She stayed in Birmingham until she was twelve. She then moved to Orlando, Florida, where she stayed until she was fourteen. Around that time, Jordan Knight was her favorite member of New Kids on the Block. She did a pilot for a kids' television show with A.J. McLean of Backstreet Boys that never saw the light of day. Joey Fatone went to high school with her; he would later join the group 'N Sync.

After Orlando, her family moved to Los Angeles, California. It was almost a year before she got work. Then came a commercial for snap.com and the film "King of the Hill." The movie won critical acclaim and awards alike, with Amber herself nominated at 15th Annual Youth in Film Awards. Amber holds this film in a special place in her heart, calling it one of her favorites. "It's such a moving piece."

By the end of her teen years, Amber had made her mark on all acting mediums: the stage, the big screen and the small screen. Other film work from the 1990's included "Imaginary Crimes" with Fairuza Balk; "S.F.W.," "Bye Bye, Love" with Paul Reiser and Eliza Dushku; and "The Crush" with Alicia Silverstone and Cary Elwes. She also appeared in the "Jack Reed" television movies starring Brian Dennehy and on episodes of "Cracker" and "Promised Land." She took part in the popular teen movie "Can't Hardly Wait" -- but then the movie was edited down from an R to PG-13 rating and most of Amber's scenes were cut. Still, she made it on the back of the video box.

Bigger and better things were coming as the year 2000 crept closer. In 1999, Amber filmed both "The Prime Gig" and "Hollywood P.A." - with the latter being an indie with a role written specifically for Amber.

After just two auditions, Amber won the role of Tara in the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." This role won her new fans across the world. Tara lived through the 1999 - 2000 season. Amber continued to play Tara on a recurring basis throughout the 2000 - 2001 season.

The year 2001 held even bigger and better things for Amber. Her pride and joy is Chance, a movie which she not only starred in, but wrote, directed and produced. She attended various signings, conventions and other events. She co-wrote and contributed to various official Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics. She traveled all the way to Romania to film the movie Taboo.

Amber's role as Tara continued to be a recurring character on the 2001 - 2002 season of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." She loved working on the show, citing Hush and Restless ("Loved that beyond belief!") among her favorite episodes. Sadly, Tara was the victim of a stray bullet in the episode "Seeing Red."

In 2003, Christopher Golden and Amber Benson teamed up with the BBC and Cosgrove Hall to create an animated horror/adventure online series called Ghosts of Albion. Christopher and Amber created and wrote the tale, which Amber also directed. They followed up with a novella entitled Astray, also available as an online audio book, then finalized a book deal for a series of Ghosts of Albion novels. In 2004, another animated Ghosts of Albion project entitled Embers appeared online.

Currently, Amber's home is in Southern California with her mom, her dog Pennsylvania (Penny) and her cat Benneton (Benny). In her all too rare spare time, she tries to relax. She listens to a wide variety of music, including the late great Jeff Buckley, and has a voracious appetite for reading. She continues to audition for various film and television roles, in addition to working on original screenplays and stories. If she wasn't an actress, Amber says she would "be a writer or else find a job where I got to read books and watch movies all day, everyday, for the rest of my life." She send many thanks and a "big HELLO!" to all of her fans.