Samantha Mathis — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

Samantha Mathis (born May 12, 1970) is an American actress and trade union leader who serves as the Vice President of SAG-AFTRA. Mathis made her film debut in Pump Up the Volume (1990), and later co-starred or appeared in such films as FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Super Mario Bros. (1993), The Thing Called Love (1993), Little Women (1994), The American President (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), American Psycho (2000), and Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012).

Filmography

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2000 American Psycho Courtney Rawlinson

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Interesting facts

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Samantha's mother, professional actress Bibi Besch, divorced her husband when her daughter was two years old. Because there was no one to leave her daughter with, her mother took her along to rehearsals, so her entire childhood was spent on film sets. Samantha's grandmother, Gusti Huber, was also an actress who appeared in more than 20 films.