Lara Jill Miller. Actress: Gimme a Break!. Perhaps best known for her six seasons on camera as tomboy Samantha on NBC's hit sitcom Gimme A Break!, Lara Jill began her career on tour and Broadway in The Music Man with Dick Van Dyke. Lara Jill graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude from New York University and then Fordham School of Law. She passed the Bar Exam in three...