Quick answer
Who is Amber Valletta?
Amber Valletta (born 9 February 1974 in Phoenix, United States) is an American model and actress. Tracked for Saint Laurent and continuing luxury runway work. Amber Valletta is followed on Global Watch, outside the numbered Global 50.
At a glance
How old and how tall is Amber Valletta?
Amber Valletta was born on 9 February 1974 in Phoenix, United States, which makes Amber 52 as of 5 October 2026. Amber Valletta’s recorded height is 177 cm (5 ft 10 in), according to Wikidata. Agency measurements can differ slightly.
- Born
- 9 February 1974 (age 52)
- Birthplace
- Phoenix, United States
- Height
- 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
- Nationality
- United States
- Disciplines
- Runway, Campaigns
- Cast Index status
- Global Watch (unnumbered)
- @ambervalletta
Birth date, birthplace and height from Wikidata (Q133820), retrieved . Agencies from the listed sources. Profile updated .
The perspective
What is Amber Valletta known for?
Saint Laurent and continuing luxury runway work
The published assessment
Is Amber Valletta on the Global 50?
Amber Valletta is followed on Global Watch, outside the numbered Global 50.
Each pillar reflects an editorial assessment of the published record. The weighted rating belongs to the snapshot.
Index Rating · Editorial pillars · High confidence · evidence reviewed
73.4
- Runway · 40%
- 65
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65 / 100 - Campaigns · 30%
- 82
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82 / 100 - Editorial · 20%
- 75
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75 / 100 - Cultural aura · 10%
- 78
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78 / 100
Evidence behind the assessment
- Closed Twinset's debut runway show at Milan Fashion Week, 2024, and fronted the brand's launch campaign.
- J.Crew 'Linen Love Story' (Spring 2024), Donna Karan Fall 2024 and Versace Fall/Winter 2025 campaigns; Vogue Hong Kong digital cover, September 2024.
New work and corrections can change the assessment. A profile’s confidence label describes the depth of its source review.
The runway record
Which shows has Amber Valletta walked?
The Cast Index casting ledger records 1 verified walk for Amber Valletta, for Stella McCartney. Each links its published source.
A source-linked selection across seasons, rather than a complete booking history. Open the source for the original record.
- SS27 · Walked · Paris Fashion Week SS27Source ↗
Stella McCartney
Career & background
The story so far.
Biography last reviewed .
Early life
Amber Evangeline Valletta was born on 9 February 1974 in Tucson, Arizona, and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by her mother, Theresa Malaby, who worked at the post office; Valletta is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, with additional Portuguese, English and Italian heritage. Her mother enrolled her at 15 in modelling school at the Linda Layman Agency in Tulsa.
A 1990s supermodel career
Valletta’s first American Vogue cover came in February 1993, beginning a run that would total more than a dozen covers for the title, alongside campaigns for Giorgio Armani, Chanel, Prada, Valentino, Gucci and Versace, and cosmetics contracts with Calvin Klein and Elizabeth Arden. She co-hosted MTV’s House of Style with Shalom Harlow from 1995 to 1996, and was photographed by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia in January 1996 and American Vogue that July. In Spring/Summer 2000 she modelled Versace’s green "jungle dress," later famously worn by Jennifer Lopez at the 2000 Grammy Awards, an event widely credited with driving the search demand that led to the creation of Google Images.
A parallel acting career, 2000–2015
Valletta made her acting debut in Drop Back Ten in 2000, taking film roles in Hitch and Transporter 2 in 2005, followed by Gamer in 2009 and The Spy Next Door in 2010. She held a recurring role on the television series Revenge from 2011 to 2014, followed by series-regular roles in Legends (2014) and Blood & Oil (2015).
Sustainability advocacy, 2020–2025
In 2020, Valletta was named British Vogue’s first Contributing Sustainability Editor and Sustainability Ambassador for the Fashion Institute of Technology, and hosted the UN’s annual World Oceans Day conference in 2022. On 23 September 2025 she was named a UN Environment Programme Goodwill Ambassador, announced on the sidelines of the 80th UN General Assembly session, focused on climate, biodiversity and pollution. She is represented by The Society Management in New York.
At a glance
Quick facts.
- Born 9 February 1974 in Tucson, Arizona, and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma; a citizen of the Cherokee Nation
- Enrolled in modelling school at 15 at the Linda Layman Agency in Tulsa
- Co-hosted MTV’s House of Style with Shalom Harlow, 1995–1996
- Modelled Versace’s green "jungle dress" for Spring/Summer 2000, later worn by Jennifer Lopez at the 2000 Grammy Awards
- Named British Vogue’s first Contributing Sustainability Editor in 2020
- Named a UN Environment Programme Goodwill Ambassador on 23 September 2025
