Armstrong on the cover of Elle Girl Samaire Rhys Armstrong (born October 31, 1980) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Emily on Entourage and as Anna Stern on The O.C. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 2 Selected filmography 3 External links Biography Early life Armstrong was born in Tokyo, Japan to American parents; her first name, pronounced sɑmɪːrɑ, is Celtic. She lived in Japan for several years, before moving to Hawaii and later Sedona, Arizona where she grew up. Armstrong attended the University of Arizona, but dropped out because of the school drama department's policy of barring freshmen from involvement in productions. Afterwards, she moved to Los Angeles. She is now dating Kevin Banek. Career Her 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". Armstrong also had a recurring role on Freaks and Geeks, and had guest appearances on Judging Amy, Party of Five, C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation and the X-Files. She was romantically linked to actor Aaron Paul. Armstrong appeared in The O.C. for one episode, and was brought back at fan request for several episodes of the first season. She can be currently seen on the HBO Television Series Entourage. Her most recent projects include the films Stay Alive, Just My Luck and Rise. She has since returned to The O.C. starting episode 22 of season 3. When not acting, Armstrong is often designing clothes for her own clothing brand called NARU. She has also appeared in music videos such as in Hanson's Penny and Me and Daniel Powter's Bad Day. Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes 2006 Just My Luck Maggie Stay Alive Abigail 2001 Not Another Teen Movie Kara Fratelli External links Samaire Armstrong at the Internet Movie Database AskMen.com: Samaire Armstrong Maxim Magazine: Samaire Armstrong Search Term: "Samaire_Armstrong" Categories: 1980 births | American film actors | American television actors | Living people | The O.C. | People from Arizona | People from Tokyo | Film actors