Samantha Mathis

Samantha Mathis

1970-05-12 Brooklyn, New York, USA 53 Credits

Biography

Samantha Mathis (born May 12, 1970) is an American actress and trade union leader who serves as the Vice President of SAG-AFTRA. Mathis made her film debut in Pump Up the Volume (1990), and later co-starred or appeared in such films as FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Super Mario Bros. (1993), The Thing Called Love (1993), Little Women (1994), The American President (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), American Psycho (2000), and Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012).

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Isle Child

Isle Child

2025

as Carey Miller

Acting

When a Korean-American adoptee discovers his birthmother is terminally ill, he must decide whether to preserve his American identity or uncover his va...

By Design

By Design

2025

as Lisa

Acting

A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair.

The Exorcism

The Exorcism

2024

as Jennifer Simon

5.1
Acting

A troubled actor begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film, leading his estranged daughter to wonder if he's slipping back into his ...

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

2023

as Kathy Crandall

5.6
Acting

In 1969, young Jud Crandall has dreams of leaving his hometown behind, but soon discovers sinister secrets buried within and is forced to confront a d...

12 Desperate Hours

12 Desperate Hours

2023

as Val

6.1
Acting

It centers on Val who finds herself and her young children held hostage by Denny when he forces his way into her house after committing murder that da...

Being Frank

Being Frank

2019

as Bonnie

6.6
Acting

A seventeen-year-old boy blackmails his father after discovering his secret second family

All That We Destroy

All That We Destroy

2019

as Dr. Victoria Harris

6.0
Acting

A geneticist who fears that her son may be becoming a serial killer creates a group of clones in an attempt to cure him of his psychopathic tendencies...

The Clovehitch Killer

The Clovehitch Killer

2018

as Cindy

6.4
Acting

A picture-perfect family is torn apart after Tyler finds a cache of disturbing images in his father's possession. He begins to suspect that the man he...

Boarding School

Boarding School

2018

as Isabel

6.4
Acting

When troubled 12-year-old Jacob Felsen is sent away to boarding school, he enters every kid’s worst nightmare: a creepy old mansion, deserted except f...

Ray Meets Helen

Ray Meets Helen

2018

as Mary

4.4
Acting

Two lonely strangers who are struggling in life cross paths with each other under unusual circumstances and get a chance to start over.

American Pastoral

American Pastoral

2016

as Penny Hamlin

6.2
Acting

Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their fam...

Affluenza

Affluenza

2014

as Bunny Miller

4.6
Acting

An aspiring young photographer finds himself caught up in a heady world of money, sex, and privilege when he moves to wealthy Long Island in the summe...

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

2012

as Dagny Taggart

5.3
Acting

Railroad owner Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden search desperately for the inventor of a revolutionary motor as the U.S. government continu...

Camilla Dickinson

Camilla Dickinson

2012

as Rose Dickinson

2.0
Acting

Fifteen-year-old Camilla Dickinson leads a sheltered life in New York City until her parents' marriage begins to fall apart.

Unanswered Prayers

Unanswered Prayers

2012

as Lorrie Beck

3.2
Acting

After his football career, Ben Beck returned to his Virginia small town and joined the family building firm. His family happiness with wife Lorrie and...

Lebanon, Pa.

Lebanon, Pa.

2011

as Vicki

5.1
Acting

Will, a charming 35-year-old Philadelphia ad man, heads to Lebanon, Pa. to bury his recently deceased father. He forms an unexpected friendship with C...

Good Day for It

Good Day for It

2011

as Sarah Bryant

5.5
Acting

A man forced to abandon his wife and daughter years earlier must risk his life to settle an old score and reunite his family.

Buried

Buried

2010

as Linda Conroy (voice)

6.6
Acting

Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lig...

Order of Chaos

Order of Chaos

2010

as Jennifer

4.6
Acting

Almost rich, almost thirty, he never lies or cheats, even when his beautiful fiancé orders him around and his ball-busting boss uses threats as motiva...

The New Daughter

The New Daughter

2009

as Cassandra

5.3
Acting

John James is a writer; his wife has left him. He moves with his two middle-school children to an isolated house off a dirt road in South Carolina. Th...

Local Color

Local Color

2008

as Carla

6.5
Acting

A successful artist looks back with loving memories on the summer of his defining year, 1974. A talented but troubled 18-year-old aspiring artist befr...

Mitch Albom's For One More Day

Mitch Albom's For One More Day

2007

as Young Pauline "Posey" Benetto

3.0
Acting

While back in his hometown, a suicidal former baseball player encounters the spirit of his deceased mother, who takes him on a sentimental tour meant ...

A Stranger's Heart

A Stranger's Heart

2007

as Callie Morgan

5.3
Acting

Man and woman (Peter Dobson and Samantha Mathis) fall in love in a heart transplant facility. They are both attracted to a little girl (Mary Matilyn M...

