Amber Marshall (born June 2, 1988) is a Canadian actress, singer, and
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. She has appeared in several television films and series, most notably as Amy Fleming in the long-running
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series '' Heartland''. For her performance in the series, Marshall won the inaugural Canada's Screen Star Award at the
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'', February 4, 2013.
Early life
Marshall was born and raised in
London, Ontario
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. A former veterinary assistant, Marshall has been riding horses since she could walk and says that the two things she loves the most are "acting and horses". Marshall attended Lester B. Pearson School for the Arts, starting to act at the early age of 11; growing up, she went to the Original Kids Theatre Company.
Career
Marshall made her acting debut in 2000 in a television series called ''Super Rupert''. The following year, she starred in an episode of '' Twice in a Lifetime.'' She next performed in the television series ''
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'' (2002) and ''
Dark Oracle
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'' (2004), and in the television film ' (2002).
In 2003, she was nominated for a Los Angeles-based
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for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special for Leading Young Actress for ''
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Elizabeth Smart
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.
In 2007, Marshall was cast as Amy Fleming in the forthcoming
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Up TV
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series '' Heartland.'' The series is based on the 25-novel series written by Lauren Brooke. The series premiered on Canadian television in October 2007 and originally in syndication in the US on
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network, and then in 2010, it moved to GMC (now
Up TV
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) and its fifteenth season premiered on May 19, 2022 in the US on Up. The series, filmed in
High River
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History
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Alberta, is about a girl named Amy Fleming living in the fictional town of Hudson Alberta. Her family owns a horse ranch called Heartland, where they have a long tradition of healing horses. For her performance in the series, Marshall won the inaugural Canada's Screen Star Award at the 1st annual Canadian Screen Awards. In 2015, ''Heartland'' surpassed '' Street Legal'' as the longest-running one-hour scripted drama in the history of Canadian television.
Personal life
As of 2016, Marshall lives on a farm ranch outside
Calgary, Alberta
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with her husband Shawn Turner and their animals. Marshall married Shawn, a photographer, on July 27, 2013, after becoming engaged in early 2012.
In between filming seasons of ''Heartland'', Marshall helps out at a local veterinary clinic and spends time with her many animals on her farm ranch near Calgary, Alberta. She has horses, cows, chickens, ducks, dogs, cats, and rabbits. She had an alpaca, at one time, but it died. She has also volunteered at a Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre where she took raptor classes, to work with falcons and hawks.