Ambyr Childers

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Ambyr Childers
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Childers at the 2011 Miami International Film Festival world premiere of All Things Fall Apart
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OccupationActress
Years active2000–present
Spouse
(m. 2009;div. 2017)
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Ambyr Childers 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.

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Early life

Childers was born in Cottonwood, Arizona, and raised in Murrieta, Riverside, California. She has two sisters. Childers attended Vista Murrieta High School.[ citation needed ]

Career

After appearing in the 2003 film Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star , 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]

Personal life

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] [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Carolina Young Carolina
2003 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Barbie
2011 Love American Astronaut Woman
2011 All Things Fall Apart SherryDirect-to-video
2011 House of the Rising Sun Cage girlDirect-to-video
2011 Setup Waitress HaleyDirect-to-video
2012 Lay the Favorite Receptionist
2012 Playback RileyIn select theaters and video-on-demand
2012 Freelancers Elaine MorrisonDirect-to-video
2012 The Master 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 KellyIn select theaters and video-on-demand
2017A Moving RomanceOlivia WilsonTelevision film
2017 Guardians of Oz EvelineVoice; American release and direct-to-video
2018 Pinocchio Trixie the Fox Voice; American release

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 L.A. 7 Hiker #2Episode: "Clever Camp"
2006–08 All My Children Colby Chandler Series regular (139 episodes)
2013–16 Ray Donovan Ashley RuckerRecurring role (9 episodes)
2015 Aquarius Susan Atkins/Sadie Recurring role (10 episodes)
2016 Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Natalie KnoxEpisode: "The Ballad of Nick and Nat"
2018–19 You Candace Stone Recurring role (Season 1); Main cast (Season 2) (11 episodes)

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