Photo: derivative work: Tabercil (talk) Daveigh_Chase_LF.jpg: lukeford.net / CC BY-SA 2.5 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Daveigh Chase made an outsized impression on me very young. As Samantha in Donnie Darko and as the crawling, unforgettable Samara in The Ring, she did something most child actors cannot: she frightened adults and made it feel artful. Winning an MTV villain award and an Annie for her voice work before she was a teenager tells you the talent was real, not lucky. There is a particular fearlessness in a kid who can hold that kind of unsettling presence on screen. Whatever the rest of her path has held, those performances earned her a permanent place in my memory of late-nineties cinema.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Daveigh Chase
- Name (Japanese)
- デイヴィ・チェイス
- Reading
- でいゔぃ・ちぇいす
- Born
- July 24, 1990 (age 35)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Horse
- Origin
- Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / singer / voice actor / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2003 Annie Award
- 2003 MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Daveigh Chase born?
Born July 24, 1990 (age 35).
Where is Daveigh Chase from?
Daveigh Chase is from Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, United States.
What does Daveigh Chase do?
Daveigh Chase works as actor, singer, voice actor, television actor, film actor.
Actor — see all → · Singer — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-17
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.