Amanda Righetti (born April 4, 1983 in St. George, Utah) is an American actress. She was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada and subsequently moved to Los Angeles to seek further acting opportunities. After securing a role in the pilot No Place Like Home, Righetti caught the eye of Fox executives. She played a regular guest character Hailey Nichol in the American teen drama The O.C. In the season finale of Season 2 of The O.C., her ex-boyfriend Jimmy Cooper jokes about life on the North Shore, the show she concurrently sta.