Absolution

Absolution

2006

as Bettina Lloyd

5.0
Acting

For 10 years, a journalist has avoided visiting her small hometown. When news spreads about a comatose man healing people from his home, she is sent t...

Believe in Me

Believe in Me

2006

as Jean Driscoll

6.5
Acting

In a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach o...

Touched

Touched

2005

as Jeannie Bates

6.6
Acting

A devoted nurse falls in love with a formerly comatose patient who has lost his sense of touch.

Kids in America

Kids in America

2005

as Jennifer Rose

5.6
Acting

Inspired by real events, this ribald comedy pits an unlikely gang of students against their principal after she bars safe-sex activities on campus. Pr...

Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons

2005

as Jenny

4.6
Acting

Intertwined tales of three families who grow up on the same street, focusing on the relationship of fathers and sons. The first section features Antho...

The Punisher

The Punisher

2004

as Maria Castle

6.4
Acting

When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length t...

Searching for Debra Winger

Searching for Debra Winger

2002

as Self

6.3
Acting

Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the entertainment industry.

The Simian Line

The Simian Line

2001

as Mae

5.0
Acting

The Simian Line is an American improvisational film, released in 2001. When Katharine throws a party on Halloween, a psychic called Arnita predicts th...

Attraction

Attraction

2001

as Corey

7.0
Acting

A writer/radio advice show host fails to heed his own advice as he stalks his ex-girlfriend and then becomes involved with an actress friend of hers.

Mermaid

Mermaid

2000

as Rhonda

6.5
Acting

Four year old Desi learns to accept the death of her father by sending him a letter on a balloon to which she receives a reply. Based on a true story.

American Psycho

American Psycho

2000

as Courtney Rawlinson

7.4
Acting

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his i...

Freak City

Freak City

1999

as Ruth

5.0
Acting

After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a rebellious young woman is disease-stricken. Upon being admitted to a nursing home, she finds hope in ...

Sweet Jane

Sweet Jane

1998

as Jane

5.8
Acting

Jane, an HIV-positive heroin addict, meets Tony, a young AIDS victim with no family, and the two form a bond.

Museum of Love

Museum of Love

1996

as Stephanie

Acting

Dumped by his girlfriend, a young unemployed actor decides to transform his house into a "museum" of their relationship.

Broken Arrow

Broken Arrow

1996

as Terry Carmichael

6.1
Acting

When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warhea...

The American President

The American President

1995

as Janie Basdin

6.5
Acting

Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wa...

How to Make an American Quilt

How to Make an American Quilt

1995

as Young Sophia

6.4
Acting

Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits ...

Jack & Sarah

Jack & Sarah

1995

as Amy

6.7
Acting

Jack always lands on his feet. He lands on his feet when he marries the beautiful Sarah. He lands on his feet when he buys a luxurious new home. Howev...

Little Women

Little Women

1994

as Older Amy March

7.3
Acting

With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a c...

The Thing Called Love

The Thing Called Love

1993

as Miranda Presley

6.2
Acting

A group of newcomers to the country music business seek love and stardom.

The Music of Chance

The Music of Chance

1993

as Tiffany

6.5
Acting

Two men face the consequences of gambling after playing with men beyond their league.

Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros.

1993

as Daisy

4.5
Acting

Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only ho...

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

1992

as Crysta (voice)

6.4
Acting

When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical fairy folk stop a greedy logging company from destr...

This Is My Life

This Is My Life

1992

as Erica Ingels

5.9
Acting

Single mom Dottie Ingels sells cosmetics in a department store, but she dreams of being a comedian. When she inherits some money, she takes the chance...

To My Daughter

To My Daughter

1990

as Anne Carlston

Acting

A mother is haunted by the death of one of her children which has an effect on the surviving siblings in this fact-based drama.

83 Hours 'Til Dawn

83 Hours 'Til Dawn

1990

as Julie Burdock

6.5
Acting

A wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped and placed in a box with air for only 83 hours.

Extreme Close-Up

Extreme Close-Up

1990

as Laura

Acting

Innovative drama mixing film and video, with a teenager obsessed with watching his late mother, killed in an auto accident, on tapes he recorded of th...

Pump Up the Volume

Pump Up the Volume

1990

as Nora Diniro

7.1
Acting

Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for ...

Cold Sassy Tree

Cold Sassy Tree

1989

as Lightfoot McClendon

6.5
Acting

In the early 20th century, an independent lady from up North causes a scandal when she decides to wed an older local general-store owner just three we...

Forbidden Sun

Forbidden Sun

1988

as Paula

3.8
Acting

Olympic gymnastics coach Francine Lake and her twelve gorgeous students train on the Island of Crete. The rigors of training preclude most sexual acti...