Samantha Clayton | |
Continuity: | Arrow |
Notability: | Minor character |
Gender: | Female |
Race: | Human |
Location: | Starling City, California |
Status: | Alive |
First: | "Seeing Red" |
Actor: | Anna Hopkins |
Samantha Clayton is a minor character featured in the CW Network television series Arrow. Played by actress Anna Hopkins, she appeared in flashback scenes in episode 2x20, "Seeing Red".
Overview[]
Samantha was a young woman that Oliver Queen dated some time prior to his journey to Lian Yu. Sandra became pregnant with Oliver's child, much to the chagrin of his mother, who felt that Ollie was too young and irresponsible to bear such a burden. Moira paid Samantha to go away and she fabricated a story about losing the child.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Samantha Clayton was created by director Douglas Aarniokoski and script writers Wendy Mericle and Beth Schwartz.
- Samantha is based on the comic book character of Sandra Hawke, who was created by writer Kelley Puckett and artist Jim Aparo and was introduced in the pages of Green Arrow, Volume 2 #91.
- Actress Anna Hopkins is also known for playing the role of Jessica "Berlin" Rainer on episodes from season two of the Syfy series Defiance.
Appearances[]
- Arrow: Seeing Red (1st appearance; Flashback only)
- Arrow: Legends of Yesterday
- Arrow: Taken