# Eva Amurri

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

## 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, 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.
She attended Friends Seminary (Manhattan) for middle school, and graduated from Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn, New York, and Brown University.

## 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. Amurri starred in the thriller film Isolation, directed by Stephen T. Kay.
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.

## Personal life

Amurri married former Major League Soccer player and former NBC Sports broadcaster Kyle Martino on October 29, 2011, in Charleston, South Carolina. They have three children: daughter Marlowe Mae was born on August 9, 2014, son Major James was born on October 19, 2016 and son Mateo Antoni was born March 13, 2020. In August 2015, Amurri revealed she had a miscarriage at nine weeks. 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. As of March 2020, the couple finalized their divorce. Amurri resides in Westport, Connecticut. 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. She married Hock on June 29, 2024.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 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 | |
| 2002 | The Banger Sisters | Ginger Kingsley | |
| 2004 | Saved! | Cassandra Edelstein | |
| 2007 | The Education of Charlie Banks | Mary | |
| 2007 | The Life Before Her Eyes | Maureen | |
| 2008 | New York, I Love You | Sarah | Segment: "Randy Balsmeyer" |
| 2008 | Middle of Nowhere | Grace Berry | |
| 2008 | Animals | Jane | |
| 2011 | Isolation | Amy Moore | |
| 2012 | That's My Boy | Young Mary McGarricle | |
| 2013 | AmeriQua | Vicky | |
| 2013 | Stag | Veronica | |
| 2016 | Mothers and Daughters | Gayle | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | Earthly Possessions | Teenage girl | Television film |
| 2001 | Friends | Dina Lockhart | Episode: "The One with Joey's New Brain" |
| 2009 | Californication | Jackie | 9 episodes |
| 2009, 2014 | How I Met Your Mother | Shelly | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Mercy | Sharra Kelly | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | House | Nicole Murray | Episode: "The Choice" |
| 2010 | Childrens Hospital | Lovely Nurse | Episode: "I Am Not Afraid of Any Ghost" |
| 2011 | Fish Hooks | Bleak Molly (voice) | Episode: "The Dark Side of the Fish" |
| 2011, 2013 | New Girl | Beth | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Guys with Kids | Jennifer Thomas | Episode: "Chris' New Girlfriend" |
| 2013 | The Mindy Project | Lucy | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Undateable | Sabrina | 8 episodes |
| 2015 | The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe | Young Gladys Monroe Mortenson | Miniseries |
| 2022 | Monarch | Young Dottie Roman | Recurring role |