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Daveigh Chase

Acting

Born July 24, 1990 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Biography

Daveigh Elizabeth Chase was an American actress. She began her acting career as a child, portraying Samantha Darko in the psychological thriller film Donnie Darko (2001) and Samara Morgan in the American remake of the horror film The Ring (2002). She also provided the United States American English dub voice of Chihiro Ogino in the Studio Ghibli film Spirited Away (2001), Lilo Pelekai in the Disney animated film Lilo & Stitch (2002) and its related media franchise, and Betsy in Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures (2008). She later took on adult roles, including in the HBO drama series Big Love (2006–2011) and independent films such as Yellow (2012) and Jack Goes Home (2016). Chase received three awards from six nominations, including an Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting and an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain. Chase retired from acting in 2016 and died at the age of 35 from complications associated with AIDS on June 16, 2026.

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Awards & recognition

  • Annie Award · 2003
  • MTV Movie Award — Best Villain · 2003

Filmography27 titles

Charmed

1998as Young Christina Larson

Donnie Darko

2001as Samantha Darko

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

1996as Little Girl

ER

1994as Taylor Walker

Cold Case

2003as Ariel Shuman (1990)

Lilo & Stitch

2002as Lilo (voice)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000as Tessa Press

The Practice

1997as Jennifer Wakefield

Lilo & Stitch: The Series

2003as Lilo Pelekai (voice)

Without a Trace

2002as Diana Reed

Touched by an Angel

1994as Heather Albright

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001as Child Singer (scenes deleted)

Big Love

2006as Rhonda Volmer

The Ring

2002as Samara Morgan

Leroy & Stitch

2006as Lilo (voice)

Little Red Wagon

2012as Kelley Bonner

Stitch! The Movie

2003as Lilo (voice)

The Ring Two

2005as Samara (archive footage)

Carolina

2003as Young Georgia

Beethoven's 5th

2003as Sara Newton

Jack Goes Home

2016as Shanda

Killer Crush

2015as Paige York

Silence

2002as Rachel Pressman

S. Darko

2009as Samantha Darko

Wild in Blue

2015as Rachel

American Romance

2016as Krissy Madison

Her Married Lover

1999as Granddaughter