Arija Bareikis (born July 21 1966) is an American actress. She starred alongside Rob Schneider as Kate in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999).

Bareikis was born in Bloomington, Indiana. Her surname is of Lithuanian origin. She is a 1988 graduate of Stanford University. Her father is a professor of Germanic literature at Indiana University.

Arija Bareikis was born on 21 July 1966 in Bloomington, Indiana. After graduating from Stanford University, she worked as a paralegal for a while, but finally decided to become an actress, so she attended acting lessons in New York. She has appeared in stage plays, TV shows and several movies such as Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999).