Amy Weber

Amy Weber
Born Amy Marie Weber
(1970-07-02) July 2, 1970
Peoria, Illinois, United States
Residence Los Angeles,California, United States
Occupation Actress, model, professional wrestling valet, professional wrestler, singer
Years active 1992–present (actress)
2004–2005 (wrestler)
2012–present (singer)
Website www.amyweber.net

Musical career

Genres Dance-pop
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Amy Weber
Billed height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)[1]
Billed weight 102 lb (46 kg)
Billed from Mapleton, Illinois[2]
Trained by WWE
Debut November 18, 2004[2]
Retired February 2005[2]

Amy Marie Weber (born July 2, 1970) is an American actress, model, film producer,[1] singer, former professional wrestling valet and professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in WWE as a WWE Diva. She released an album, Let it Rain, the titular single for which stayed in the U.S. Billboard Chart for over a month.[3] It was also was released internationally via Dauman Music and Republic Digital and climbed to number 6 in the UK Singles Chart.[3] Weber has been the face of a Shiseido cosmetic campaign.[1]

Early career

Television

Weber has played roles in numerous television series including CSI: Las Vegas, Son of the Beach,[1] Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Saved by the Bell, Melrose Place, Pacific Blue, The Young and the Restless, Baywatch, Jenny, USA High and City Guys. She also appeared in country musician Toby Keith's video for his song "Whiskey Girl" as the Whiskey girl, and, on December 31, 2004, she was featured in a sketch on the New Year's Eve live episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Correspondent Tom Green traveled all over New York City looking for someone to kiss him at midnight, which Weber eventually agreed to do.[4]

Film

Weber has had lead roles in the movies Scarlet Mirror, The Bet, Dr. Life, Art House, Kolobos, The Contract, Starforce, Crackerjack III, Becoming Pony Boi, The Pumpkin Karver, and Transmorphers. She also had a lead role in the movie Diablita,[1] and supporting roles in the movies The Adventures of Joe Dirt and Unbeatable Harold. She is also the executive producer and star of Crossroad. She was an associate producer on the film The Pumpkin Karver,[1] in which she starred.[5]

Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Entertainment (2004–2005)

A former WWE Diva Search contestant, Weber became a villainous diva for WWE's SmackDown! brand, with a gimmick as John "Bradshaw" Layfield's image consultant in The Cabinet.[6] During her time in The Cabinet, she feuded with Joy Giovanni, who she defeated by forfeit in her only match. She resigned from WWE in February 2005 because of her allegations of harassment from some of the wrestlers.[6] She later stated that she "wasn't happy with the pay" and the "frat house-like" environment.[1] To explain her departure, JBL stated she had been "fired" for accidentally firing a sleeping dart at him the previous week while he was playing with an inflatable dinosaur. The dart was actually intended for JBL's No Way Out 2005 opponent, Big Show.[7]

Personal life

Weber married David Dginger on May 17, 2008. The couple welcomed twins named Levi and Madison Grace on May 28, 2009.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Forbidden Games Shauna
1995 Dangerous Seductress The Evil Queen
1998 Art House Faith
1999 Kolobos Kyra
2000 Starforce Dahlia Rojik
2000 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye Bartender Television film
2000 Crackerjack 3 Kelly Jones
2001 Joe Dirt Lifeguard
2002 The Contract Jessica Grey
2003 Pauly Shore is Dead Zoey's Friend
2005 Portrait of Eve Eve Roth
2006 Unbeatable Harold Cocktail Waitress
2006 The Pumpkin Karver Lynn Starks Associate producer
2007 Diablita Diablita
2007 Transmorphers Karina Nadir
2009 Becoming Pony Boi Amy
2012 Crossroad Rita Executive producer
2013 Playdate Crying Mom

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1992 Saved by the Bell Chloe Episode: "Screech's Spaghetti Sauce"
1995
1996		 Silk Stalkings Shelley Hunter
Rebecca Wharton		 2 episodes
1996 Melrose Place Housewife Episode: "True Fibs"
1997 L.A. Heat Waitress
Julia the Nudist		 2 episodes
1997 Jenny Woman Episode: "A Girl's Gotta Lie"
1998 Mike Hammer, Private Eye Sylvia Episode: "Big Brother's Secret"
1998 USA High Maggie Episode: "Jackson's Choice"
1998 Pacific Blue Nikki Episode: "Thrill Week"
1998 7th Heaven Jenny Episode: "Here Comes Santa Claus"
1999 City Guys Ariana Episode: "Greece is the Word"
1999 Port Charles Lark Madison-Scanlon
2001 Sheena Ruby Episode: "Divas of the Jungle"
2001 Getaway Herself Co-host
2001 18 Wheels of Justice Special Agent Abigail Rose Episode: "Second Sense"
2001 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Cocktail Waitress Episode: "And Then There Were None"
2002 Son of the Beach Porcelain Bidet 14 episodes
2002 Andy Richter Controls the Universe Andy's Girlfriend Episode: "Relationship Ripcord"
2007 Nu-Wrestling Evolution Herself
2011 The Young and the Restless Cameo

Stage

Weber has had starring roles in theater productions of Reservations for Two, 110 in the Shade, Apocalyptic Butterflies, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Grease.

Discography

Albums

Year Album Chart
2012 Let it Rain —

Singles

Year Song U.S. U.S. Dance UK[9] NZ[10] FRA[11] NET[12] Album
2012 "Let It Rain" — 45 — — — — TBD
"Welcome to My V.I.P." — — — — — —

In wrestling

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Interview With A Cutie". Cosmic Tribune. 2006-12-12. Archived from the original on 21 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  2. 1 2 3 "Amy Weber's IMDB". IMDB.
  3. 1 2 http://music.broadwayworld.com/article/Former-WWE-Diva-Amy-Weber-Lands-Second-Billboard-Hit-20130523
  4. ↑ "Amy Weber press release". Amyweber.net. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
  5. ↑ The Pumpkin Karver at the Internet Movie Database
  6. 1 2 TJ Madigan (2005-02-12). "Brock taking WWE to court". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
  7. ↑ "The-Sweet Amy Weber". Unofficial WWE Divas. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
  8. ↑ "How life changes". The Official Amy Weber Blog. 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  9. ↑ The Official Charts Company. weber/ "Amy Wber - The Official Charts Company" Check |url= value (help). TheOfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  10. ↑ Steffen Hung. "– New Zealand charts portal". Charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  11. ↑ Steffen Hung (2012-07-08). "Les charts français". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  12. ↑ Steffen Hung. "– Dutch charts portal". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2012-07-09.

External links

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