Poppy Montgomery (born Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue) is the actress who portrayed Samantha Spade. She is married and a mother of a 6 years old boy, Jackson, (who the father is Adam Kaufman and the godfather is Anthony LaPaglia and a 1 year old girl, Violet (with her actual husband, Shawn Sanford). Like Anthony LaPaglia she is Australian. She is best friends with Anthony LaPaglia.