The actress Samantha Weinstein, who participated in the remake of ‘Carrie’, dies at the age of 28

2023-05-27 17:37:10

The actress Samantha Weinstein He has died at the age of 28, a victim of ovarian cancer that he had suffered for two years. The interpreter, known for the role of Heather Shyres in the 2013 remake of ‘Carrie’, as well as for giving voice to the character of Chiku in the children’s animated series Babar and the Adventures of Badou, had been active in the audiovisual industry since who was six years old.

Through her official Instagram profile, the actress’s family announced her death a written sense accompanied by a montage of the young woman floating in space. “Hello from the other side. Sam died on May 14 at 11:25 a.m. surrounded by her loved ones at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto.”

“After two and a half years of cancer treatment and a lifetime of luxury around the world, giving voice to a large number of animals of Cartoonmaking music and knowing more about life than most people will ever know, embarks on his next adventure,” the statement read.

long haul

Since January 2021, Weinstein had been explaining through his social networks that he had to undergo a emergency surgery for a rare ovarian cancer. Since then, the actress has been immersed in a process to try to recover, regularly giving updates on her progress.

Born in Toronto in 1995Weinstein began her acting career at just six years old. His childhood roles include appearances in series such as ‘The Red Green Show, 72 Hours: True Crime’ or ‘At the Hotel’, as well as in films such as ‘Sibling’s, ‘The Stone Angel’ or the short film ‘Big Girl’, for which she won the ACTRA award for best actress in 2006, being the youngest in history to achieve it.

His first big role came in 2012, when he starred in the film ‘Jesus Henry Christ’. A year later he would work on his most outstanding project, the ‘reboot’ of ‘Carrie’, directed by Kimberly Peirce and in which he played Heather.

Very soon she also began her career as a dubbing actress, with which she worked in a large number of films and animated series, among which, in addition to the aforementioned ‘Babar and the Adventures of Badou’, projects such as ‘Gerald Mc Boing Boing , Frankie and the Zhu Zhu Pets’, ‘DN Ace’ or ‘Dino Ranch’. Outside of acting, Weinstein was also a singer and guitarist for the group Killer Virgins.