Amber Rivera

Amber Rivera was born on August 26 1983 in Tampa Florida to Edith Morales and Martin Rivera both from Bayamón Puerto Rico She grew up between Florida and Puerto Rico where at a young age she began performing in local stage productions dance recitals and commercials At the age of 13 she competed in the Miss PreTeen Florida Pageant and won Miss Photogenic At 15 Amber represented Puerto Rico at the IMTA competition in New York and was scouted by several talent and modeling agencies from Tokyo Milan and Los Angeles she ultimately did not accept any of the contracts as she opted to finish high school That same year she filmed her first commercial and began studying voice at the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico In 2003 Amber was named La Cara de Avon The Face of Avon by Caras Magazine in Puerto Rico Amber would go on to study drama at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City and Improv at The Groundlings in Los Angeles Amber can be seen in Plane Lionsgate starring Gerard Butler as well as in NBC Peacocks The Resort She has worked alongside Keaunu Reeves in Replicas Lionsgate and Martin Freeman in Start Up Crackle Amber starred in the short film Esta es Tu Cuba by awardwinning upandcoming director Brian Robau which received numerous accolades including a Student Academy Award Cine Odesseys Best Actress Award Cannes American Film Pavilion Award and the HBO IberoAmerican Short Film Award Other credits include The Baker and The Beauty ABC The Oath Crackle Driven Universal Pictures and Speed Kills Saban Films IMDb Mini Biography By selfverified