Early life

Samantha Shelton was born in Los Angeles, California, to director Christopher and Carol Stromme. She has three older sisters, Koren, Erin and fellow actress Marley Shelton. Shelton studied acting while attending the North Carolina School of the Arts, and at the Los Angeles High School of the Arts.

Career

Acting career

Her debut was as a waitress in the film Hairshirt, before several television guest roles, including a recurring role on Judging Amy. She had a supporting role in White Oleander as a pregnant girl in foster care. In 2003, she starred alongside her sister Marley in the independent film Moving Alan and she played the best friend roles in Learning Curves and Shopgirl. She also played a receptionist in the independent hit Ellie Parker. Some of her scenes were cut, but can be found in the 'special features' section of the DVD.

In early 2006, Shelton completed filming for the independent film Marcus, which is currently being distributed at film festivals and trying to secure a cinematic release.

In 2006, she starred in Monarch Cove, a TV series shown on Lifetime Network.

Music career

From 2001 to 2005, Shelton performed in the jazz cabaret act If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies with fellow actress Zooey Deschanel.
Shelton has released three EPs: Are You Kidding Around?, Cranky Moon and Sea Legs.

Personal life

She is the sister of actress Marley Shelton. She is married to writer Steven Davis and has a son, Lazlo.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Hairshirt	Waitress #2
2002	Sorority Boys	Makeup Salesgirl
2002	White Oleander	Yvonne
2003	Moving Alan	Emily Manning
2003	Learning Curves	Cleo
2005	Ellie Parker	Rainbow
2005	Shopgirl	Loki
2006	Marcus	Kate
2007	Rise: Blood Hunter	LA Weekly Editor
2009	Women in Trouble	Singer
2009	Tip, TheThe Tip		Short film
2011	Girl Walks into a Bar
2011	6 Month Rule	Melissa
2011	Maja and Ike	Maja	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Freaks and Geeks	Heidi Henderson	"We've Got Spirit"
2000-2001	Judging Amy	Evie Martell	Recurring role
2001	Gilmore Girls	Libby Doty	"Presenting Lorelai Gilmore"
2002	Roswell	Connie Griffin	"Crash"
2002	Charmed	Selena	"Witch Way Now?"
2002	Another Pretty Face	Hairdresser	TV film
2003	One Tree Hill	Reagan	"Unaired Pilot"
2003	CSI: Miami	Crystal Sherwood	"Hard Time"
2006	Gilmore Girls	Walker	"Bridesmaids Revisited"
2006	Conviction	Diane Kastle	"Savasana", "Madness", "Indiscretion"
2006	Monarch Cove	Kathy Foster	Main role
2007	Christmas at Cadillac Jack's	Billie	TV film
2008	House	Emmy	"Let Them Eat Cake"
2009	Eleventh Hour	Gretchen Morris	"Olfactus"
2009	Cleaner, TheThe Cleaner	Jenny	"The Turtle & The Butterfly"
2009	Castle	Vixen	"Vampire Weekend"
2010	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Machine Gun Chick	"Take My Life, Please"
2011	Criminal Minds	Yolanda	"With Friends Like These"
2011	Bones	Antonia 'Toni' Lawrence	"The Twist in the Twister"
2012	Bob's Burgers	Amanda / Misty Gish (voice)	"Full Bars", "The Kids Run the Restaurant"
2013	Bob's Burgers	Susan (voice)	"My Big Fat Greek Bob"
2015	House Hunters Renovation	Herself	She and her husband are searching Los Angeles for a perfect home.

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