Amber Riley

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Amber Patrice Riley (born February 15, 1986), sometimes known mononymously as Riley (stylized in all caps), is an American actress, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her portrayal of Mercedes Jones on the Fox comedy-drama series Glee (2009–2015), for which she was nominated for three NAACP Image Awards, and won a shared Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. As a member of the Glee cast, Riley charted over 200 entries on the Billboard Hot 100, and was nominated for a Grammy Award. In 2016, Riley originated the lead role of Effie White in the West End debut of Dreamgirls. For her work, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical and Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical Performance in 2017. Riley won the 17th season of Dancing with the Stars (2013). In 2017, Riley formed a musical theatre supergroup with Beverley Knight and Cassidy Janson, known collectively as Leading Ladies and signed to East...

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