| Ambyr Childers | |
| Birth Date: | 1988 7, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Cottonwood, Arizona, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 2000–present |
| Children: | 2 |
Ambyr Childers (born July 18, 1988) is an American actress known for her portrayal of Susan Atkins in the NBC crime drama Aquarius, Ashley Rucker in the Showtime crime drama Ray Donovan, and Candace Stone in the Lifetime/Netflix thriller series You.
Childers was born in Cottonwood, Arizona, on July 18, 1988, and raised in Murrieta, Riverside, California. She has two sisters. Childers attended Vista Murrieta High School.
After appearing in the 2003 film , she played Colby Chandler on the daytime soap opera All My Children[1] from 2006 to 2008. She also played Elizabeth "E" Dodd in The Master.[1]
Childers and Kate Bosworth teamed up to co-create Ambyr Childers Jewelry, a new line of delicate pieces that mixes Childers's Native American heritage with Bosworth's "essential cool-girl vibe".[2]
Childers starred as Candace Stone in Lifetime's television adaptation of You, which premiered on September 9, 2018.[3] On December 3, 2018, it was announced that You would move to Netflix as a "Netflix Original" title, ahead of the premiere of the second season.[4] On February 1, 2019, Deadline announced that Childers had been promoted to a series regular role, ahead of the second season's premiere.[5] The second season was released on December 26, 2019.[6]
Childers married film producer Randall Emmett in 2009.[7] The couple had a daughter in 2010[1] and a second daughter in 2013.[8] Emmett filed for separation from Childers in April 2015, but dismissed the petition the following year. Childers filed for divorce in January 2017. It was finalized in December 2017.[9]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Carolina | Young Carolina | ||
| 2003 | Barbie | |||
| 2011 | Love | American Astronaut Woman | ||
| 2011 | All Things Fall Apart | Sherry | Direct-to-video | |
| 2011 | House of the Rising Sun | Cage girl | Direct-to-video | |
| 2011 | Setup | Waitress Haley | Direct-to-video | |
| 2012 | Lay the Favorite | Receptionist | ||
| 2012 | Playback | Riley | In select theaters and video-on-demand | |
| 2012 | Freelancers | Elaine Morrison | Direct-to-video | |
| 2012 | Elizabeth Dodd | |||
| 2013 | Gangster Squad | Milk Skinned Blonde | ||
| 2013 | Broken City | Mary | ||
| 2013 | We Are What We Are | Iris Parker | ||
| 2013 | 2 Guns | Ms. Young | ||
| 2015 | Vice | Kelly | In select theaters and video-on-demand | |
| 2017 | data-sort-value="Moving Romance, A" | A Moving Romance | Olivia Wilson | Television film |
| 2017 | Guardians of Oz | Eveline | Voice; American release and direct-to-video | |
| 2018 | Pinocchio | Trixie the Fox | Voice; American release |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | L.A. 7 | Hiker #2 | Episode: "Clever Camp" | |
| 2006–08 | All My Children | Colby Chandler | Series regular (139 episodes) | |
| 2013–16 | Ray Donovan | Ashley Rucker | Recurring role (9 episodes) | |
| 2015 | Aquarius | Susan Atkins/Sadie | Recurring role (10 episodes) | |
| 2016 | Natalie Knox | Episode: "The Ballad of Nick and Nat" | ||
| 2018–19 | You | Candace Stone | Recurring role (Season 1); Main cast (Season 2) (11 episodes) |