Amber Tamblyn
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Born | Amber Rose Tamblyn May 14, 1983 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
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Years active | 1995–present |
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Children | 1 |
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Relatives | Eddie Tamblyn (grandfather) |
Website | amtam |
Amber Rose Tamblyn (born May 14, 1983)
Tamblyn is a published author and cultural critic at large. She has published seven books across genres, and writes for The New York Times and other publications on issues of gender inequality and women's rage.
Early life
Tamblyn was born in Santa Monica, California. Her father, Russ Tamblyn, is an actor, dancer, and singer who starred in the 1961 film West Side Story, the 1954 film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and the television series Twin Peaks, and her mother, Bonnie Murray, is a singer, teacher, and artist.[citation needed] Her paternal grandfather, Eddie Tamblyn, was a vaudeville performer. Her uncle is Larry Tamblyn, who is the keyboardist in the 1960s rock band The Standells.[2] She attended the Santa Monica Alternative School House, which, in her words, was "very unorthodox, no letter grades".[3] At the age of ten, she played Pippi Longstocking in a school play; her father's agent, Sharon Debord, was attending as a family friend and ended up convincing her father to allow Tamblyn to go on auditions.[2]
Career
Television
Tamblyn's first TV role was Emily Bowen (later known as
Early guest-starring roles include:
In spring 2009, Tamblyn starred in .
From November 2010 until April 2011, she starred as medical student
In August 2013, Tamblyn was cast as Charlie Harper's long-lost (and previously unknown) lesbian daughter, Jenny, on the sitcom Two and a Half Men, opposite Ashton Kutcher and Jon Cryer. Her first appearance was on the season 11 opener, September 26, 2013.[12]
She has appeared on numerous episodes of Comedy Central's
In 2021, Tamblyn starred opposite Diane Lane in the critically acclaimed FX television series "Y The Last man" based on the beloved graphic novel.
Films
Tamblyn launched her film career playing bit parts in her father's movies: Rebellious and Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard. She also appeared in 1995's
Her
In January 2008, Tamblyn appeared in the Hallmark film The Russell Girl, about a woman suffering from disease and mental anguish.[2] Also in 2008, She also starred in Blackout.[14] She appeared in the 2009 film Spring Breakdown, also featuring Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, and Parker Posey.[15] Tamblyn appeared alongside Orlando Bloom, Colin Firth, and Patricia Clarkson in the 2010 film Main Street, a drama set in North Carolina. That year, she also had a role in the drama 127 Hours, with James Franco.[2]
In 2012, Tamblyn starred alongside Wes Bentley and Vincent Piazza in the indie feature 3 Nights in the Desert directed by Gabriel Cowan, written by playwright Adam Chanzit and produced by John Suits. In 2015, she starred opposite Bob Odenkirk in the Netflix original film, Girlfriend's Day.[16] In the same year, Tamblyn also made a cameo appearance with her father Russ in the Spaghetti Western Django Unchained.
In 2016, she made her directorial debut with the film Paint It Black starring Alia Shawkat and based on Janet Fitch's 2006 novel of the same name. Tamblyn optioned the rights to the book in 2012 with the idea of producing the movie and starring as the lead character with Courtney Hunt directing.[17] By 2014 Tamblyn had taken on writing and directing duties herself and had cast Alia Shawkat in the lead role. Filming was completed in December 2014.[18] Rotten Tomatoes has given it a 88% rating based on reviews from 25 critics.[19]
Theater
Tamblyn attended a grade school for the theatrical arts from the age of 5 to 14. She was discovered as an actress at the age of 9 when she starred in Pippi Longstocking. In 2014, she originated the role of Daisy Domergue for the live reading at the Ace Theater in Los Angeles of Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight. She was hand picked by Tarantino, a long-time friend, along with fellow cast members Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, and others.[20] Tamblyn starred in Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Pretty at the Geffen Playhouse in 2014, which received critical acclaim.[21]
Tamblyn serves on the board of directors for Soho Rep Theater in New York.
Writings
In 2005,
In 2009, Manic D. Press published her second collection of poetry, Ditto.
In 2015, HarperCollins published her third collection, a hybrid of poetry and art called "Dark Sparkler" which explored the lives and death of child star actresses. The book was a large critical success and bestseller, which features accompanying original art from Marilyn Manson, David Lynch, Marcel Dazma, Adrian Tomine, and many others. For the book's publication launch in 2015, Tamblyn and the band Yo La Tengo created an hour long poetry and music show incorporating poems from Tamblyn's book. They performed the show in New York at Housing Works and in Los Angeles at The Hollywood Forever Cemetery.[25]
Tamblyn's first novel, Any Man,[26] was released June 2018. Its plot centers on a serial female rapist who preys on men. Her second book, a memoir and feminist manifesto titled Era of Ignition,[27] was released in March 2019. The book is a personal exploration of feminism during divisive times.
In 2019, Penguin Random House published a collection of her cultural criticism and memoir essays, "Era of Ignition; Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution."
