- Her name is pronounced Sah-mee-rah.
- Her parents initially pronounced her name "Sam-air" for 3 months until they were taught how to pronounce it in its proper Irish form.
- Her father is Scottish and her mother is Italian.
- Name means 'dawning sun' in Irish.
- Was born in Japan and lived there for several years (learning judo in the process) before moving to Hawaii and later Arizona.
- Has her own fashion label, NARU.
- Graduated from Sedona Red Rock High School; played volleyball for two years before turning her attention to drama.
- Gave birth to her 1st child at age 32, a son name Calin Armstrong Christopher, in December 2012. Child's father is her ex-boyfriend, Jason Christopher.
- Enrolled at the University of Arizona for a year to major in costume design and theater but left after a year.
- Entered an outpatient facility due to "personal issues", but continued to work on her TV series, Dirty Sexy Money (2007) [October 12, 2007].
- Was cast in almost all of her high school productions after she got into acting.
- Named #55 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
- Was the October 2007 entry in Stuff magazine's 2006-2007 pin up calendar.
- Attended the University of Arizona with actress Heather Blair and basketball player Luke Walton.
- In Rockport, Massachusetts filming The Last Harbor (2010) (aka "The Hatteras"), with Wade Williams of Prison Break (2005). (December 2008)
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