Ambyr Childers

Actress Ambyr Childers got her big break on daytime soap opera "All My Children" (ABC, 1970-2011) before making the move to the big screen with supporting roles in "The Master" (2012), "We Are What We Are" (2013) and "Vice" (2015). Born in Cottonwood, AZ in 1988, Childers grew up in Murrieta, CA and made her first on-screen appearance aged just twelve in kids' pop adventure, "S Club 7 in L.A." (BBC1, 2000). After landing small roles as a younger Julia Stiles in romantic comedy "Carolina" (2003) and Barbie in David Spade's Hollywood satire, "Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star" (2003), Childers was cast as bratty heiress Colby Chandler in "All My Children" in 2006. Following a two-year stint on the soap opera, Childers left to pursue her film career and went onto play an astronaut in sci-fi drama "Love" (2011) and a cage girl in Dave Bautista vehicle "House of the Rising Sun" (2011) as well as appearing in football drama "All Things Fall Apart" (2011), heist thriller "Setup" (2011) and crime movie "Freelancers" (2012). After adding sports gambling drama "Lay the Favorite" (2012) and paranormal horror "Playback" (2012) to her resume, Childers made the leap into more acclaimed dramatic fare when she played the brash daughter of Philip Seymour Hoffman's religious cult leader in Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master." Childers' performance attracted the attention of several leading directors and she subsequently went onto earn supporting parts in mafia period piece "Gangster Squad" (2013) and two Mark Walhberg-starring films, "Broken City" (2013) and "2 Guns" (2013), as well as the more notable role of oldest sister Iris Parker in cannibalistic drama "We Are What We Are" (2013). In the same year, she returned to the small screen as out-of-control former tween star Ashley Rucker in crime drama "Ray Donovan" (Showtime, 2013- ), and after starring as an artificial robot who takes on a mind of its own in sci-fi thriller "Vice" (2015), she portrayed Manson family follower Susan Atkins in gritty '60s-set crime drama "Aquarius" (NBC, 2015-16).