Samantha Mathis

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Samantha Mathis (born May 12, 1970) is an American actress and trade union leader who serves as the Vice President, Actors/Performers of SAG-AFTRA.

The daughter of actress Bibi Besch, 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), Little Women (1994), The American President (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), American Psycho (2000), The Punisher (2004), and Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012).

She has recently had recurring roles on The Strain as New York City Councilwoman Justine Feraldo, and Billions Taylor Mason Capital COO Sara Hammon.

Early life

Mathis was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, the daughter of Donald Mathis and Austrian-born actress Bibi Besch. Her parents divorced when she was two years old, and Mathis was brought up by her mother. She relocated with her mother to Los Angeles, California, at the age of five. Mathis's mother discouraged her from pursuing acting, but growing up on locations, in theaters, and in acting classes, Mathis knew she wanted to act. She decided to become an actress at the age of twelve.

Personal life

Mathis met actor River Phoenix on the set of the 1993 film The Thing Called Love. Soon thereafter, she broke up with boyfriend John Leguizamo and started a relationship with Phoenix. She was with Phoenix on October 31, 1993, the night he died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital of a drug overdose after collapsing outside The Viper Room in West Hollywood, California. In the autopsy report, the LASD detailed that Mathis refused several times to give more details surrounding the death of Phoenix and had told deputies at the time of Phoenix's death that she had no knowledge of his drug use. Mathis took a role in the film Jack and Sarah (1995), which was shot in London, in order to get out of the country after Phoenix's death because of the excessive press coverage.

Mathis spoke for the first time publicly about the death of Phoenix in an interview with The Guardian in 2018. She elaborated on the circumstances surrounding Phoenix's death: "I knew something was wrong that night, something I didn’t understand. I didn’t see anyone doing drugs but he was high in a way that made me feel uncomfortable...the heroin that killed him didn’t happen until he was in the Viper Room. I have my suspicions about what was going on, but I didn’t see anything."

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Career

Mathis began professionally at the age of 16. "Always Slender Pads – Just For Teens" was her first job. From 1988 to 1989, she appeared in the television series Aaron's Way and Knightwatch. Nora in Pump Up the Volume (1990), opposite Christian Slater, who briefly dated her at the time, was her first starring role in a film. Mathis dyed her natural blonde hair black for the role in an effort to turn her image from sweet and innocent to strong-willed.

Mathis appeared in the television series Extreme Close-Up, 83 Hours 'til Dawn, and To My Daughter in 1990. Mathis and Slater appeared in the animated film FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992). She appeared in This Is My Life (1992), written and directed by Nora Ephron, who played an insecure teenager. Mathis appeared in the play Fortinbras in New York City in October 1992. Super Mario Bros. (1993), in which she starred Princess Daisy from the famous Nintendo video game, was a box-office bomb, but it has since been revived to a cult following.

Mathis appeared in The Thing Called Love (1993), co-starring River Phoenix. She appeared in the 1994 film version of Little Women and in How to Make an American Quilt (1995), both starring Winona Ryder. She appeared in The American President (1995), as the assistant to the President of the United States. Mathis appeared in Christian Slater and John Travolta in John Woo's Broken Arrow (1996). After her mother died of breast cancer in 1996, she took a year off acting.

Mathis appeared in American Psycho (2000), a film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' 1991 book of the same name. She appeared in Attraction (2000) and in The Simian Line (2001). She appeared in The Mists of Avalon, a TNT television miniseries. (2001) Mathis appeared in The Punisher (2004) with Thomas Jane. Olivia Goodspeed appeared on ABC television show Lost as Olivia Goodspeed. In the Broadway show "33 Variations," Jane Fonda's daughter appeared. At the 2010 SXSW Film Festival, her indie film Lebanon, PA, had its world premiere. In October 2011, she appeared in Love, Loss, and What I Wore at New York City's Westside Theatre, off-Broadway.

Mathis played psychiatrist Alice Calvert on CBS' television series Under the Dome, based on Stephen King's novel. Justine Feraldo, a New York City councilwoman for Staten Island, appeared in FX horror drama series The Strain in 2014.

Mathias was elected National Vice President of SAG-AFTRA in October 2015 and was named National Vice President Actors/Performers. In 2017, she was re-elected.

Kate Conlee in Make Believe, a Bess Wohl staged at the Second Stage Theater in 2019, appeared Off-Broadway. Michael Greif was the director.

Whisper House's 2020 performance was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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