Amber Tamblyn Biography
Born: May 14, 1983
As the daughter of American child star-turned-cult favorite Russ_Tamblyn (Peyton_Place, Twin_Peaks), Hollywood heartthrob and ingenue Amber Tamblyn inherited the stunning red hair, fair complexion, and acting chops of her famous dad. Born in the early '80s to Russ and wife Bonnie Murray, Tamblyn was discovered by an agent at her school during her preteen years, and soon landed a prominent role as the maniacal tot Emily Quartermaine on General_Hospital -- a turn she sustained from 1995 to 2001.
Tamblyn guested on such series as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Boston_Public in the early 2000s, and tackled a small role in Gore_Verbinski's 2002 shocker The_Ring (as one of Samara's unfortunate victims), but the actress failed to generate a sizeable fan base prior to the advent of the fantasy-tinged drama series Joan of Arcadia in 2003. Tamblyn received first billing in that program as Joan Girardi, a seemingly average high school teenager who is tapped by the Almighty to perform various assignments. Joan drew a substantial cult following and outstanding critical assessments (USA Today pegged it as the most promising dramatic series of 2003), but unfortunately, its popularity failed to spread beyond a small enthusiastic band of adherents and it folded within two years.
Tamblyn then segued back into film work, with first billing in Ken_Kwapis' coming-of-age comedy drama The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants in 2005, as one of four teenage girlfriends (alongside America_Ferrera, Blake_Lively, and Alexis_Bledel) who make a good-luck pact; the picture received outstanding reviews and ensured continued stardom for Tamblyn. In 2006, the young actress essayed the title role in Hilary_Brougher's fine psychological drama Stephanie_Daley, about a troubled teenager accused of killing her newborn child. Tamblyn also traveled the programmer route that year with a turn in the horror sequel The_Grudge_2. The following year, the actress starred in Beth_Schacter's teen comedy Normal_Adolescent_Behavior and Rigoberto_Castaneda's indie thriller Blackout. In the latter -- a high-wire suspense picture about a bunch of people trapped in a hospital elevator -- Tamblyn played a young woman desperate to reach her grandmother before the elderly woman dies. In 2008, she reprised her Traveling_Pants role in the sequel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.
Amber Tamblyn is also a prolific poet and runs her own website, The Rebel Asylum, with postings of her work. Her volume of poetry -Free Stallion was published by Simon & Schuster in 2005. Nathan Southern, Rovi
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