Samantha Mathis

Samantha Mathis

Biography

Samantha Mathis is an American actress and trade union leader who serves as the Vice President, Actors/Performers of SAG-AFTRA. Samantha Mathis was born in New York, to Donald Mathis and Austrian-born Bibi Besch, an aspiring actress at the time. Her maternal grandmother was actress Gusti Huber.

Her first acting job was in a commercial for baby products with her mother. Since her parents divorced when she was only three years old, Samantha was very exposed to the acting industry from a very young age, which made her almost destined to become an actress. Samantha’s first feature film was Pump Up the Volume (1990) opposite her on- and off-screen love at the time, Christian Slater.

Mathis met actor River Phoenix on the set of The Thing Called Love (1993) and the two started a relationship. She was with Phoenix on October 31, 1993, the night he died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital of a drug overdose after collapsing outside West Hollywood’s Viper Room.

n 2013, Mathis played psychiatrist Alice Calvert on the CBS television series Under the Dome, based on a novel by Stephen King. In 2014, she joined the cast of the FX horror drama series The Strain as Justine Feraldo, a New York City councilwoman for Staten Island.

Overview

  • Age:
    56 years old
  • Born:
    May 12, 1970

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Additional Information

Character Statistics

Statistics are updated daily. 2 characters

Roles

2 roles
  • Regular 0 · 0%
  • Recurring 1 · 50%
  • Guest 1 · 50%

Status

50% alive
  • Alive 1 · 50%
  • Dead 1 · 50%

Note: character roles may exceed the number of characters played, if the character appeared on multiple TV shows.

Characters

There are 2 characters listed for this actor; 1 is dead.

Alice Calvert

Alice Calvert

Under the Dome (recurring)
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Melanie Franks

Melanie Franks

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (guest)
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This page was last edited on January 28th, 2021.