Amber Riley

Person

Born

1986-02-15

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Film & TV

Acting · 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

Country

US

Active from

1986-02-15

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

28,922

Total plays

318,572

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,

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. A modified single solution method for the determination of phosphate in natural waters

   · 1962 · cited 16,343x

2. 2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

   · 2016 · cited 11,006x

3. Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC

   · 2012 · cited 6,587x

4. The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

   · 2007 · cited 6,558x

5. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

   · 2017 · cited 6,068x

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Key dates

Born

15 February 1986

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Patrice

Family name

Q16882085

Gender

female

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Los Angeles

Occupation

musician

Political party

Democratic Party (United States)

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language