AMBER VALLETTA BASICS

Nationality: American
Birthday: February 9, 1974
Born in: Phoenix, AZ
Lives now: Los Angeles, CA
Agencies: DNA, Marilyn Agency
Known for: My eyes
Status: Cover girl, established, retired (mostly)
Dated: Leonardo DiCaprio
Married: Hervé Le Bihan , Christian McCaw
Children: Auden
Friends with: Angie Harmon, Carla Bruni, Helena Christensen, Karen Mulder, Niki Taylor, Shalom Harlow, Yasmeen Ghauri
Model turned… Actress (Unzipped, 1995; Hitch, 2005; My Sexiest Year, 2007), tv personality (MTV’s House of Style), activist (Oceana’s Seafood Contamination Campaign)

TIMELINE

Feb 9, 1974: Born in Phoenix, Arizona
1989: Enrolls at the Linda Layman Agency modeling school
1991: Signs contract with Calvin Klein’s Eternity fragrance
1993: Becomes the face of Giorgio Armani
1993: Walks the Valentino couture show in Paris
1993: Lands on the covers of Elle, Vogue, and Harper’s Bazaar
1994: Marries male model Hervé Le Bihan
1994: Appears in Calvin Klein Escape ad campaign with husband Hervé Le Bihan
Dec 1994: Appears on the cover of British Vogue
1995: Becomes the face of Gucci and Versace
1995: Organizes charity fashion-show Supermodels Stepping Out Against Hunger
Aug 11, 1995: Makes film debut as herself in fashion film Unzipped
Sep 1995: Lands on the cover of Vogue alongside Shalom Harlow
1996: Divorces Hervé Le Bihan
Jan 1996: Lands on cover of Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel
1996: Lands on the cover of British Vogue three times (February, May, December)
1996: Apears in print ads for Versace
1996: Co-hosts MTV’s House of Style with friend and model Shalom Harlow
1997: Face of Elizabeth Arden in an exclusive worldwide campaign
Mar 1997: Lands on the cover of Vogue alongside Amber Valletta
Apr 1997: Lands on the cover of Vogue alongside Carolyn Murphy and Shalom Harlow
Sep 1997: Lands on the cover of British Vogue, photographed by Mario Testino
1998: Appears in Prada, Armani, Calvin Klein, and Fendi campaigns
Jul 1998: Appears on cover of British Vogue
1999: Appears in an editorial for Italian Vogue dressed as Edith Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens
1999: Gives up alcohol
Mar 1999: Lands on the cover of i-D, photographed by Richard Burbridge
2000: Pregnant with first child, takes modeling hiatus
Jul 21, 2000: Plays role of the ghost that haunts a Vermont lakeside home in What Lies Beneath
Feb 2001: Opens and closes the Anna Sui fall show in New York
Jul 2001: Opens and closes the Versace fall couture show in Paris
2003: Begins dating Christian McCaw
May 28, 2004: Plays Martina alongside Kate Hudson in Raising Helen
2005: Gets punked when a choking man in a restaurant threatens to sue her after she tries to save him
2005: Becomes the spokesperson for Oceania’s Seafood Contamination Campaign after a friend gets mercury poisoning
Aug 2006: Goes to Meadows rehab center in Arizona for stress-related problems
2007: Signs on to play anchorwoman in Days of Wrath
2007: Cast as a top international model in My Sexiest Year
Jul 2007: Walks in the epic Dior couture 60th-anniversary collection in Paris
Aug 25, 2007: Named Vogue’s third best dressed of the week in a navy Ossie Clark dress
2008: Renews contract with Stella McCartney
Mar 2008: Appears in a W editorial, March 2008. Photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.
May 2008: Escorts David Yurman to the Costume Institute Gala
Jun 2008: Appears in British Vogue editorial, photographed by Tom Craig
2008: Steven Meisel photographs Valletta for DSqaured2 with Boyd Holbrook
2008: Replaces Mischa Barton as the face of Iceberg for fall, photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott
Aug 2008: Appears in Vogue editorial, photographed by Steven Klein

QUOTING AMBER

“I really want to work with some great actresses. I’m tired of working with all these guys. I’m tired of playing all these love interests and wives and whatever. ” - People magazine (February 16, 2005)
“I wish the word supermodel would just fall off the face of the Earth. Anyone can be a supermodel now.” - AskMen.com

FILMOGRAPHY

Game (2008)
Days of Wrath (2008)
My Sexiest Year (2007) …. Marina
Dead Silence (2007) …. Ella Ashen
Premonition (2007/I) …. Claire
The Last Time (2006) …. Belisa
Man About Town (2006) …. Brynn Lilly
Transporter 2 (2005) …. Audrey Billings
… aka Transporteur II, Le (France)
Hitch (2005/I) …. Allegra Cole
“Rock Me, Baby” …. Summer (1 episode, 2004)
    - Two’s Company, Four’s a Crowd (2004) TV episode …. Summer
Raising Helen (2004) …. Martina
Duplex (2003) …. Celine
… aka Appartement-Schreck, Der (Germany)
… aka Our House (UK)
“Lucky” …. Sarah (1 episode, 2003)
    - Something for Everyone (2003) TV episode …. Sarah
Max Keeble’s Big Move (2001) …. Ms. Dingman
Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story (2001) (TV) …. Lorelei Shellist
Perfume (2001) …. Blair
… aka Dress to Kill (USA: video title)
The Family Man (2000) …. Paula
What Lies Beneath (2000) …. Madison Elizabeth Frank
Drop Back Ten (2000) …. Mindy Deal