Amber Stevens West

Amber Dawn Stevens West (born October 7, 1986) Maxine in the NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show (2015–2017), and Claire Davis in the CBS comedy Happy Together (2018–2019). She has also appeared in films The Amazing Spider-Man, 22 Jump Street (2014) and Jessabelle (2014). She played the lead role of Maya in the 2018 comedy film Love Jacked.

Early life Stevens West was born Amber Dawn Stevens in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of former model Beverly Cunningham and radio announcer Shadoe Stevens. She has a younger sister named Chyna and an older paternal half-brother named Brad. Stevens is of mixed ethnicity, being born to a white father and African-American mother who is also part Comanche.

Stevens West is a graduate of Beverly Hills High School.

Career Early in her career, she appeared in television commercials for Old Navy, Verizon, Logitech and Neutrogena. She made her television acting debut in an episode of Complete Savages in 2005. In 2007, Stevens West began portraying Ashleigh Howard on the ABC Family comedy-drama television series Greek. In a review released soon after the premiere of the show, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called the show "light-hearted fun" and "authentic" while The New York Times claimed that Greek "captures the spirit of the hedge-fund age like nothing else." The series concluded after four seasons on March 7, 2011. She has appeared in films The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Fired Up! (2009), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), The Kitchen (2012) and Jessabelle (2014).

She has appeared in guest roles on How I Met Your Mother, Friends with Benefits, Baby Daddy, 90210, Ben and Kate and New Girl. In 2011, Stevens West played the role of Mimi Marquez in the musical Rent: Downtown L.A. She made a guest appearance as Joy Struthers on CBS' Criminal Minds, in the episode "Fate". In 2014, she appeared as Jonah Hill's character's love interest called Maya in the comedy film 22 Jump Street.

In 2015, Stevens West co-starred opposite Jerrod Carmichael as Maxine in the NBC comedy sitcom The Carmichael Show. She portrayed a restaurant and bar designer Claire Davis opposite Damon Wayans Jr. on CBS' comedy television series Happy Together (2018–2019). The series followed a young couple whose lives are suddenly thrown into chaos when a pop star moves into their home.

In May 2021, Stevens starred as one of the four leads in the first season of the ensemble comedy Run the World on Starz.

In November 2022, Stevens was a contestant on the daytime game show, Pictionary.

Personal life Stevens began dating actor Andrew J. West after they met while co-starring in Greek. They married on December 5, 2014, in Los Angeles. They have three daughters: Ava Laverne, Winona Marie and Bernadette Maxine.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2006 Cheerleader 2007 Aileen TV movie 2009 Fired Up! Sara Nothing for Something Heloise Short 2011 Weekends at Bellevue Claire Cohen TV movie 2012 The Madame Sofi Short The Amazing Spider-Man Ariel The Kitchen Amanda The Distance Between Jen Short Joey Dakota Maya Beaumont TV movie 2014 22 Jump Street Maya Dickson Jessabelle Dead Girl Keep It Together Mircea TV movie 2015 American Girl Dolls: The Action Movie with Anna Chlumsky Addy Walker TV movie 2016 The Bet Daycare Employee 2018 Love Jacked Maya Public Disturbance Holly 2019 The Way We Weren't Carly 2020 Christmas Unwrapped Charity Jones TV movie 2025 The Christmas Showdown Chastity TV movie 2026 The Jealous Bride Meg TV movie

Television Year Title Role Notes 2005 Complete Savages Girl #2 Episode: "Teen Things I Hate About You" Forrester Model Episode: "Episode #1.4655" 2006 Herself Episode: "Boyfriends And Work Don't Mix" Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition Herself Episode: "Teen Acting Careers with 'Greek'" 2007 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Emily Wilson/Tanya 2 episodes 2007–2011 Greek Ashleigh Howard Main cast 2011 Grey's Anatomy Laurel Pinson Episode: "Start Me Up" Friends with Benefits Caroline Episode: "The Benefit of Mardi Gras" How I Met Your Mother Janet McIntyre Episode: "Mystery vs. History" 2012 Baby Daddy Izzy Episode: "The Daddy Whisperer" 90210 Bryce Woodbridge 2 episodes Ben and Kate Anna Lewis Episode: "Reunion" 2013 CollegeHumor Originals Jasmine Episode: "Disney Princess Spring Breakers Trailer" 2014 New Girl Viv Episode: "Goldmine" 2014–2019 Criminal Minds Joy Struthers Recurring cast: season 10, guest: season 11, 14 2015 Your Family or Mine Sharman Episode: "The Couch" Chasing Life Frankie 2 episodes 2015–2017 The Carmichael Show Maxine Main cast 2017–2018 Ghosted Annie Main cast 2018–2019 Happy Together Claire Davis Main cast 2019 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Dallas Episode: "Diss" Live in Front of a Studio Audience Jenny Willis Jefferson Episode: "Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons" 2020 God Friended Me Julia Episode: "BFF" 2021–2023 Run the World Whitney Greene Main cast 2023 Krapopolis Athena (voice) Recurring role 2023 Frasier Nicole Episode: "The Fix Is In" 2025–2026 The Neighborhood Mercedes Recurring role