Tamblyn has self-published two chapbooks of poetry, Of the Dawn and Plenty of Ships, and has participated in poetry readings at various venues, particularly in California. The Loneliest, a poem book inspired by Thelonious Monk and his music, was published in 2005 and contains haiku poetry written by Tamblyn and coupled with collages by George Herms.[28]
Tamblyn appeared in a poetry concert film recorded on August 4, 2002, in Los Angeles, The Drums Inside Your Chest.
In 2007, she co-founded Write Now Poetry Society, dedicated to creating unique and quality poetry programming. The non-profit has a long history with
James Woods allegation and Hasidic incident
In a series of September 2017 tweets later reiterated in an open letter published in Teen Vogue, she said that actor James Woods tried to seduce her and a friend at a restaurant and offered to take them to Las Vegas when both Tamblyn and her friend were 16. Woods denied her allegations, calling them a "lie."[33][34] Tamblyn later wrote an essay for The New York Times in which she said that Woods’s "accusation that I was lying sent me back to that day in that producer’s office, and back to all the days I’ve spent in the offices of men; of feeling unsure, uneasy, questioned and disbelieved, no matter the conversation."[35]
In March 2018, Tamblyn came under criticism for tweets about New York City's Hasidic Jewish community following an incident in Brooklyn involving her daughter. Tamblyn said she was nearly struck by a van driven by a Hasidic Jewish man while walking with her daughter in a stroller. She said "this is not the first time a man from the Hasidic community in NYC has attempted to harm me or other women I know. Any woman riding a bike through South Williamsburg can attest. I hope this guy is caught." Writing in Tablet, journalist Liel Leibovitz chided Tamblyn for "speaking so hurtfully about an entire community of underprivileged people."[36] Tamblyn denied accusations of anti-Semitism.[37][38][39]
Personal life
Tamblyn and actor-comedian David Cross became engaged in August 2011,[40] and married on October 6, 2012.[41] On February 21, 2017, Tamblyn announced that she and Cross had recently had a daughter.[42][43]
She is sometimes said to be the goddaughter of musician
She was the writing mentee of the late San Francisco Poet Laureate Jack Hirschman.
Politics
Tamblyn supported and campaigned for Hillary Clinton during the 2016 United States presidential election.[45][46] On social media, Tamblyn urged voters to check voter ID requirements citing VoteRiders as a source of assistance across the United States.[47]
She is one of the founders of the non-profit organization
In October 2023, Tamblyn signed the Artists4Ceasefire open letter to Joe Biden, President of the United States, calling for a ceasefire of the Israeli and Gaza.[50]
Relationship with parents
In June 2021, Tamblyn wrote an essay in The New York Times expressing solidarity with Britney Spears' effort to end the conservatorship controlling her life. Tamblyn wrote that she became financially successful when she turned 21 and starred in Joan of Arcadia after which her father became her co-manager, and her mother her business manager. She wrote that having her parents on the payroll damaged their relationship, and that her money "paid for our vacations, dinners out, and sometimes even the bills. When it finally came time to disentangle our personal and professional relationships, it was deeply painful for all three of us" but noted she, unlike Spears, "had a healthy and loving relationship with my parents, for the most part" and her parents "were supportive and ethical in every way". When the "circle of those I supported opened up to include extended family members and friends. I was the one they came to for a small loan or in an emergency, the one who always picked up the check", "using money to make people happy, or fix problems, or appease my guilt", she recounted that she felt like "everybody's ATM: a bank that was, nonetheless, unconditionally loved."[51]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Live Nude Girls | Young Jill | |
1995 | Rebellious | Deb | |
1997 | Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard | Sprout | |
2002 | The Ring | Katie Embry | |
2002 | Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet | Kate | Segment: "Twelve Miles to Trona" |
2005 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Tibby Rollins | |
2006 | Stephanie Daley | Stephanie Daley | |
2006 | The Grudge 2 | Aubrey Davis | |
2007 | Spiral | Amber | |
2007 | Normal Adolescent Behavior | Wendy Bergman | |
2008 | One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur | Herself | Documentary |
2008 | Blackout | Claudia | |
2008 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | Tibby Rollins | |
2009 | Spring Breakdown | Ashley | |
2009 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Ella Crystal | |
2010 | 127 Hours | Megan McBride | |
2010 | Main Street | Mary Saunders | |
2012 | Django Unchained | The woman looking out the window | |
2014 | 3 Nights in the Desert | Anna | |
2014 | X/Y | Stacey | |
2014 | Growing Up and Other Lies | Tabatha | |
2015 | The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards | Amanda | |
2016 | Paint It Black | Director and co-writer[52] | |
2017 | Girlfriend's Day | Jill | |
2018 | Nostalgia | Bethany Ashemore | |
