Born into a long line of female actresses, Samantha Mathis made her name initially in the classic brat-pack teen rebellion story “Pump up the Volume” (1990). As Christian Slater’s on-screen (and off-screen) love interest, she began a number of patterns that would persist throughout her career – including choosing films that made her an honorary pin-up for the geek sect, and while shooting these movies, becoming romantically involved with her fellow co-stars.

Mathis was born in Brooklyn, NY on May 12, 1970. When she was three years old, her parents divorced and her mother, actress Bibi Besch