Adrienne Frantz Biography

Birth Name : Adrienne Danielle Frantz

Height : 5' 4" (1.63 m)

Birthday : 1978-06-07

Nickname : Add

Country : United States

Job : Actress, Singer

Hobbies : Table Tennis

An accomplished actor, singer and songwriter, Adrienne Frantz starred as 'Amber Moore Forrester' on CBS's popular daytime drama, The Bold & The Beautiful.

An outgoing only child, by age three Adrienne was holding private dance recitals in her hometown of Mount Clemens, Michigan. In spite of a busy schedule of dance, voice and theater classes, Adrienne managed to graduate from high school at age sixteen and promptly packed her bags and headed off to New York City in search of her dreams -- and never looked back.

Adrienne Danielle Frantz (born June 7, 1978 in Mount Clemens, Michigan) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress, best known for her role as Ambrosia "Amber" Moore on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, which she now plays on The Young and the Restless. While on B&B, she also played Amber's sister, April Knight, briefly in 2003.

First breaking into the soap opera genre in 1997 as Tiffany Thorne on Sunset Beach, Frantz left the show later that year for her role as the villainess turned sympathetic heroine Amber on The Bold and the Beautiful. In 2001, she won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actress. Frantz played the role on B&B until 2005, when she left to focus on a music career.

B&B head writer Bradley Bell informed Soap Opera Digest that he would be willing to have Frantz back on B&B as Amber at some point in the future.

Outside of B&B, Frantz made a guest appearance as a popstar named Emica in the 2001 Rugrats episode, "All Growed Up," which later was the basis for the spinoff All Grown Up!. She played Claire Redfield in the commercial of Resident Evil 2, directed by George A. Romero, which was released prior to the games' release. However, the commercial was only shown in Japan. Frantz guest starred in an episode of That 70's Show, playing Fez's girlfriend. Franz later appeared in Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield. Frantz was the long time girlfriend of Johnny Rzeznik, lead singer of The Goo Goo Dolls. They broke-up in 2005.

Frantz's other credits include winning the Emmy Award for Younger Leading Actress in 2001, as well as two more nominations; voice work on Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys; and two films: Jimmy Zip and Speedway Junky -- Gus Van Sant's dark tale of runaway kids living on the streets of Las Vegas -- with Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Tiffani-Amber Thiessen. Having just finished building a music studio in her home, this ambitious young artist intends to pursue all of her talents, saying, "I don't see why I can't do everything--be an actress and a singer and do films and TV at the same time."

Ever since she was a child, animal welfare issues have always been close to Adrienne's heart. She has worked with PETA, Save the Horses, the Humane Society's Genesis Awards, Actors & Others for Animals Tipi Hedren's Shambala Preserve and The Rescue Cat Association. She is also a supporter of the Pancreatic. Cancer Society, Diabetes Society and several organizations that help abused women and children.

In her free time, Frantz enjoys writing poetry, composing music, attending concerts, skiing, playing. softball, and relaxing at home with her three rescued cats and two chocolate Labrador Retrievers, Lucy and

Ethel.