Samantha Mathis

'Samantha Mathis' (qv) was born in 1970 in New York, to Donald Mathis and Austrian-born 'Bibi Besch' (qv), an aspiring actress at the time. Her maternal grandmother was actress 'Gusti Huber' (qv). 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)_ (qv) opposite her on- and off-screen love at the time, 'Christian Slater' (qv).::Lisa Buckley <buckley@idirect.com>