Samaire Armstrong

Samaire Armstrong
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Born	Samaire Rhys Armstrong
Occupation(s)	Film, television actress
Years active	2000 - present

Samaire Rhys Armstrong (Template:PronEng "sah-MEE-rah"; born October 31, 1980) is an American actress.

Biography

Early life

Armstrong was born in Tokyo, Japan to a Scottish father, Hunter Armstrong, and an Italian mother, Sylvia. Her mother designs spas for resorts and her father teaches soldiers close combat training. Armstrong lived in Japan for several years, before moving to Hawaii and later Sedona, Arizona where she grew up and attended Sedona Red Rock High School. She has also lived in Malaysia and China. She attended the University of Arizona for a year to major in costume design and theatre, but dropped out because of the school drama department's policy of barring freshmen from involvement in productions. After her departure from school, she moved to Los Angeles.

Career

Armstrong's first major break into film acting was as one half of the conjoined twins the Fratelli sisters in the parody movie Not Another Teen Movie and the teen movie "It's a Boy Girl Thing" co-starring with Kevin Zegers in which she plays the hoplessly geeky teenager girl nell. Armstrong also had a recurring role on Freaks and Geeks, and had guest appearances on Judging Amy, Party of Five, C.S.I.: Miami, Numb3rs and the The X-Files. Armstrong appeared in The O.C. for one episode, and was brought back at fan request for several episodes of the first season. She also had a recurring role on the HBO television series Entourage. Her most recent film projects include Stay Alive, Just My Luck, and Rise. Armstrong was also a part of the cast in the drama Dirty Sexy Money, but in March 2008 it was reported that she will not return to the series as a regular cast member next season.

When not acting, Armstrong is often designing clothes for her own clothing brand, called NARU. Her line is currently only available in a few exclusive boutiques in Hawaii, but Armstrong is hoping to get stores also across the United States.

She has also appeared in music videos, including Hanson's "Penny and Me" and Daniel Powter's "Bad Day".

Personal life

Armstrong entered an "outpatient facility" due to "personal issues" in October 2007. She "decided to enter an outpatient facility to deal with some personal issues in a therapeutic atmosphere and is doing very well," her publicist said in a statement. She checked out after six weeks, but came back and stayed for three months.

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Samaire Armstrong in a random photoshoot

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role
2000	Party of Five	Meredith
	Freaks and Geeks	Laurie
	That's Life	Brittany
2001	The X-Files	Natalie Gordon
2003-2006	The O.C.	Anna Stern
2004-2005	Entourage	Emily
2007-2008	Dirty Sexy Money	Juliet Darling

Films

Year	Movie	Role
2001	Not Another Teen Movie	Kara Fratelli
2006	Stay Alive	Abigail
	Just My Luck	Maggie
	It's a Boy Girl Thing	Nell Bedworth
2007	Rise: Blood Hunter	Jenny
	Around June	June

External links

• Samaire Armstrong at IMDb
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• AskMen.com: Samaire Armstrong
• Maxim Magazine: Samaire Armstrong

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