Amber Evangeline Valletta (born February 9, 1974) is an American fashion model and actress. She began her career as a fashion model, landing her first of sixteen American Vogue covers at age eighteen. During the 1990s, Valletta reached the status of supermodel, working as the face of Giorgio Armani, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Valentino, Gucci and Versace, and signing multi-million dollar cosmetics contracts with Calvin Klein and Elizabeth Arden. From 1995 to 1996, Valletta and her friend and fellow model Shalom Harlow hosted the MTV show, House of Style.

In the 2000s, Valletta began to focus on her career as an actress. She made her acting debut in Drop Back Ten (2000). She then starred in the hit film Hitch (2005). She has since appeared in films such as Transporter 2 (2005), Man About Town (2006), Dead Silence (2007), Gamer (2009), and The Spy Next Door (2010). In 2011, she moved to television, appearing in a recurring role as the fallen socialite Lydia Davis on the ABC prime time soap opera, Revenge. In 2015, Valletta began starring as villainous Carla Briggs in another ABC soap opera, Blood & Oil.

Biography

Valletta married Olympic volleyball player Chip McCaw in 2003. Together they had a son Auden born three years prior. They divorced in early 2015.

Valletta endorsed Democrat President Barack Obama for re-election in 2012.

In July 2014, Valletta spoke out about her battle with drug and alcohol addiction.

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