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Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
Amber Patrice Riley (born February 15, 1986) is an American actress and singer best known for her role on the series Glee as Mercedes Jones.
Known for
- Single Black Female 3: The Final Chapter — Simone2025
- Savvy Sheldon Feels Good As Hell — Savannah 'Savvy' Sheldon2025
- Celebrity Weakest Link — Self - Contestant2025
- Single Black Female 2: Simone's Revenge — Simone2024
- Disney Junior Ariel — Ursula (voice)2024
- Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic — Self - Performer2023
- Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream — Self - Judge2023
- Single Black Female — Simone Hicks2022
- Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough — Self2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show2022
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1986
Discography
- RILEY2020
Member of
- Glee Cast2009–2015
- Leading Ladies
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 28,922
- Total plays
- 318,572
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Amber Riley, a Compton Native, started her career on the hit tv show “Glee”. She now performs as RILEY. As a member of the Glee Cast, Riley sang numerous solos, including "Bust Your Windows", "Hate on Me", "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", "Beautiful", "I Look To You", "Bridge Over Troubled Water," and an original song "Hell To The No." At the age of seventeen, Riley auditioned for American Idol but was turned down by the producers. Amber graduated from La Mirada High School, La Mirada,
Key facts
- Born
- Amber Patrice Riley , ( 1986-02-15 ) February 15, 1986 (age 40) , Compton, California , U.S.
- Other name
- RILEY
- Occupations
- Actress singer songwriter
- Years active
- 2002–present
- Genres
- R&B pop Broadway gospel soul
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Labels
- Independent RBMG East West Records Warner Music
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Patrice
- Family name
- Riley
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- dancer
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Glee
- Genre
- gospel music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- East West Records
- Image
- Amber Riley and bear.jpg
- Height
- 159
- Residence
- Los Angeles
- Voice type
- soprano
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- Commons category
- Amber Riley
- date of birth
- 1986-02-15
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- alternative name
- Leading Ladies
- birth name
- Amber Patrice Riley
- net worth
- 2000000
- name in native language
- Amber Riley
- writing language
- English language
- pseudonym
- RILEY
- stylized name
- RILEY
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Encyclopedic overview
Amber Patrice Riley (born February 15, 1986), sometimes known mononymously as Riley (stylized in all caps), is an American actress, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her portrayal of Mercedes Jones on the Fox comedy-drama series Glee (2009–2015), for which she was nominated for three NAACP Image Awards, and won a shared Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. As a member of the Glee cast, Riley charted over 200 entries on the Billboard Hot 100, and was nominated for a Grammy Award.
In 2016, Riley originated the lead role of Effie White in the West End debut of Dreamgirls. For her work, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical and Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical Performance in 2017.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amber Riley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.