Amber Riley
Amber Riley
Amber plays Mercedes Jones.
Amber Riley got her first break when Ryan Murphy cast her in the pilot St. Sass. Although the pilot was not picked up, Riley was able to use that experience to land a role on the television series Cedric the Entertainer Presents.
Riley has performed in numerous theater productions, including Alice in Wonderland, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Into the Woods and Mystery on the Docks with the Los Angeles Opera.
Riley nominated for an individual NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. In 2010, she received the Most Popular Geek Award at AOL’s 1st Annual Geek Awards and was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Female Scene Stealer.
Riley serves as an Ambassador for VH-1’s Save the Music Foundation and is a member of Seventeen Magazine’s Body Peace Council.
Amber Riley got her first break when Ryan Murphy cast her in the pilot St. Sass. Although the pilot was not picked up, Riley was able to use that experience to land a role on the television series Cedric the Entertainer Presents.
Riley has performed in numerous theater productions, including Alice in Wonderland, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Into the Woods and Mystery on the Docks with the Los Angeles Opera.
Riley nominated for an individual NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. In 2010, she received the Most Popular Geek Award at AOL’s 1st Annual Geek Awards and was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Female Scene Stealer.
Riley serves as an Ambassador for VH-1’s Save the Music Foundation and is a member of Seventeen Magazine’s Body Peace Council.
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