| Nick Name: |
Sammy
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| Height: |
5'5"
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| Birthplace: |
Brooklyn,
New York, USA
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| Date of Birth: |
May 12,
1970
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| Husband/Partner: |
Still Dating
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| Contact Info: |
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| Personal
Quote: |
"She
says that kissing Christian Slater in Broken
Arrow was "like kissing your brother".
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Samantha
Mathis was born in 1970 to Bibi Besch, an aspiring
actress living in New York at the time. At six months
of age, Samantha was taken to an audition for Final
Touch baby products with her mother since there
was no one to look after her that day. As Besch
waited for her turn, someone involved with the commercial
approached her, admiring the young baby she was
holding. When they saw Samantha, they instantly
knew that she would be prefect as the child in the
commercial, so her mother said that they could have
Samantha if she herself could play the part that
she had been waiting to audition for. That's how
Samantha got her first acting job, and her first
job with her mother, but not their last together.
At a young age, the experience of witnessing a fire
caused Samantha to dream about becoming a fire fighter,
but Samantha was obviously destined to be an actress.
Her parents had divorced when she was only two years
old, so she had been to auditions and on movie sets
all her life with her mother.
Although
she appeared in a commercial for Slender Pads For
Teens, Samantha didn't really get into acting again
until 1988 when she was in the TV movie Aaron's
Way: The Harvest and the television series "Aaron's
Way" in which she played Roseanne Miller. She also
acted in the short-lived TV show "Knightwatch" that
same year. Although those shows were unsuccessful,
they did give Samantha experience in acting, and
she was soon cast in Forbidden Sun, a movie concerning
the rape of a young gymnast in which she played
Paula with Lauren Hutton. Samantha Mathis is one
of Hollywood's fastest rising stars, so don't be
surprised if you see her in many more movies in
the near future. |
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Last
Update:
June 15, 2003
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Films:
Attraction (2000)
American Psycho (2000)
The Simian Line (2000)
Freak City (1999)
Waiting for Woody (1998)
Sweet Jane (1998)
Museum of Love (1996)
Broken Arrow (1996)
The American President (1995)
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
Jack and Sarah (1995)
Little Women (1994)
The Thing Called Love (1993)
The Music of Chance (1993)
Super Mario Brothers (1993)
This Is My Life (1992)
Forbidden Sun (1989)
Made for TV:
Collected Stories (2002)
Mermaid (2000)
To My Daughter (1990)
83 Hours 'Til Dawn (1990)
Extreme Close-Up (1990)
Pump Up the Volume (1990)
American Nuclear (1989)
Cold Sassy Tree (1989)
Aaron's Way: The Harvest (1988)
Direct to Video: None
TV Shows:
The Mists of Avalon (2001)
First Years (2001)
Harsh Realm (1999)
Knightwatch (1988)
Aaron's Way (1988
Cartoon Voices: FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
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