Amber Barretto was born on January 19, 1978 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for Hang Time (1995), ABC Afterschool Specials (1972) and Cuts (2005). She has been married to Gregory Laks since October 2007. They have two children.
Auditioned for Hang Time (1995) on tape in New York, when
Peter Engel the executive producer of the show, saw the tape and flew her
out to L.A. Found out that day that she got the part of "Kristy Ford"
and four days later moved to L.A.
Dated Shawn Hatosy (?-1999).
Is of Hispanic descent.
Was discovered while competing in the "Little Miss Michigan" pageant
where one of the judges owned an agency, her family later moved to New
York City.
After being hired for the show Hang Time (1995), she had four days to go back to
New York, and get all her stuff and go back to L.A. and find a place to
live.