Birthdate: July 18, 1988

Birthplace: Murrieta, California

Birth Name: Ambyr Childers

Star Sign: Cancer

Chinese Sign: Rabbit

Aside from her role as Barbie in the 2003 film Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, she is known mostly for her role on the daytime soap opera All My Children as Colby Chandler, whom she has portrayed since July 2006. Having appeared in a multitude of national television commercials, she was also seen in the series S Club 7. She also has been noted for her resemblance to Hilary Duff of Lizzie McGuire fame.

An avid athlete, Childers likes to play golf, snow board, wake board, play basketball and horseback ride.

-----Above credited to ABC, IMDB, & Wikipedia

The middle of three sisters (one is seven years younger; the other is two years older), Ambyr Childers grew up playing sports ("We were never the ballet-type girls or the girls who would dress up with princess outfits; we were very athletic") and singing. But as a high-school student, she became interested in giving acting a go and much to her parents' surprise, she booked the very first job she went out for: a commercial for Saab.

She began to work steadily while still enrolled in high school, booking more commercials and some movies, most notably Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star. Not long before graduation, she drove to L.A. to audition for ALL MY CHILDREN Casting Director Judy Blye Wilson, who was searching for the perfect actress to embody Colby, the spunky, spoiled daughter of Adam and Liza. After impressing Wilson, she was flown to New York to test opposite David Canary (Adam/Stuart) and when she got the part, she had to take her final exams early and move to the big city by herself within a matter of weeks.

Although fans were slow to warm to her initially shrill character ("People would come up to me and say, 'Colby is such a brat.'") Childers quickly developed tight bonds on set with Brent Weber (Sean), Alexa Havins (ex-Babe) and Bobbie Eakes (Krystal). "Me, Bobbie and Alexa have always been really close — we were the three blondes!" she sighs. "Taping my last scenes with Alexa, I was so emotional. Thorsten [Kaye, Zach] came up to me and he was like, 'Dude, what's your problem?' I was like, 'Alexa's going [sobbing]!' It was hard."

In her free time, Childers enjoys hanging out with boyfriend Sean, taking acting classes, watching movies, "and doing research on the Internet. Every time I sit down at my computer, I end up doing research for, like, five hours. But I like it better when I don't have a lot of free time. I don't struggle with working; I struggle with not working!"

Random Facts:

* Childers entered the world of professional acting after winning a bet with her father: "If I made all-star for softball, he promised he'd take me to get headshots."

* Before AMC calling, Childers was slated to go to college on a golf scholarship.

* Is a huge country music fan who grew up idolizing Shania Twain.

* On AMC, she considers her biggest challenge is acting like she doesn't like Leven Rambin's Ava. "Leven's so funny, it's so hard for me to pretend to be mad at her!"

* Is borderline-obsessed with the ABC drama LOST

-----Above credited to Soap Opera Digest