Samantha Weinstein, a Canadian actress who played the role of Heather, a high school girl, in the 2013 adaptation of Carrie, has sadly passed away at the age of 28.
Weinstein fought a battle against ovarian cancer and passed away on May 14 at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto. According to her agent, James Crammond, she continued working until May 4.
Her Instagram account, which includes a photo of her floating in space, mentions that she passed away on May 14 at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto.
“After two and a half years of cαncer treatment, and a lifetime of jet setting around the world, voicing a plethora of cartoon animals, making music, and knowing more about life than most people ever will, she is off on her next adventure.”
Erin Elizabeth Health Nut News shared a post on Twitter:-
Famous actress Samantha Weinstein is dead of cancer at 28. Sadly, she was fully vaccinated.😭
imagine if I’m reporting on thousands of famous actors, celebrities, athletes, politicians, all dead that are vaccinated, how many there are who aren’t famous. pic.twitter.com/8od4scefP1
— Erin Elizabeth Health Nut News 🙌 (@unhealthytruth) May 26, 2023
Samantha Weinstein, born in Toronto on March 20, 1995, rose to prominence as Josephine in Big Girl, which won the Toronto Film Festival’s prize for best Canadian short film in 2005. The 10-year-old actress also won the award for best female performance that year from ACTRA.
She also portrayed Brooke in the independent drama Reign and a younger Hagar in filmmaker Kari Skogland’s adaptation of Margaret Laurence’s The Stone Angel novel. Dylan Baker and Ellen Burstyn were also featured in the movie.
On television, Weinstein appeared on the shows Being Erica, Less Than Kind, Copper, and Darknet, directed by Vincenzo Natali. She also did a lot of voice acting, notably for animated television shows. Additionally, Weinstein became the lead guitarist and singer for the Toronto garage rock group Ki!!er Virgins.
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