Daveigh Chase as Samara Morgan
The fast-paced suspense film begins in Seattle with an urban legend-type set up: two high school girls - Katie and Becca - are alone in Katie's home at night. Conversation turns to a videotape that has a horrifying effect. Moments after you watch it, the phone rings, and a voice tells you, "Seven days." And exactly a week later, you die. Katie reveals to her friend that she watched that tape at a cabin in the woods, seven days before. In a brilliantly edited sequence that is sure to make you drop your popcorn, Katie meets her fate, and we learn that the tale of the tape is no mere kids' story. Katie's aunt, a newspaper reporter named Rachel (Naomi Watts), is asked by her sister Ruth (Lindsay Frost) to investigate the death, and she soon finds herself drawn into a world that's as dark and claustrophobic as the grave. Pulled in with her are former boyfriend Noah (Martin Henderson), and their son Aidan (David Dorfman). We see the tape in question early on, and at first it appears to be just a random series of weird images - a ring of light that looks like a solar eclipse, dead horses floating in water, a woman leaping from a cliff, a fly buzzing, a stone wall that encloses a well - playing out like a home movie made by David Lynch and Luis Bu�uel. As the film progresses, however, we learn that the eerie black-and-white vignettes are clues to who made the tape and why. The answer takes Noah and Rachel to an island where a horse breeder (marvelously played by Brian Cox, the original and best Hannibal Lecter) seems to be hiding a secret that's by turns sad, and horrifying.
Biography for Daveigh Chase
Date of birth
24 July 1990
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Birth name
Daveigh Elizabeth Schwallier
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Mini biography
Daveigh Chase was born on July 24, 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is an only child and was raised in the small town of Albany, Oregon; where she continues to spend much of her time. She began singing and dancing in her hometown and other local areas at community events and shows starting at age 3. After visiting Los Angeles, she did her first commercial for Campbell's Soup at age 7. At this time, she was also offered a starring role in the Musical Theatre production "Utah!". At age 8, she auditioned for the the voice of "Lilo", and tested at CBS network for her first television series. She continued to test and be cast as a series regular, working on many different television pilots, before finally FOX picked up the show "Oliver Beene" inwhich Daveigh starred as Oliver's quirky bestfriend Joyce. In the meantime, she appeared in several movies, including "Donnie Darko", inwhich she played Donnie's youngest sister and was a member of the "Sparke Motion" dance group; and "R.L. Stines The Haunted Lighthouse" which continues to show at various Busch Garden Theme Parks. In 2003 she won the "Best Villian" award at the MTV Movie Awards for her work as "Samara" in DreamWorks hit "The Ring". She is the voice of "Lilo" from the hit animated and Oscar nominated Disney feature film "Lilo and Stitch" and she continues to voice Lilo for the Disney Channel series, as well as various dvd's and video games. Daveigh is also the voice of the lead heroine "Chihiro" in Disney's "Spirited Away" which won the 2002 Oscar for Best Animated Film.
Daveigh is also a very talented singer. Back in 1999, she had the opportunity to join up as lead singer with a small band and take the stage as an opening act for Reba McEntire, and later on sang "Holly Jolly Christmas" for the "School's Out!Christmas" album released by Universal Records Hip-O Records, which also features the voices of other child stars, including Mae Whitman, Evan Rachel Wood, Jesse Mccartney and others. She was handpicked by Director Steven Spielberg to sing "God Bless America" in his film "A.I."; and in the "Oliver Beene" episode entitled "Oliver and the Otters" Daveigh was given the opportunity to showcase her talent by singing the hit 60s song "Tossin' and Turnin'".
Outside of the entertainment industry, some of Daveigh's favorite activites are surfing, horseback riding, dancing, reading, and just hanging out with family & friends.
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Trivia
At the age of 12, she beat out Mike Meyers, Colin Farrell, Willem DaFoe and Daniel Day-Lewis and took home the award for Best Villain for her performance as Samara in The Ring at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards.
At the 2002 Academy Awards, both of the animated feature films that Daveigh was given the opportunity to voice the lead heroines: Disney's "Lilo and Stitch" and Disney's "Spirited Away"; each were nominated for the Oscar- for Best Animated Feature Film!! "Spirited Away" won the Oscar.
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Links:
Boondocks (2005) (TV) (announced) .... Voice
"Big Love" (2005) TV Series
"Lilo & Stitch: The Series" (2003) TV Series (voice) .... Lilo
Beethoven's 5th (2003) (V) .... Sara Newton
... aka Beethoven's 5th: Big Paw (USA)
Stitch! The Movie (2003) (V) (voice) .... Lilo
... aka Disney's Stitch! The Movie (USA: complete title)
Carolina (2003) .... Young Georgia Mirabeau
Haunted Lighthouse (2003) .... Annabel
... aka R.L. Stein's Haunted Lighthouse (2003) (USA: complete title)
American Veteran Awards (2002) (TV) .... Guest Performer
Silence (2002) .... Rachel Pressman
Ring, The (2002) .... Samara Morgan
"Oliver Beene" (2002) TV Series .... Joyce
Rats, The (2002) (TV) .... Amy Costello
Lilo & Stitch (2002) (voice) .... Lilo Pelekai
Say Uncle (2001) (TV) .... Lucy Janik
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) (voice) .... Chihiro (English version)
... aka Miyazaki's Spirited Away (2002) (USA: poster title)
... aka Sen (2001) (Japan: informal short title)
... aka Sen and the Mysterious Disappearance of Chihiro (2001)
... aka Spirited Away (2002) (USA: US version)
... aka Spiriting Away of Sen and Chihiro, The (2002) (USA: literal English title)
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) .... Child Singer
... aka A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) (USA: poster title)
Donnie Darko (2001) .... Samantha Darko
Edgar MaCobb Presents (2000) (TV) .... Sally
From Where I Sit (2000) (TV) .... Anna
Robbers (2000) .... Dentist's Daughter
Her Married Lover (1999) .... Granddaughter
... aka Clean Kill, A (1999) (USA)
Michael Landon, the Father I Knew (1999) (TV) .... Shawna Landon at 8
1998 VH1 Fashion Awards (1998) (TV) .... Interviewed by Ellen DeGeneres (segment "Upcoming Supermodel")