2023 | You Hurt My Feelings | Carolyn |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995–2001 | General Hospital | Emily Quartermaine | Role held: January 20, 1995 – July 11, 2001 |
2001 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Janice Penshaw | Episode: "All the Way" |
2002 | Boston Public | Melissa Campbell | Episode: "Chapter Thirty-Two" |
2002 | The Twilight Zone | Jenna Winslow | Episode: " Evergreen "
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2002 | CSI: Miami | Senior Cadet Valerie Barreiro | Episode: " Camp Fear "
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2003 | Without a Trace | Clare Metcalfe | Episode: "Clare de Lune" |
2003–2005 | Joan of Arcadia | Joan Girardi | Lead role (45 episodes) |
2007 | Babylon Fields | Janine Wunch | Pilot |
2008 | The Russell Girl | Sarah Russell | Movie |
2009 | The Unusuals | Detective Casey Shraeger | 10 episodes |
2010–2012, 2016 | The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Stephanie Daley | 6 episodes |
2010–2012 | House | Martha M. Masters
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Seasons 7–8 |
2012 | Portlandia | Bookstore intern | Episode: "Cat Nap" |
2012 | Metalocalypse | Trindle (voice) | Episode: "Fanklok" |
2013 | The Heart, She Holler | Hurlette Headhe | Episode: "The Dearranged Marriage" |
2013–2016 | Inside Amy Schumer | Various roles | 5 episodes |
2013–2015 | Two and a Half Men | Jenny | Seasons 11–12 |
2014 | Community | Thought Jacker co-star | Episode: "Basic Sandwich"; uncredited[citation needed] |
2014 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Herself | Episode: "Amber Tamblyn Wears a Leather Jacket & Black Booties" |
2016 | Lip Sync Battle | Herself | Episode: "America Ferrera vs. Amber Tamblyn" |
2018 | Drunk History | Margaret Sanger | Episode: "Sex" |
2019 | Helpsters | Paleontologist Paloma | Episode: "Wayne of Wonder/Paleontologist Paloma" |
2021 | Y: The Last Man | Kimberly Cunningham Campbell | Main role (10 episodes) |
Music videos
Year | Title | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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2020 | "Eat It (We're All In This Together)" | David Cross featuring "Weird Al" Yankovic | [53] |
Bibliography
- Free Stallion: Poems New York: Simon & Schuster Children, 2004. OCLC 936344520
- Bang Ditto San Francisco: Manic D Press, 2009. OCLC 489637541
- Dark Sparkler New York: Harper Perennial, 2015. OCLC 902669942
- "The Punishment Gift" New York: Bottle of Smoke Press, Limited Edition
- Any Man New York: Harper Perennial, 2018. OCLC 1084609332
- Era of ignition, New York: Crown Archetype, 2019. OCLC 1088661698
- "Listening in the Dark" Fall 2022, HarperCollins
Discography
Year | Album | Artist | Track | Role |
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2012 | Payback[54] | Danny! | "Evil" | Vocals |
2013 | Event 2 | Deltron 3030 | "Lawnchair Quarterback Part 1" "Lawnchair Quarterback Part 2" |
Spoken word |
Awards and nominations
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Tamblyn's portrayal of Joan Girardi earned her both
Association | Year | Category | Nominated Work | Results | Ref |
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Gold Derby Awards
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2004 | Drama Lead Actress | Joan of Arcadia | Won | [57] |
Golden Globes | 2004 | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama | Joan of Arcadia | Nominated | [58] |
Independent Spirit Awards | 2007 | Best Supporting Female | Stephanie Daley | Nominated | |
Locarno International Film Festival
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2006 | Best Actress | Stephanie Daley | Won | |
Los Angeles Film Festival | 2016 | Best Film | Paint It Black | Nominated | |
Online Film & Television Association | 2003 | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Joan of Arcadia | Nominated | [59] |
2004 | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Joan of Arcadia | Nominated | [60] | |
Primetime Emmy Awards | 2004 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series ("Pilot") | Joan of Arcadia | Nominated | [61] |
Satellite Awards | 2004 | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Joan of Arcadia | Nominated | |
2005 | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Joan of Arcadia | Nominated | ||
Soap Opera Digest Awards | 2000 | Favorite Teen Star | General Hospital | Nominated | |
2001 | Outstanding Younger Lead Actress | General Hospital | Nominated | ||
Teen Choice Awards | 2004 | Choice Breakout TV Star – Female | Joan of Arcadia | Nominated | |
Choice TV Actress: Drama/Action-Adventure | Joan of Arcadia | Nominated | |||
2005 | Choice "It" Girl | — | Nominated | ||
Choice Movie Actress: Drama | Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Nominated | |||
2007 | Choice Movie Actress: Horror/Thriller | The Grudge 2 | Nominated | ||
Young Artist Awards | 2004 | Best Young Adult Performer in a Teenage Role | Joan of Arcadia | Nominated | |
YoungStar Awards | 1999 | Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Daytime TV Program | General Hospital | Nominated | |
2000 | Best Young Actress/Performance in a Daytime TV Series | General Hospital | Won |
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External links
- Amber Tamblyn at IMDb
- Amber Tamblyn at AllMovie
- Free Stallion from the Simon & Schusterwebsite