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Samantha Weinstein
Samantha Weinstein
	Weinstein at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2011
Born	Samantha Gail Weinstein; March 20, 1995; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	May 14, 2023 (aged 28); Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–2023
Notable work	Heather in Carrie; Audrey O'Hara in Jesus Henry Christ; Sloane Plunderman in D.N. Ace
Spouse	Michael Knutson (m. 2022)

Samantha Gail Weinstein (March 20, 1995 – May 14, 2023) was a Canadian actress.

Life and work

Samantha Gail Weinstein was born in Toronto, Ontario on March 20, 1995. She began her professional acting career at the age of 6. By 2008, at the age of 13, she had appeared in the films Siblings in 2004,^[1] Big Girl in 2005,^[2] Ninth Street Chronicles in 2006,^[3] The Stone Angel in 2007, and Toronto Stories in 2008.^[4]

In February 2006, the 10-year-old Weinstein won the ACTRA Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female for her work in Big Girl,^[5]^[6] the youngest performer ever to win that award.^[7]

She was also a prolific voice actor, working in many cartoons right up until the last few weeks before her death, and was a singer and guitarist in the garage rock band Killer Virgins.^[7]

Death

On May 14, 2023, Weinstein died at the age of 28, following from her two and a half year battle with ovarian cancer at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, Ontario.^[7]^[8]

^[9]^[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Siblings	Danielle
2005	Big Girl	Josephine	Short film
2006	Ninth Street Chronicles	Sara	Short film
2007	The Stone Angel	Child Hagar Currie
2008	Toronto Stories	Cayle
2008	The Rocker	Violet	Supporting role
2010	Babar and the Adventures of Badou	Chiku	Voice
2012	Jesus Henry Christ	Audrey O'Hara	Main role
2013	Carrie	Heather	Supporting role
2013	Haunter	Frances Nichols
2015	Reign	Brooke

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	The Red Green Show	Sam the Brownie	Episode: "The Spelling Bee"
2004	72 Hours: True Crime	Lindsay	Episode: "The Game"
	XPM	Emma MacDonald
	The Winning Season	Reeny Soshack	TV film
2005	Zoe Busiek: Wild Card	Young Zoe	Episode: "A Whisper from Zoe's Sister"
2005	At the Hotel	Piper	Recurring role (4 episodes)
2005–2007	Gerald McBoing Boing	Janine	Voice, recurring role
2005	Swarmed	Cindy Orsow	TV film
2008	The Border	Katie Johanson	Episode: "Grave Concern"
	Super Why!	Swan Maiden	Voice, 2 episodes
	Céline: Her Life Story	Margaret	TV film
2009	Maggie Hill	Emily Ransom	TV film
2009	Being Erica	Young Erica	Episode: "Adultescence"
2010	Less Than Kind	Jen	Episode: "Coming Home"
2010–2012	Babar and the Adventures of Badou	Chiku	Voice, recurring role (26 episodes)
2012	Copper	Kayleigh O'Connor	Episode: "In the Hands of an Angry God"
2014	Darknet	Heather	Episode: "Darknet 3"
2016	The ZhuZhus	Mindy Gelato	Voice, recurring role
2017	Alias Grace	Effie	Recurring role (3 episodes)
2017	Wishfart	Finnula	Voice, recurring role
2019–2020	D.N. Ace	Sloane Plunderman	Voice, main role
2020-2022	Let's Go Luna!	Gina, Harmony	Voice, episode: "Arrievederci Aqua!" "Love and Harmony"
2021–2023	Dino Ranch	Clara Tinhorn	Voice
2023	FLCL: Grunge	Akira, Saya	Voice, episode: "Shonari" "Orinoko"

Awards and nominations

ACTRA Award, won Outstanding Performance – Female, 2005, Big Girl.^[6]
Cyprus International Film Festival, won Special Mention for an actress's leading role in a short film, 2007, Big Girl.
Austin Film Festival, awarded Special Jury Mention for her performance, 2007, Ninth Street Chronicles.^[11]

References

^ Rita Zekas, "Step-sibling survivalry". Toronto Star, September 18, 2004.
^ Gayle MacDonald, "Twinkle, twinkle little star". The Globe and Mail, September 10, 2005.
^ "Toronto child actor Samantha Weinstein to make third appearance at TIFF". Canadian Press, July 21, 2006.
^ Rita Zekas, "At 13, already a TIFF veteran; Samantha Weinstein in their 6th festival film with Toronto Stories". Toronto Star, September 5, 2008.
^ "Tom McCamus, Samantha Weinstein win ACTRA Awards". The Daily Gleaner, February 25, 2006.
^ ^a ^b Gayle MacDonald, "A best actress at 10, they already wants to direct". The Globe and Mail, March 6, 2006.
^ ^a ^b ^c Puzic, Sonja (May 24, 2023). "'Embodiment of a sunbeam': Canadian actor, musician Samantha Weinstein dies at 28". The Canadian Press. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
^ Vlessing, Etan (May 25, 2023). "Canadian Actress Samantha Weinstein Dies at 28". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
^ Evans, Greg (May 25, 2023). "Samantha Weinstein Dies: 'Alias Grace', 'Carrie' Remake Actor Was 28". Deadline. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
^ Weinstein, Samantha (July 15, 2022). "'What's the best thing that ever happened to me? Easy. Getting cancer.': Cancer patient shares beautiful love story, self discovery". Love What Matters. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
^ Bauder, Sarah (October 10, 2013). "Breakthrough Jew – Samantha Weinstein". shalomlife.com. Archived from the original on December 25, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.