Amber Portwood is an American actress and T.V personality. She is mainly known for MTV series “16 and Pregnant,” and “Teen Mom.”
She is mainly known for MTV series “16 and Pregnant,” and “Teen Mom.” She is a hardworking person and has made a recognizable position in the American entertainment field.
Amber was born as Amber Leann Portwood to American parents on May 14, 1990, in Anderson, Indiana, U.S.A. Her nationality is American and belongs to North American ethnicity. Her religion is Christianity and horoscope is Taurus. Her father Shawn Portwood Sr. died at the age of 50 in December 2014 due to alcohol-induced liver damage.
Her mother is Tonya Portwood who was working with the Indiana Automotive Fasteners, Inc. She was raised up by her parents in a friendly and entertaining environment along with her siblings. She has brother Shawn Jr. and is very supportive of his sister. Her sister Candace died when she was 6 years old. She was highly attracted to the T.V and film industry from a very early age, She attended high school in Indiana but she dropped out of school.
Amber was cast in the reality television series 16 and Pregnant in 2009, which documented the pregnancies and first months of motherhood for several teenage girls. Later that year she was cast in the spin-off series Teen Mom and appeared in each of its four seasons until its conclusion in 2012. In March 2015, Portwood, along with Maci McKinney, Catelynn Baltierra, and Farrah Abraham, returned to MTV for the fifth season of the show renamed Teen Mom OG. Amber was a drug addict. She was caught and offered for the rehabilitation program, but after she refused that, she was sent to jail for five years. She hasn’t won any awards so far in her career yet.
Her net worth is estimated to be approximately $1,000,000. She mainly earns from her role in T.V Series, Teen Mom OG. Her salary is still unknown.
She became a topic of desperate rumors after attempting suicide for the second time. In 2010, she had a fight with ex-partner Gary Shirley and served 17 months in jail. Amber was a drug addict. She was caught and offered for the rehabilitation program, but after she refused that, she was sent to jail for five years. Amber was arrested on domestic violence-related charges on July 5, 2019, in Indiana for assaulting a male victim.
Amber has a height of 5 feet and 4 inches and weighs around 62 kg. She has a body size of 35-25-35 (inches approximately). She has a dark brown hair color and blue eyes color.
Amber has more than 838k followers on Facebook account, she has over 720k followers on the Twitter account, and over 1.8 million followers on the Instagram account.