Samantha Mathis
Samantha Mathis (born May 12, 1970 in New York City ) is an American actress .
life and career
Mathis was born in Brooklyn . Her mother, Bibi Besch , was an Austrian actress who emigrated to the USA in the early 1960s. She is therefore also the granddaughter of Gusti Huber and Gotfrid Köchert . At the age of three, Mathis saw her parents divorce and stayed with her mother. When she was five, Mathis moved with her mother to Los Angeles County , California . Inspired by her mother, Mathis later decided to become an actress at the age of twelve.
She was able to achieve this at the age of sixteen and get her first supporting roles in television series. She played her first major role in the film Hart auf Sendung (1990), in which she starred alongside Christian Slater . She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her role in the 1992 film Showtime , in which she played alongside Carrie Fisher and Dan Aykroyd . In the film The Thing Called Love (1993) by Peter Bogdanovich , she played alongside River Phoenix , with whom she had a relationship and whom she accompanied on the night of his death.
In 1994 she played one of the March sisters in the film drama Betty and Her Sisters. In 1995 she starred in the romance Hello Mr. President alongside Michael Douglas as his assistant. Again she played the role of a national park guard in the film Operation - Broken Arrow (1996) by John Woo, alongside Slater . In 2000 she appeared in a supporting role in American Psycho and in 2001 in The Mists of Avalon in the role of Gwenhwyfar. In 2004 she played the wife of the title hero in the comic book adaptation The Punisher in a supporting role.
In the second part of the film adaptation of the Ayn Rand bestseller Atlas throws off the world ( Atlas Shrugged ), she embodied Dagny Taggart in one of the leading roles in 2012.
Due to her Austrian origins, Mathis speaks fluent German . She is a vegetarian and a good friend of Sandra Bullock , with whom she played in The Thing Called Love .
Filmography (selection)
- 1988–1989: Knightwatch (TV series)
- 1989: Forbidden Sun
- 1990: Hard on the air (Pump Up the Volume)
- 1992: Showtime - Help My Mom is a Star (This Is My Life)
- 1993: Super Mario Bros .
- 1993: The Music of Chance (The Music of Chance)
- 1993: The Thing Called Love (The Thing Called Love)
- 1994: Betty and Her Sisters (Little Women)
- 1994: FernGully - Christa and Zak's Adventures in the Rainforest (FernGully: The Last Rainforest)
- 1995: An American Quilt (How to Make an American Quilt)
- 1995: Jack and Sarah (Jack & Sarah)
- 1995: Hello, Mr. President (The American President)
- 1996: Operation: Broken Arrow (Broken Arrow)
- 1998: Waiting for Woody (short film)
- 1999: Virtual Reality (TV series)
- 2000: Seance - News from Beyond (The Simian Line)
- 2000: American Psycho
- 2001: The Mists of Avalon (The Mists of Avalon)
- 2003, 2014, 2020: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2004: Salem's Lot - Salem must burn (Salem's Lot)
- 2004: The Punisher
- 2005: Believe in Me
- 2006: The colors of autumn (Local Color)
- 2006: Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King ( Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King , miniseries)
- 2009: The New Daughter
- 2009: Grey's Anatomy (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2010: Buried - buried alive (Buried)
- 2012: Atlas Shrugged Part II
- 2013: Under the Dome (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 2013: 10 Rules for Sleeping Around
- 2014: Affluenza
- 2015–2016: The Strain (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2016: American Idyll (American Pastoral)
- 2017: Ray Meets Helen
- 2018: Boarding School
- 2018: The Clovehitch Killer
- 2018: Being Frank
- 2019: Into the Dark (TV series, episode 1x08)
- 2019: Bull (TV series, episode 4x09)
- since 2019: Billions (TV series)
Web links
- Samantha Mathis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mathis, Samantha |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1970 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York City , United States |