Ambyr Childers
Quick Facts
Biography
Ambyr C. Childers (born July 18, 1988) is an American actress, known for her portrayal of Susan Atkins in the NBC crime drama Aquarius, Ashley Rucker in the Showtime crime drama Ray Donovan and Candace Stone in the Lifetime/Netflix thriller series You.
Life and career
Childers was born in Cottonwood, Arizona and raised in Murrieta, Riverside, California and she has two sisters. Childers attended Vista Murrieta High School. After appearing in the 2003 film Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, Childers became established for her role on the daytime soap opera All My Children as Colby Chandler, who she portrayed from 2006 to 2008. She also played Elizabeth "E" Dodd in The Master.
Childers married film producerRandall Emmett in 2009. The couple had a daughter in 2010 and a second daughter in 2013. Emmett filed for legal separation in April 2015, and the couple divorced in December 2017.
Childers and Kate Bosworth teamed up to co-create Ambyr Childers Jewelry, a new line of delicate pieces that mixes Childers's Native American heritage with Bosworth's "essential cool-girl vibe".
In 2018, Childers starred in Lifetime's television adaptation of You as Candace Stone, which premiered on September 9, 2018. On December 3, 2018, it was announced that You would move to Netflix as a "Netflix Original" title, ahead of the premiere of the second season. On February 1, 2019, it was announced by Deadline, that Childers was promoted to a series regular role, ahead of the premiere of the second season. The second season was released on December 26, 2019.