A Canadian actress Samantha Weinstein~, was diagnosed with cancer. She was a musician who began garnering acclaim at a young age is being recalled as an inspirational artist who lived the “best life” and continued to work up until the very end of her life. She passed away in January of this year.
Samantha Weinstein, age 28, passed away on May 14 at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto after a battle with ovarian cancer that lasted for two and a half years following her diagnosis. Weinstein began her career as an actress at the age of six and has a long list of credits to her name, including the role of voicing a number of different characters in animated television series.
David Weinstein, Sam’s father, once remarked that his daughter “was actually a living embodiment of a sunbeam.” “She was so full of positive energy that anyone who ever met her would say that she just lit up every room she walked into,” which is another way of saying “she made an impression on everyone she met.”
In the adaptation of Carrie from 2013 starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore, Weinstein portrayed the role of high school student Heather. In the comedy Jesus Henry Christ from 2011 starring Toni Collette, Weinstein was cast in the role of Audrey. She had a starring role in the Canadian short film Big Girl when she was younger, and the film ended up winning the prize for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival.
As a result of her work in that part, she was recognized by the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) in 2006 as having given an excellent female performance. At the time, she was the youngest recipient of this honor, having just turned 10 years old. Her father claimed that she was also a “very prolific” voice actor; this was a form of artistic expression that she cherished because “she could just let loose and be crazy, and have fun.”= According to her father, once Weinstein was diagnosed with cancer, she made the decision to live the best life she possibly could, and part of that decision included taking trips to Japan and Hawaii, among other places.
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