Amber Valletta

Amber Valletta is one of those rare people who genuinely earns the word "supermodel" — not just a pretty face on a runway, but a defining presence of 1990s fashion culture. She racked up 17 American Vogue covers, fronted campaigns for basically every house that mattered (Chanel, Prada, Gucci, Versace, Armani — take your pick), and carried herself with this cool, almost otherworldly intensity that photographers clearly couldn't get enough of. What I find impressive is that she didn't just ride the wave of that era and fade out — she pivoted into acting with real conviction, showing up in films like Hitch and Transporter 2 without it ever feeling like a desperate career move. She's from Phoenix, Arizona, which feels like the least obvious origin story for someone who became the face of European luxury fashion, and somehow that contradiction makes her even more interesting.

Name (English)

Amber Valletta

Name (Japanese)

アンバー・ヴァレッタ

Reading

あんばー・ゔぁれった

Born

February 9, 1974 (age 52)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Tiger

Origin

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Height

177 cm

Occupation

actor / model / film actor / television actor / fashion model

High school

Booker T. Washington High School

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ambervalletta/
• Xhttps://x.com/ambervalletta
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%BF

Tags

• Arizona
• actor
• model
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.