Poppy Montgomery (born 19 June 1972) is an Australian actress. She is best known as Samantha Spade in the American television series Without a Trace. Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue was born in Sydney, Australia, the daughter of Nicola (née Montgomery), an executive and market researcher, and Phil Donahue, a restaurateur. Her parents named her and her sisters (Rosie Thorn, Daisy Yellow, Lily Belle and Marigold Sun) after flowers, and their brother after Jethro Tull. She attended the Ascham School, Edgecliff, New South Wales. Montgomery and boyfriend, actor Adam Kaufman, have a son together.