Amber Stevens West

Amber Stevens West
Stevens West at 2010 the "Night of 100 Stars"
Born	Amber Dawn Stevens 1985 or 1986 (age 38–39) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2005–present
Spouse	Andrew J. West ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	3
Father	Shadoe Stevens

Amber Dawn Stevens West (born 1985 or 1986)[1] is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Ashleigh Howard in the ABC Family series Greek (2007–2011),[2] Maxine in the NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show (2015–2017),[3] and Claire Davis in the CBS comedy Happy Together (2018–2019). She has also appeared in films The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), 22 Jump Street (2014) and Jessabelle (2014). She played the lead role of Maya in the 2018 comedy film Love Jacked.

Early life

Stevens West was born Amber Dawn Stevens in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of former model Beverly Cunningham and radio announcer Shadoe Stevens.[4] She has a younger sister named Chyna and an older paternal half-brother named Brad.[5] Stevens is of mixed ethnicity, being born to a white father and African-American mother[6] who is also part Comanche.[7][8]

Stevens West is a graduate of Beverly Hills High School.[9]

Career

Early in her career, she appeared in television commercials for Old Navy,[10][11] Verizon, Logitech and Neutrogena. She made her television acting debut in an episode of Complete Savages in 2005. In 2007, Stevens West began portraying Ashleigh Howard on the ABC Family comedy-drama television series Greek.[12] In a review released soon after the premiere of the show, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called the show "light-hearted fun" and "authentic" while The New York Times claimed that Greek "captures the spirit of the hedge-fund age like nothing else."[13][14] The series concluded after four seasons on March 7, 2011.[15] She has appeared in films The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Fired Up! (2009), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), The Kitchen (2012) and Jessabelle (2014).

She has appeared in guest roles on How I Met Your Mother, Friends with Benefits, Baby Daddy, 90210, Ben and Kate and New Girl.[16] In 2011, Stevens West played the role of Mimi Marquez in the musical Rent: Downtown L.A.[17] She made a guest appearance as Joy Struthers on CBS' Criminal Minds, in the episode "Fate". In 2014, she appeared as Jonah Hill's character's love interest called Maya in the comedy film 22 Jump Street.[18]

In 2015, Stevens West co-starred opposite Jerrod Carmichael as Maxine in the NBC comedy sitcom The Carmichael Show.[3] In 2017, following that show's end, Stevens West was cast as a series regular on the FOX supernatural comedy series Ghosted.[19] She portrayed a restaurant and bar designer Claire Davis opposite Damon Wayans Jr. on CBS' comedy television series Happy Together (2018–2019).[20] The series followed a young couple whose lives are suddenly thrown into chaos when a pop star moves into their home.[21]

In May, 2021, Stevens starred as one of the four leads in the first season of the ensemble comedy Run the World on Starz.[22]

In November, 2022, Stevens was a contestant on the new daytime game show, Pictionary, eps. 01114 [23]

Personal life

Stevens began dating actor Andrew J. West after they met while co-starring in Greek. They married on December 5, 2014, in Los Angeles.[24] They have three daughters: Ava Laverne, Winona Marie and Bernadette Maxine.[25][26][27]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift	Cheerleader
2007	The Beast	Aileen	TV movie
2009	Fired Up!	Sara
	Nothing for Something	Heloise	Short
2011	Weekends at Bellevue	Claire Cohen	TV movie
2012	The Madame	Sofi	Short
	The Amazing Spider-Man	Ariel
	The Kitchen	Amanda
	The Distance Between	Jen	Short
	Joey Dakota	Maya Beaumont	TV movie
2014	22 Jump Street	Maya Dickson
	Jessabelle	Dead Girl
	Keep It Together	Mircea	TV movie
2015	American Girl Dolls: The Action Movie with Anna Chlumsky	Addy Walker	TV movie
2016	The Bet	Daycare Employee
2018	Love Jacked	Maya
	Public Disturbance	Holly
2019	The Way We Weren't	Carly
2020	Christmas Unwrapped	Charity Jones	TV movie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Complete Savages	Girl #2	Episode: "Teen Things I Hate About You"
	The Bold and the Beautiful	Forrester Model	Episode: "Episode #1.4655"
2006	The Hills	Herself	Episode: "Boyfriends And Work Don't Mix"
	Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition	Herself	Episode: "Teen Acting Careers with 'Greek'"
2007	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Emily Wilson/Tanya	2 episodes
2007–2011	Greek	Ashleigh Howard	Main cast
2011	Grey's Anatomy	Laurel Pinson	Episode: "Start Me Up"
	Friends with Benefits	Caroline	Episode: "The Benefit of Mardi Gras"
	How I Met Your Mother	Janet McIntyre	Episode: "Mystery vs. History"
2012	Baby Daddy	Izzy	Episode: "The Daddy Whisperer"
	90210	Bryce Woodbridge	2 episodes
	Ben and Kate	Anna Lewis	Episode: "Reunion"
2013	CollegeHumor Originals	Jasmine	Episode: "Disney Princess Spring Breakers Trailer"
2014	New Girl	Viv	Episode: "Goldmine"
2014–2019	Criminal Minds	Joy Struthers	Recurring cast: season 10, guest: season 11, 14
2015	Your Family or Mine	Sharman	Episode: "The Couch"
	Chasing Life	Frankie	2 episodes
2015–2017	The Carmichael Show	Maxine	Main cast
2017–2018	Ghosted	Annie	Main cast
2018–2019	Happy Together	Claire Davis	Main cast
2019	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dallas	Episode: "Diss"
	Live in Front of a Studio Audience	Jenny Willis Jefferson	Episode: "Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons"
2020	God Friended Me	Julia	Episode: "BFF"
2021–2023	Run the World	Whitney Greene	Main cast
2023	Krapopolis	Athena (voice)	2 episodes
2023	Frasier	Nicole	Episode: "The Fix Is In"

