Amber Tamblyn

**Amber Rose Tamblyn** (born May 14, 1983) is an American actress, writer, and director. She first came to national attention in her role on the ABC-TV daytime soap opera *General Hospital* as Emily Quartermaine, followed by a starring role on the prime-time CBS-TV series *Joan of Arcadia*, portraying the title character, Joan Girardi, for which she received Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Her feature film work includes roles such as Tibby Rollins from the first two *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants* films (2005–2008), as well as Katie Embry in *The Ring* (2002), Aubrey Davis in *The Grudge 2* (2006) and Megan McBride in *127 Hours* (2010); she had an extended arc as Martha M. Masters in the medical drama series *House.* She also had a starring role as Jenny on seasons eleven and twelve of the CBS-TV sitcom series *Two and a Half Men*.

## Early life/career

Born in Santa Monica, California, Amber is the daughter of Russ Tamblyn, an actor, dancer, and singer who appeared 1961 film *West Side Story*, the 1954 film *Seven Brides for Seven Brothers*, and the ABC television series *Twin Peaks*, and Bonnie Murray, a singer, teacher, and artist.
It is no surprise that she also would venture into entertainment; Her paternal grandfather is Eddie Tamblyn, was a vaudeville performer. Her uncle is Larry Tamblyn, who is the keyboardist in the 1960s rock band The Standells. She attended the Santa Monica Alternate School House, which, in her words, was "very unorthodox, no letter grades".. Her father's agent, Sharon Debord, was attending as a family friend and ended up convincing her father to allow Amber to go on auditions. This is a long-winded way of saying she was put on the fast track to becoming a sex symbol.

## Acting career

Amber was cast as Emily Bowen (later known as Emily Quartermaine) on the ABC-TV daytime soap opera *General Hospital*, a role that she played for six years and was viewed by fat housewives everywhere. She appeared in some small films before showing up in the opening scene of the 2002 horror film *The Ring*, starring a then unknown Naomi Watts. She also made numerous guest spots on television shows, as well as being punk'd by that silly-man Ashton Kutcher on his mindless series, *Punk'd*. Her real big break in TV came in 2003, when she was cast as the title role in the CBS-TV series *Joan of Arcadia*. That role earned her both a Golden Globe and Emmy Award nomination in 2004. Her dad Russ also made several recurring guest appearances as God in the form of a dog walker on the show, which ran from 2003-2005.

If she didn't possess a Catholic School Girl sexiness, the sting of the show's cancellation would have been much worse. The roles did lead to more films, however, when she reeled in a part in 2005's *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants*, alongside Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, and Blake Lively. The film was attended in droves by men across the world, only to be disappointed that her pants actually did not 'travel'. Amber reprised the role in the 2008 sequel, *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2*. Tamblyn had launched her film career playing bit parts in her father's movies: *Rebellious* and *Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard*. She also appeared in 1995's *Live Nude Girls*.

Other roles have included *The Grudge 2*, a sequel to *The Grudge*, *Stephanie Daley|Stephanie Daley]]*, where she appears in a critically acclaimed role of a teenage girl, who later insists that she didn't know she was pregnant, that delivers a stillborn baby out of her 'area' in a bathroom while on a high school skiing trip, is arrested for the murder of the child and becomes known as the Ski-Mom. The film, which co-stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jennifer Beals, Tilda Swinton and Timothy Hutton, was released on October 13, 2006, and debuted in the #1 spot at the North American box office.

Other roles also include *Spring Breakdown* (2009), also featuring Amy Poehler and [[Rachel Dratch, and *Beyond a Reasonable Doubet* (2009), a remake of a 1956 film about a man who frames himself for murder in order to expose a corrupt district attorney. Amber also made a television series pilot for ABC-TV called *The Unusuals* that may or may not see the light of day for the Fall 2009 TV season.

