Amber Evangeline Valletta (born February is an American actress and model. She began her career as a model for fashion agencies, and appeared on cover pages of internationally recognized magazines. She made her film debut in Drop Back Ten (2000). She then starred in the hit film Hitch (2005). She has since appeared in films such as Man About Town (2006), Dead Silence (2007),Gamer (2009)
Valletta also serves as the spokesperson for Oceana's Seafood Contamination Campaign, where she brings awareness of the dangers of mercury poisoning in various kinds of seafood. The decision to join Oceana's campaign was prompted by the mercury-poisoning experience of a friend and the fact that she is a mother of two.
Valletta is now a model for Marks and Spencer.
Valletta was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Shortly after her birth, her
family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. She attended Booker T. Washington High
School. She got her start in the fashion industry when her mother
enrolled her in modeling school at the age of fifteen at the Linda
Layman Agency.
Initially, she did runway work at a local mall on Saturdays. However,
her big break came after she cut short her hair and went to Europe.
Valletta has gone on to act in several films, been on the cover of magazines and in advertisements for Louis Vuitton,
Calvin Klein and Versace and hosted MTV's House of Style with friend
and fellow supermodel Shalom Harlow. Valletta was scheduled to appear on
Punk'd on Season 6 Episode 3, along with David Boreanaz and Kristin
Cavallari, but Kutcher had to move the prank played on Valletta to an
episode later to make room for the prank played on Dallas Cowboys wide
receiver Terrell Owens, which is based on his suspension on November 19,
2005, while playing for the Philadelphia Eagles