References

1. "Amber Stevens West Shares Sweet Family Photo from Daughter Ava's Birthday Celebration: 'So Lucky'". Peoplemag. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
2. Nat (June 12, 2017). "Five Things You Didn't Know about Amber Stevens West". TVOvermind. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
3. Rubin, Sam (August 26, 2015). "Amber Stevens West Talks 'The Carmichael Show'". KTLA Morning News. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
4. "Amber Stevens West Biography". Archived from the original on January 16, 2018.
5. "Former 'American Top 40' Host Shadoe Stevens On Celebrating 30 Years Of Sobriety". Huffington Post. October 17, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
6. "7 Quick Facts to Know About Actress & Model Amber Stevens West". Your Black World. June 26, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2019.^[permanent dead link‍]
7. "Swirl Girl Icon: Amber Stevens!". Swirl Girl Army. 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
8. Carlbert, Michelle (August 26, 2015). "Interview: Amber Stevens on how her ethnicity has affected her career". SheKnows. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
9. Smith, Krista (September 2014). "Amber Stevens Would Like to Work on a Sitcom". Vanity Fair. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
10. "Amber Stevens Quotes". BrainyQuote. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
11. "Amber Stevens Quotes". MotivationQuotes. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
12. Thomas, Rachel (August 1, 2012). "An Interview with Amber Stevens (Ashleigh, Greek)". About Entertainment. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
13. "Freaks and Greeks". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 29, 2007. Archived from the original on June 8, 2008.
14. Bellafante, Ginia (July 16, 2007). "'Greek' – Television Review". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 23, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2008.
15. Masters, Megan (March 8, 2011). "Exclusive Greek Post Mortem: The Show Is Over, But There's Still More to See!". TVLine. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
16. "Amber Stevens West | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
17. Chen, Roselle (April 29, 2011). "Hey Kids, Let's Put on a Secret Show". Los Angeles Downtown News. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
18. Morales, Wilson (June 16, 2014). "Exclusive: Amber Stevens Talks '22 Jump Street'". Black Film. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
19. Andreeva, Nellie (July 12, 2017). "'Ghosted' Fox Comedy Adds 'Carmichael Show's Amber Stevens West In Recasting". Deadline. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
20. Sandra Gonzalez (October 2018). "Amber Stevens West was happy to break pregnancy stigmas on 'Happy Together' set". CNN. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
21. "Amber Stevens West says 'Happy Together' got creative hiding her baby bump". New York Post. September 29, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
22. "Amber Stevens West Grew Up in a 'Beautiful Existence' Where 'Race Wasn't Really Discussed' — but Now Is Ready to Talk". Peoplemag. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
23. "PictionaryonTV on Instagram: "MONDAY! We've got 2 ✌️ brand new episodes of Pictionary featuring Amber Stevens West, Bill Engvall, Rose Abdoo and Finesse Mitchell! 😎 Don't miss it! ✏️ ⁠ ⁠ PictionaryOnTV.com for local listings! 📺️ ⁠ ⁠ #pictionaryontv #pictionary #jerryoconnell #gameshow #mattel #boardgame #gamesnight"". Instagram. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
24. "Amber Stevens Marries Andrew J. West". People. December 6, 2014. Archived from the original on December 9, 2014.
25. "Amber Stevens West and Andrew J. West Welcome Daughter Ava Laverne". People. October 18, 2018. Archived from the original on October 19, 2018.
26. Amber Stevens West [@amberonistevenswest] (August 16, 2021). "Introducing Winona Marie West! 🌷 & 📸 by @nuleafdesign 👶🏽 by me and @andrewjwest but mostly me" – via Instagram.
27. https://people.com/amber-stevens-west-and-andrew-west-welcome-baby-no-3-a-girl-exclusive-8717385

External links

• Amber Stevens at IMDb
• Amber Stevens West on Twitter