Eva Amurri

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Eva Amurri
Born (1985-03-15) March 15, 1985 (age 39)
New York City, U.S.
Other namesEva Amurri Martino
Alma mater Brown University
Occupations
  • Actress
  • blogger
Years active1992–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2011;div. 2020)​

Ian Hock
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(m. 2024)​
Children3
Parent(s) Franco Amurri
Susan Sarandon
Relatives Antonio Amurri (grandfather)
Miles Robbins (half-brother)

Eva Amurri (born March 15, 1985) is an American actress.

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Early life

Eva Amurri was born on March 15, 1985, in New York City, to Italian film director Franco Amurri and American actress Susan Sarandon (whose mother's ancestry was Italian). Amurri was raised by her mother and her mother's long-time partner Tim Robbins. She has two maternal half-brothers, Jack and Miles, [1] as well as two paternal half-siblings, Leone and Augusta, from her father's marriage to Heide Lund, and two stepsisters, Tallulah and Ruby, from Lund's previous marriage to Lord Antony Isaacs, son of Michael Isaacs, 3rd Marquess of Reading. [2] [3]

She attended Friends Seminary (Manhattan) for middle school,[ citation needed ] and graduated from Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn, New York, and Brown University. [4] [5]

Career

Amurri had a role in the comedy film The Banger Sisters (2002), in which her mother starred, with Amurri playing the daughter of her mother's character. She guest-starred, along with her mother, on an episode of Friends in Season 7 Episode 15 ("The One with Joey's New Brain") in which she is slapped by Sarandon. In 2004, she appeared in Saved! . She guest-hosted Attack of the Show! with Kevin Pereira. In 2009, she had a role in the third season of the Showtime series Californication , where she played Jackie, a stripper, student and love interest of central character Hank Moody (David Duchovny). Amurri played the leading role in the 2008 film Middle of Nowhere .

In 2009, she appeared as Shelly in the episode "The Playbook" of How I Met Your Mother . [6] Amurri starred in the thriller film Isolation, directed by Stephen T. Kay. [7]

In 2010, she appeared in the Fox series House as Nicole in the episode "The Choice". In 2012, she appeared in Happy Madison Productions' That's My Boy as young Mary McGarricle. Her mother also appeared in the film as McGarricle's older self.

Amurri began her popular lifestyle blog "Happily Eva After" in 2015. [8]

Personal life

Amurri married former Major League Soccer player and former NBC Sports broadcaster Kyle Martino on October 29, 2011, in Charleston, South Carolina. [9] [10] They have three children: daughter Marlowe Mae was born on August 9, 2014, [11] son Major James was born on October 19, 2016 [12] and son Mateo Antoni was born March 13, 2020. [13] In August 2015, Amurri revealed she had a miscarriage at nine weeks. [14] On November 15, 2019, Amurri and Martino announced that they were separating, just two months after they announced they were expecting their third child together. [15] [16] As of March 2020, the couple finalized their divorce. [17] [18] [19] Amurri resides in Westport, Connecticut. [20] Amurri announced her engagement to chef Ian Hock in Paris, France over social media on February 21, 2023. Hock and Amurri had been dating two years. [21] She married Hock on June 29, 2024. [22]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Bob Roberts Child in hospital
1995 Dead Man Walking 9-year-old Helen Prejean
1999 Anywhere but Here Girl at Beverly Hills High School
2002 Made-Up Sara Tivey
The Banger Sisters Ginger Kingsley
2004 Saved! Cassandra Edelstein
2007 The Education of Charlie Banks Mary
The Life Before Her Eyes Maureen
2008 New York, I Love You SarahSegment: "Randy Balsmeyer"
Middle of Nowhere Grace Berry
AnimalsJane
2011IsolationAmy Moore
2012 That's My Boy Young Mary McGarricle
2013 AmeriQua Vicky
StagVeronica
2016 Mothers and Daughters Gayle

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Earthly Possessions Teenage girlTelevision film
2001 Friends Dina LockhartEpisode: "The One with Joey's New Brain"
2009 Californication Jackie9 episodes
2009, 2014 How I Met Your Mother Shelly2 episodes
2010 Mercy Sharra Kelly2 episodes
House Nicole MurrayEpisode: "The Choice"
Childrens Hospital Lovely NurseEpisode: "I Am Not Afraid of Any Ghost"
2011 Fish Hooks Bleak Molly (voice)Episode: "The Dark Side of the Fish"
2011, 2013 New Girl Beth2 episodes
2012 Guys with Kids Jennifer ThomasEpisode: "Chris' New Girlfriend"
2013 The Mindy Project Lucy2 episodes
2014 Undateable Sabrina8 episodes
2015 The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe Young Gladys Monroe MortensonMiniseries
2022 Monarch Young Dottie RomanRecurring role

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References

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  2. ↑ Amurri, Eva (March 11, 2019). "My Sibling Story". Happily Eva After. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  3. ↑ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 3, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 3299
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  8. ↑ "Happily Eva After (About)". November 5, 2015.
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