Eva Amurri (born March 15, 1985) is an American lifestyle blogger and

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Early life

Amurri was born on March 15, 1985 in New York City, to Italian director

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and American actress

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(whose mother's ancestry was Italian). Amurri was raised by her mother and long-time partner

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. She has two maternal half-brothers, Jack and

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, as well as two paternal half-siblings from her father's marriage to Heide Lund, Leone and Augusta, and two stepsisters, Tallulah and Ruby, from Lund's previous marriage to a British aristocrat. She attended

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(Manhattan) for middle school, and graduated from Saint Ann's School in

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, New York, and

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Career

Amurri had a role in the 2002 film ''

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'', 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 ''

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'' in Season 7 Episode 15 (" The One with Joey's New Brain") in which she is slapped by Sarandon. In 2004, she appeared in ''

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''. She guest-hosted ''

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'' with

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. She had a role in the third season of the Showtime series ''

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'', where she played Jackie, a stripper, student and love interest of central character Hank Moody. Amurri played the leading role in the 2008 film '' Middle of Nowhere''. In 2009, she appeared as Shelly in the episode " The Playbook" of ''

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''. Amurri starred in the thriller film ''Isolation'', directed by Stephen T. Kay. In 2010, she appeared in the Fox series ''

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'' as Nicole in the episode " The Choice". In 2012, she appeared in

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' '' 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

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player and former

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on October 29, 2011, in

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. 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

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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

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

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