Amber Leann Portwood is an American reality TV personality and has been convicted of a felony. Originally from Anderson, Indiana, she is best known for her roles in the 2009 reality TV series 16 and Pregnancy, which document the history of pregnancy and the first months of motherhood for several teenage girls. Portwood received special public attention in 2010 when an episode recorded Portwood's domestic violence against his partner, Gary Shirley, with Portwood finally jailed for it. and other crimes. She also abuses her third partner, Andrew Glennon. Portwood was also cast in the Teen Mom sub-series, and appeared in each of its four seasons until its end in 2012. In March 2015, Portwood, alongside Maci McKinney, Catelynn Baltierra and Farrah Abraham , returned to MTV in the fifth season of the season show, renamed Teen Mom OG.

She got her start on MTV's 16 and Pregnant, when she co-starred with her then-girlfriend Amber Portwood. Later, he and his child, Leah Leann Shirley, appeared in the Teen Mom spinoff.