Amber Viera
Acting
Biography
Coney is a Puerto Rican American actress, art director, casting assistant, model, production designer assistant and makeup and hair stylist. Her first role was playing Alice in her elementary school's production of Alice in Wonderland, which is also one of her favorite Disney movies. Originally from the Bay Area, Coney moved to Los Angeles in order to study acting and film at the University of Southern California. Her career seems to have taken off in 2011 when she appeared as Madeline in the short film, Prosthetic Memories. Coney has appeared in 13 other short films. Coney has had roles in the television series: Class and Horoscope and Fortune Cookies. Coney has worked with James Franco in the films Kill the Czar and L.A. Series. In 2016, she appeared as Angie in the film Actors Anonymous, an adaptation of Franco's novel of the same name. Coney also worked on Franco's remake of the 1996 Tori Spelling telepic: Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? on Lifetime. Coney loves to read books, watch movies, write screenplays, poems and her inner thoughts in her journal on her free time. For exercise, Coney likes to run, do yoga, hike, or hit the dance floor on a fun night out. She loves to eat fruits and vegetables. Coney considers herself the "beneficiary of many fashionable hand-me-downs". A lot of her clothes have formerly been in her friends' wardrobes. She also prefers to take photos old-school with a disposable or Polaroid camera. Coney is also a fan of the television series American Horror Story. In February 2016, Coney joined the main cast of Freeform's Dead of Summer as Carolina "Cricket" Diaz.
Known For
Lifelong friends Maddie, Helen and Dana Sue lift each other up as they juggle relationships, family and careers in the small Southern town of Serenity.
Sweet Magnolias
A horror anthology series that explores the dangers of a totally connected world.
Dark/Web
Set in the late 1980s, school is out for the summer, and a sun-drenched season of firsts beckons the counselors at Camp Clearwater, a seemingly idyllic Midwestern summer camp, including first loves, first kisses – and first kills. Clearwater’s dark, ancient mythology awakens, and what was supposed to be a summer of fun soon turns into one of unforgettable scares and evil at every turn.
Dead of Summer
In 19th century Baltimore, Isabel Porter, a girl stricken with grief from her parents' untimely death, voluntarily checks herself into the Rosewood Institute. Subjected to bizarre and increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control, she must escape the clutches of the Rosewood and exact her revenge, or else be forever lost.
The Institute
Theater major Leah brings her new love home to meet her mom, Julie, who is surprised when Pearl comes to the door. Julie tries to embrace the idea of Leah’s new love interest, but she can’t shake the feeling that something is very wrong. Julie’s suspicions lead to a startling discovery about Pearl that puts Leah in serious danger. Will Julie be able to save her daughter from an eternity of heartache before it’s too late?
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
17-year-old Kelly falls in love with Christian, an older man, her father tries to intervene before the crush turns into a dangerous obsession.
High School Lover
The film adaption of James Franco's popular novel Actors Anonymous, exploring the lives of young actors in Hollywood, from the highs to the lows, to the lies and the heartbreak.
Actors Anonymous
Recently returned combat veteran Matt Benning (Will Brandt) finds himself entangled in a dangerous web of drugs, violence, and toxic love that eventually has him running-and hiding-for his life.
American Desert
A mysterious outsider's life turns upside down when she is blackmailed by an evil filmmaker to carry out an extraordinary act of violence. She winds up in a brutal fight to save the woman she loves.
Kill the Czar
Eight-year-old Grace is about to realize that sometimes having a large imagination isn't a good thing.
Monsters
When small town boy Scout Cooper stumbles upon a fortune-telling soda bottle, he is thrust into a global adventure spanning three continents.