Amber Tamblyn

Her uncle is Larry Tamblyn, who is the keyboardist in the 1960s rock band The Standells.

She attended the Santa Monica Alternative School House, which, in her words, was "very unorthodox, no letter grades".

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.

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.

Her paternal grandfather, Eddie Tamblyn, was a vaudeville performer.

Amber Rose Tamblyn (born May 14, 1983) is an American actress and author.

She first came to national attention in her role on the soap opera General Hospital as Emily Quartermaine at the age of 11.

She followed with a starring role on the prime-time series Joan of Arcadia, portraying the title character, Joan Girardi, for which she received Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.

Tamblyn's first TV role was Emily Bowen (later known as Emily Quartermaine) on the soap opera General Hospital, a role that she played for six years (from 1995 to 2001).

She also appeared in 1995's Live Nude Girls.

She also starred in "Evergreen", the pilot episode of the second The Twilight Zone revival in 2002.

Tamblyn became better known playing Joan Girardi, a teenage girl who receives frequent visits from God, on the CBS drama series Joan of Arcadia.

Her horror film career began with the opening scene of 2002's The Ring.

Tamblyn also appeared in the Japan-set The Grudge 2.

Tamblyn's father made several appearances as God in the form of a dog walker on the show, which ran from 2003 to 2005.

Early guest-starring roles include: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (playing Janice Penshaw, the best friend of Dawn Summers), Boston Public, CSI: Miami, and Punk'd, where Ashton Kutcher and his crew members tricked her into losing someone else's dog.

Her first major film role was in 2005's The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants as Tibby Rollins, co-starring Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, and Blake Lively.

The film, which also stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, was released on October 13, 2006, and debuted in the #1 spot at the North American box office.

The film, which also won an award at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, features Tamblyn as a 16-year-old who kills her baby moments after giving birth in the bathroom of a ski resort.

In 2007, she starred in the CBS pilot for Babylon Fields, an apocalyptic comedic drama about the undead trying to resume their former lives.

The CBS network excluded the show from its fall programming lineup, since it would have competed with the network's other undead-themed drama, Moonlight.

She reprised the role in the 2008 sequel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.

In spring 2009, Tamblyn starred in The Unusuals, as NYPD homicide detective Casey Shraeger.

The show was canceled after its first season.

In the same year, she had a recurring role alongside her eventual husband David Cross in the IFC sitcom The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret.

Her feature film work includes roles such as Tibby Rollins from the first two The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Megan McBride in 127 Hours (2010), as well as the critically acclaimed film, Stephanie Daley opposite Tilda Swinton which debuted at The Sundance Film Festival and for which Tamblyn won Best Actress at The Locarno International Film Festival and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award.

From November 2010 until April 2011, she starred as medical student Martha M. Masters in the seventh season of the Fox medical drama series House.

In August 2010, she won the Bronze Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival for her performance in the title role of Stephanie Daley.

She returned for the series finale in 2012.

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.

She has appeared on numerous episodes of Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer, including the "Milk Milk Lemonade" sketch which aired in 2015.

She has also guest starred on IFC's Portlandia and Comedy Bang! Bang!, as well as numerous shows on Adult Swim, including The Heart, She Holler opposite Patton Oswalt and Metalocalypse.

In 2021, Tamblyn starred opposite Diane Lane in the critically acclaimed FX television series "Y The Last man" based on the beloved graphic novel.

Tamblyn launched her film career playing bit parts in her father's movies: Rebellious and Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard.

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.

In 2021 she starred opposite Diane Lane in FX's Y: The Last Man.

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.

Tamblyn was born in Santa Monica, California.