Amber Stevens West

She played the lead role of Maya in the 2018 comedy film Love Jacked.

• Name — Amber Stevens West • Birth Name — Amber Dawn Stevens • Born — 7 October 1986 • Birthplace — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 2005–present • Father — Shadoe Stevens • Children — 3

Stevens West was born Amber Dawn Stevens in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of former model Beverly Cunningham and radio announcer Shadoe Stevens. She has a younger sister named Chyna and an older paternal half-brother named Brad. Stevens is of mixed ethnicity, being born to a white father and African-American mother who is also part Comanche. Stevens West is a graduate of Beverly Hills High School.

Early in her career, she appeared in television commercials for Old Navy, Verizon, Logitech and Neutrogena. She made her television acting debut in an episode of Complete Savages in 2005. In 2007, Stevens West began portraying Ashleigh Howard on the ABC Family comedy-drama television series Greek. In a review released soon after the premiere of the show, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called the show "light-hearted fun" and "authentic" while The New York Times claimed that Greek "captures the spirit of the hedge-fund age like nothing else." The series concluded after four seasons on March 7, 2011. She has appeared in films The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Fired Up! (2009), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), The Kitchen (2012) and Jessabelle (2014). She has appeared in guest roles on How I Met Your Mother, Friends with Benefits, Baby Daddy, 90210, Ben and Kate and New Girl. In 2011, Stevens West played the role of Mimi Marquez in the musical Rent: Downtown L.A. She made a guest appearance as Joy Struthers on CBS' Criminal Minds, in the episode "Fate". In 2014, she appeared as Jonah Hill's character's love interest called Maya in the comedy film 22 Jump Street. In 2015, Stevens West co-starred opposite Jerrod Carmichael as Maxine in the NBC comedy sitcom The Carmichael Show. In 2017, following that show's end, Stevens West was cast as a series regular on the FOX supernatural comedy series Ghosted. She portrayed a restaurant and bar designer Claire Davis opposite Damon Wayans Jr. on CBS' comedy television series Happy Together (2018–2019). The series followed a young couple whose lives are suddenly thrown into chaos when a pop star moves into their home. In May 2021, Stevens starred as one of the four leads in the first season of the ensemble comedy Run the World on Starz. In November 2022, Stevens was a contestant on the daytime game show, Pictionary.

Stevens began dating actor Andrew J. West after they met while co-starring in Greek. They married on December 5, 2014, in Los Angeles. They have three daughters: Ava Laverne, Winona Marie and Bernadette Maxine.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2005 — Complete Savages — Girl #2 — Episode: "Teen Things I Hate About You" • The — Forrester Model — Episode: "Episode #1.4655" • 2006 — The — Herself — Episode: "Boyfriends And Work Don't Mix" • Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition — Herself — Episode: "Teen Acting Careers with 'Greek'" • 2007 — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Emily Wilson/Tanya — 2 episodes • 2007–2011 — Greek — Ashleigh Howard — Main cast • 2011 — Grey's Anatomy — Laurel Pinson — Episode: "Start Me Up" • Friends with Benefits — Caroline — Episode: "The Benefit of Mardi Gras" • How I Met Your Mother — Janet McIntyre — Episode: "Mystery vs. History" • 2012 — Baby Daddy — Izzy — Episode: "The Daddy Whisperer" • 90210 — Bryce Woodbridge — 2 episodes • Ben and Kate — Anna Lewis — Episode: "Reunion" • 2013 — CollegeHumor Originals — Jasmine — Episode: "Disney Princess Spring Breakers Trailer" • 2014 — New Girl — Viv — Episode: "Goldmine" • 2014–2019 — Criminal Minds — Joy Struthers — Recurring cast: season 10, guest: season 11, 14 • 2015 — Your Family or Mine — Sharman — Episode: "The Couch" • Chasing Life — Frankie — 2 episodes • 2015–2017 — The Carmichael Show — Maxine — Main cast • 2017–2018 — Ghosted — Annie — Main cast • 2018–2019 — Happy Together — Claire Davis — Main cast • 2019 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Dallas — Episode: "Diss" • Live in Front of a Studio Audience — Jenny Willis Jefferson — Episode: "Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons" • 2020 — God Friended Me — Julia — Episode: "BFF" • 2021–2023 — Run the World — Whitney Greene — Main cast • 2023 — Krapopolis — Athena (voice) — Recurring role • 2023 — Frasier — Nicole — Episode: "The Fix Is In" • 2025–2026 — The Neighborhood — Mercedes — Recurring role