Amber Stevens West

by andrew · July 26, 2014

West in 2009, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Amber Dawn Stevens

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: October 7, 1986

Ethnicity:
*father – Norwegian, German, English, Dutch, distant Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, remote Welsh
*mother – African-American

Amber Stevens West is an American actress and model. She has also been credited as Amber Stevens and Amber West. She is known for her role in the film 22 Jump Street (2014), in particular.

She is the daughter of actor and radio announcer Shadoe Stevens (born Terry Ingstad), and former model Beverly Cunningham. Her father, who is caucasian, is of Norwegian, German, English, Dutch, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and remote Welsh, ancestry. Her mother is African-American. Amber has also stated that her mother has Comanche Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this Native American ancestry has been verified/documented.

Amber is married to actor Andrew J. West, with whom she has a daughter.

Amber’s paternal grandfather was Keith Karl Ingstad (the son of Edward B. Ingstad and Floy Adella Rathman). Keith was born in North Dakota. Edward was of Norwegian descent. Floy’s father, John Christopher Rathman, was German, and Floy’s mother, Mary Jane Webb, was English, from Wiltshire.

Amber’s paternal grandmother is LaVerne Maxine Baas (the daughter of Albert Baas and Frances Jemima Cook). LaVerne was born in North Dakota. Albert was the son of Jacob Dirk Baas, who was Dutch, and of Gertrude Katherine Jongewaard, who was born in Iowa, to Dutch parents. Frances was born in South Dakota, the daughter of Josey/Jose Chaffee Cook and Julianne Frances Taylor.