, everyday, for the rest of my life."
- "I would love to develop my career on both sides of the camera in the way Woody Allen has done down the years."
- About her role as the lesbian Tara on BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: "I got letters from girls saying that I changed their lives and I met people who would cry about it, and that had such an impact on me. You don't realise what an impact television has on people. But when you get letters from young girls saying, 'I came out and I have a girlfriend now because of you,' it's great."
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