Samantha Weinstein

Samantha Gail Weinstein (born March 20, 1995) is a Canadian actress.

Samantha Weinstein
Born
Samantha Gail Weinstein

(1995-03-20) March 20, 1995
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present
Notable work
Heather in Carrie; Audrey O'Hara on Jesus Henry Christ (2012)

Life and work

She was born as Samantha Gail Weinstein in a Toronto hospital in 1995 to Jewish parents. She started her acting career at the age of 6, in a theatre camp where she had one week to put a play together.

For Siblings (2004) she auditioned with the recital piece, and "had to practice it a lot but eventually really got into the character".[1] In 2008, she told in an interview, "I'd study to be a lawyer or doctor...But I find acting so much fun".[2] Weinstein was screened for Case 39 (2009) and True Grit (2010).[3]

In the independent film Jesus Henry Christ (2012) Weinstein appeared alongside Toni Collette and Michael Sheen.[4]

Weinstein won an ACTRA Award for Best Actress from the Toronto chapter for Big Girl, becoming the youngest actress ever to win that award.[5]

Weinstein graduated from Vaughan Road Academy with Ontario Scholar status in June 2013.[6]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2004 Siblings Danielle
2005 Big Girl Josephine
2006 Ninth Street Chronicles Sara
2007 The Stone Angel Child Hagar Currie
2008 Toronto Stories Cayle
2008 The Rocker Violet Supporting role
2010 Babar and the Adventures of Badou I Chiku (voice) Web: Tusktastic Adventure (VG)
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"
2004 XPM Emma MacDonald
2004 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 (unknown episodes)
2005 Swarmed Cindy Orsow TV film
2008 The Border Katie Johanson Episode "Grave Concern"
2008 Super Why! Swan Maiden (voice) Recurring role (2 episodes)
2008 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 D.N. Ace Sloane (voice) Co-Main role
2020 Let's Go Luna! Gina (voice) Episode "Arrievederci Aqua!"

Awards and nominations

References
  1. Mark McLeod (2005-04-20). "Interview: Samantha Weinstein, Sarah Gadon, & Alex Campbell of Siblings". thestar.com. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  2. Rita Zekas (2008-09-05). "At 13, Samantha Weinstein already a TIFF veteran". thestar.com. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  3. "Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  4. Veronique Hyland (2011-04-20). "Jesus Henry Christ director Dennis Lee chats about prodigies, prayer and Julia Roberts". Harper's Bazaar. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  5. "A best actress at 10, she already wants to direct". The Globe and Mail, March 6, 2006.
  6. Sarah Bauder (2013-10-10). "Breakthrough Jew - Samantha Weinstein". shalomlife.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-25. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
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