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Who is Samantha Mathis?

Samantha Mathis was born on the 12th May 1970 in Brooklyn, New York. She is an actress, the daughter of actress Bibi Besch, and granddaughter of actress Gusti Huber. Her parents divorced when she was 2 years old, she was raised by her mother. She relocated to Los Angeles, California at the age of 5. Her mother discouraged her from pursuing acting, but growing up on locations, in theatres, and in acting classes, Mathis knew she wanted to act. Her first starring role in a feature film was that of Nora in Pump Up the Volume in 1990, opposite Christian Slater, whom she briefly dated at the time. Samantha and actor River Phoenix fell in love with when they starred in The Thing Called Love in 1993. She was with him the night that he died outside of the Los Angeles nightclub, The Viper Room on Halloween, 1993. She again co-starred with Christian Slater in John Woo's Broken Arrow in 1996. She is a vegetarian. Considering her nearly eighteen years in the industry she hasn't made a lot of appearances, so far she has only been credited in ten movies and has had four one episode guest appearances on television.