Samantha Mathis is an American actress. The daughter of actress Bibi Besch, Mathis made her film debut in Pump Up the Volume, and later co-starred or appeared in such films as Little Women, The American ...
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Movies
The Thing Called Love, Broken Arrow, Pump Up the Volume, The Punisher, Little Women, American Psycho, FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Atlas Shrugged: Part II, Jack and Sarah, The American President, Buried, The New Daughter, How to Make an American Quilt, Local Color, This Is My Life, Order of Chaos...
TV Shows
The Mists of Avalon, Harsh Realm, more
Star Sign
Taurus
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My mom always said, 'You got birthing hips'. Sometimes I wish they were a little smaller. But I don't want to look like a boy, you know?
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We have such an uptight relationship with nudity in America, and I think that's really unfortunate.
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[about having experienced strange reactions to on-the-job nudity in the past] People don't know whether to look at you or talk to you. And you feel... fine! People are talking about baseball stats, and you're just going, 'OK, you can be normal now!'.
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(On River Phoenix) I feel blessed to have worked with him and to have known him. He challenged me as an actress, he was always surprising and startlingly honest. He was an all too fleeting presence in my life, a beautiful young man. Who will always be in my heart.
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(On River Phoenix) "The nicest memory I have of him is when we went down to his family's property in Costa Rica, and we'd eat these mangoes for breakfast. River had them dripping all over him. When he ate, he ate with his hands. For me, he'll always be that beautiful, drippy mess."
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[on River Phoenix] River's death was a life changing experience for me. We all know that when anyone dies, it makes us look at life differently. Seeing someone so young and loving and full of life crumble and dies changed all my priorities. You know, it made me see what is really important and what isn't. Ultimately, I have really had to learn to laugh at life, too. Otherwise, it can all become too much.
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[About her role in The Mists of Avalon (2001), directed by German-born Uli Edel, specifically the infamous "threesome" scene]: The guys have on boxers, but I've just got, like, a piece of nude stretchy material taped to my breasts and my legs. And then suddenly Uli yells out of the darkness, "Remember you're doing it for ze kingdom, for ze kingdom!"
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Samantha says that kissing ex-boyfriend Christian Slater in Broken Arrow (1996) was "like kissing your brother".
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Fact
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Filming the movie, Damned (2008). [May 2007]
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Starring as "Maria Castle" in the blockbuster summer movie The Punisher (2004). [June 2004]
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Portraying Elena in the play "Uncle Vanya" in Seattle through July. [June 2007]
Launched a successful on-line flora design firm called Succulent LA with designer and partner Ryann Davis. Five percent of the proceeds go to the Green Coast Foundation.
Spoke fluent German from childhood, stemming from her Austrian royal ancestry.
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Played a victim of John Travolta in The Punisher (2004). Previously, she played the love interest of the main hero in Broken Arrow (1996), in which the villain was also played by Travolta.
$2 Million
