Samantha Weinstein

{{Infobox person | name = Samantha Weinstein | image = Samantha Weinstein_resize.jpg | caption = Weinstein at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2011 | birth_date = | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | death_date = |death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2001–2023 | birth_name = Samantha Gail Weinstein | spouse = | notable works = Heather in CarrieAudrey O'Hara in Jesus Henry ChristSloane in D.N. Ace }} Samantha Gail Weinstein (March 20, 1995 – May 14, 2023) was a Canadian actress. Life and work Samantha Gail Weinstein was born in Toronto, Ontario on March 20, 1995. She began her professional acting career at the age of six. By 2008, at the age of thirteen, she had appeared in the films Siblings in 2004, Big Girl in 2005, Ninth Street Chronicles in 2006, The Stone Angel in 2007, and Toronto Stories in 2008. In February 2006, the 10-year-old Weinstein won the ACTRA Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female for her work in Big Girl,Gayle MacDonald, "A best actress at 10, they already wants to direct". The Globe and Mail, March 6, 2006. the youngest performer ever to win that award. She was also a prolific voice actor, working in many cartoons right up until the last few weeks before her death, and was a singer and guitarist in the garage rock band Killer Virgins.