Amber Valletta

Amber Valletta is an American model, actress, and prominent environmental advocate who achieved international acclaim as one of the definitive supermodels of the 1990s. Born on February 9, 1974, she rose to global prominence through high-profile fashion campaigns, prominent runway appearances, and a record number of magazine covers. Beyond her extensive career on fashion catwalks worldwide, Valletta successfully transitioned into feature film and television acting, while becoming a leading voice for environmental sustainability in the global fashion industry.

About

Raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Valletta began her modeling career as a teenager after enrolling in a local modeling agency in her youth. She soon relocated to Europe, quickly securing bookings for major European fashion houses and emerging as a defining face of 1990s high fashion. Throughout her modeling career, she has landed dozens of international magazine covers, including 16 American Vogue covers. She established herself as a versatile luxury model, working as the face of premier luxury brands such as Giorgio Armani, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Gucci, Elizabeth Arden, and Versace. Alongside fellow supermodel Shalom Harlow, Valletta also co-hosted MTV's popular fashion series House of Style during the mid-1990s.

Career

In the early 2000s, Valletta expanded her public career into acting, making her major feature film debut in Robert Zemeckis's supernatural thriller What Lies Beneath (2000). She gained further mainstream recognition co-starring alongside Will Smith and Eva Mendes in the blockbuster romantic comedy Hitch (2005). Her film credits also include roles in action and comedy films such as Transporter 2 (2005), Man About Town (2006), Dead Silence (2007), Gamer (2009), and The Spy Next Door (2010). On television, Valletta earned recurring and main roles in network drama series, notably playing socialite Lydia Davis on ABC's Revenge and starring in Blood & Oil.

Advocacy and Personal Life

Alongside her fashion and acting career, Valletta is widely recognized for her climate activism and dedication to sustainable fashion. She serves as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme and has held editorial roles focused on environmental responsibility within top fashion publications. Based in Los Angeles, California, she is a mother to one son from a previous marriage and maintains an active public platform advocating for environmental consciousness, sobriety awareness, and responsible manufacturing practices across the modern fashion sector.