Detailed Biography

Eva Maria Livia Amurri is an American actress.

Early life

Amurri was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Italian director Franco Amurri, and American actress Susan Sarandon, who has Italian, Welsh, Irish and English ancestry. Her grandfather was television author Antonio Amurri, and her aunt is television author Valentina Amurri.

Career

Amurri had a role in the 2002 film The Banger Sisters, in which her mother starred, and guest-starred on an episode of Friends in Season 7 titled The One with Joey's New Brain along with her mother. In 2004, she appeared in Saved! , which remains her largest role to date. Eva graduated from Saint Ann's School and Brown University in 2007.

She recently guest hosted Attack of the Show with Kevin Pereira.

Eva is currently acting in the Showtime series Californication, where she plays Jackie, a stripper who is also Hank Moody's student and love interest.

In 2009 she appeared in an episode of How I Met Your Mother as Shelly in the episode "The Playbook."