Amber Riley

ABOUT AMBER RILEY

Actress and singer who came off strong and proud as Mercedes Jones on the television series Glee . Her acting earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance. She won season 17 of Dancing with the Stars .

She unsuccessfully auditioned for American Idol when she was 17.

She sang a number of songs during her time on Glee, including "Respect," "Bridge Over Troubled Water," and "I Look to You." She released her debut self-titled EP titled Riley in October 2020. She won season 8 of The Masked Singer .

Her parents are Tiny and Elwin Riley and she grew up with two older sisters. In 2020, she got engaged to Desean Black ; the two later separated.

She starred on the hit TV series Glee with Dianna Agron .