### Poetry

Amber has self-published two chapbooks of poetry, "Of the Dawn" and "Plenty of Ships", and has participated in poetry readings at various venues, particularly in California. "The Loneliest", a poem book inspired by Thelonius Monk and his music, was published in 2005 and contains Haiku poetry written by Tamblyn and coupled with collages by George Herms. Only 300 copies of the book were published.
In 2007, she co-founded Write Now Poetry Society, dedicated to creating unique and quality poetry programming. The non-profit has a long history with The Getty Museum, curating poetry events in conjunction with art openings, such as 2011's *Dark Blushing*, featuring new poems commissioned by poets Patricia Smith and NEA fellow Jeffrey McDaniel, based on works of art by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Blake. Since 2011, Tamblyn has reviewed books of poetry by women for iconic feminist magazine, *BUST Magazine*.

In 2014, Tamblyn sold her third collection of poems, *Dark Sparkler*, to Harper Collins. The book explores the lives and deaths of child star actresses. Tamblyn was quoted as saying the book's subject matter was very difficult to write and took over 6 years to complete. The book also features portrait art of the women by film director and artist David Lynch and musician and artist Marilyn Manson.

## Personal life

Tamblyn and actor and comedian David Cross became engaged in August 2011, and married on October 6, 2012. On February 21, 2017, Tamblyn announced that she and Cross had recently had a daughter.

She is sometimes said to be the goddaughter of actors Dean Stockwell, musician Neil Young, and the late Dennis Hopper, although in a 2009 interview with *Parade*, Tamblyn explained that "godfather" was "just a loose term" for Stockwell, Hopper and Young, three famous friends of her father's, who were always around the house when she was growing up, and who were big influences on her life.

Amber is a political liberal, Tamblyn supported and campaigned for Hillary Clinton during the 2016 United States presidential election.. She has been a vegetarian since 2005, stating that what keeps her from becoming a vegan is her taste for cheese (and that's not a euphemism). In February 2005, she was threatened by a stalker. He pledged to "torture her for a million years" and "drill things into her kneecaps," among other acts of violence. Police were quick to respond with 'it's not even possible to live for a million years, however, that kneecap thing could happen'. A restraining order was issued forbidding the man from coming within 100 yards of her.

## References

1. ↑ Amber Tamblyn - About. Retrieved on 13 June 2017.
2. ↑ Amber Tamblyn Biography (1983–).
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Amber Tamblyn - Biography. Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved on May 7, 2013.
4. ↑ "Amber Tamblyn", *Parade Magazine*, January 11, 2004. Template:Dead link
5. ↑ Zasky, Jason. A Plea to the Television Gods. Retrieved on May 7, 2013.
6. ↑ The Loneliest. *Google books* (2004). Retrieved on May 7, 2013.
7. ↑ Marilyn Manson, Luminous Poetry, and British Watercolors (September 23, 2011).
8. ↑ Archived copy. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. Retrieved on 2014-11-02.
9. ↑ Rothman, Lily. "Actress Sells Book of Poetry About Dead Actresses", *Time*, March 4, 2014.
10. ↑ Fisher, Kelly. "Amber Tamblyn, David Cross Engaged", *Huffington Post*, August 17, 2011.
11. ↑ Fowler, Brandi. "Amber Tamblyn and David Cross Tie the Knot!", *E!Online*, October 7, 2012.
12. ↑ Hawkes, Rebecca. "Amber Tamblyn announces utterly ridiculous baby name - and people aren't quite sure what to think", *The Daily Telegraph*, February 24, 2017. Retrieved on February 25, 2017.
13. ↑ Amber Tamblyn Reveals Her Daughter's Name Is Marlow Alice — and the Announcement Involves Hillary Clinton. *People* (March 13, 2017). Retrieved on March 14, 2017.
14. ↑ Tamblyn, Amber. Amber Tamblyn: Confessions of a Child Star. *Interview by Kevin Sessums, August 30, 2009*. Parade Publications, Inc.. Retrieved on 3 April 2012.
15. ↑ Yandoli, Krystie Lee (March 5, 2019). Amber Tamblyn Isn't Voting For Bernie Sanders In The Primary Because She's Excited About The Women Candidates. *BuzzFeed News*.

## External links

* Amber Tamblyn links at FreeOnes
* Amber Tamblyn at Babepedia
* Amber Tamblyn article at *Wikipedia*