Amber Heard was born on April 22, 1986 in Austin, Texas. She is an American actress.

Amber Heard scored appearances in various TV shows. She was cast as Liz in the pilot episode of The WB's Jack & Bobby (2004), as Riley in an episode of The Mountain (2004) and she had a brief cameo as a salesgirl in The O.C. (2005).

Her first movie role was Maria in Friday Night Lights (2004). She next starred as Shay in sideFX (2005), an independent horror flick and had supporting roles in Drop Dead Sexy (2005), Price to Pay (2006) and You Are Here (2006).

Amber turned heads with more prominent parts in Niki Caro's North Country (2005) as young Josey (Charlize Theron in the adult form) and as Alma in Nick Cassavetes' Alpha Dog (2006).

Amber was next cast in the title role in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane. The horror film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2006. In 2007 Heard also appeared in the short movie Day 73 with Sarah and indie drama The Beautiful Ordinary.

Her last credits include Judd Apatow gang comedy The Pineapple Express and martial arts drama Never Back Down (2008).

Filmography

• The Stepfather (2008)
• The Informers (2008)
• Pineapple Express (2008)
• Never Back Down (2008)
• "Californication" (1 episode, 2007)
• "Hidden Palms" (8 episodes, 2007)
• The Beautiful Ordinary (2007)
• Day 73 with Sarah (2007)
• You Are Here (2007)
• All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006)
• "Criminal Minds" (1 episode, 2006)
• Alpha Dog (2006)
• The Prince (2006) (TV)
• Price to Pay (2006)
• North Country (2005)
• Drop Dead Sexy (2005)
• "The O.C." (1 episode, 2005)
• sideFX (2005)
• "The Mountain" (1 episode, 2004)
• Friday Night Lights (2004)
• "Jack & Bobby" (1 episode, 2004)