Samantha Shelton (born 15 November 1978) is an American actress.
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. Samantha studied acting whilst attending the North Carolina School of the Arts, and at the Los Angeles High School for the Arts.
Her debut was in the film Hairshirt as a waitress, 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 indie hit Ellie Parker. Some of her scenes were cut, but can be found in the 'special features' section of the DVD. Most notably, she was to be casted as the "Reagan", the best friend of Lucas on One Tree Hill, but those plans were scrapped and the role was later re-casted and turned into Haley.
In early 2006, she completed filming for the independent film Marcus, which is currently being distributed at film festivals and trying to secure a cinematic release.
As of November 2006, she is starring in Monarch Cove, a TV series.
She is sister-in-law of film producer Beau Flynn. She sings with fellow actress Zooey Deschanel in a cabaret band called If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies.
