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Amber Patrice Riley is an American actor and singer born in Los Angeles on February 15, 1986. She works as a television, stage, and film actor, with her career beginning in 2002. Riley is a soprano who sings in the genres of pop music, contemporary R&B, and gospel music. She has recorded for RBMG, Warner Music Group, and East West Records.
Her acting credits include work in the production *Glee*. Riley is a member of the Democratic Party. She speaks English and has a net worth of $2,000,000. Her height is listed as 159. She has been referenced by 486 other encyclopedia articles.
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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
- 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
Tags
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,
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A modified single solution method for the determination of phosphate in natural waters
· 1962 · cited 16,583x
- 2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
· 2016 · cited 11,113x
- The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
· 2007 · cited 6,843x
- Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,660x
- 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 6,176x
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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
- Q16882085
- 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
Show 10 more facts
- 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.
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