praised by critics. In 2007, Armstrong starred in a relatively small supporting role as Jenny in the horror film Rise: Blood Hunter alongside Lucy Liu. The film was a box office and critical failure. She also had a leading role portraying Caitlin Atwater in the Lifetime film The Staircase Murders. The film follows the real-life crimes of Michael Peterson who was convicted in 2003 of pushing his wife down the stairs. The film received mixed reviews. In 2008, Armstrong starred the independent romance film Around June. The film follows a young woman who finds love with an illegal immigrant whose love changes her life. Filming took place in San Francisco, California, in 2008. The film played at the Santa Cruz Festival in 2009. Armstrong has since been cast in another independent film, a crime thriller The Last Harbor, which released in 2010. She also starred in another thriller, 5 Souls, in 2013. Personal life Armstrong entered an "outpatient facility" in October 2007 "to deal with some personal issues." She checked out after six weeks but returned and stayed for another three months. In December 2012, Armstrong and her then-boyfriend Jason Christopher welcomed their first child, a boy. She lives in Sedona, Arizona where she went to school as a teen. In 2022, she ran for and lost the Sedona mayoral election. Armstrong is a conservative and voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. In 2020, she was criticized after erroneously claiming that "BLM is a billion dollar domestic terrorist organization" on her Instagram. Filmography Film Television Music videos References External links YouTube: Samaire Armstrong Instagram: Samaire Armstrong AskMen.com: Samaire Armstrong 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Arizona Actresses from Tokyo American film actresses American people of Italian descent American people of Scottish descent American people of Welsh descent American television actresses American expatriates in Japan Anti-black racism in the United States Critics of Black Lives Matter Living people People from Sedona, Arizona 1980 births