Who is Daveigh Chase, the actress who has died at 35 due to meningitis and blood infection?

The Ring and Lilo in Lilo & Stitch actress Daveigh Chase has passed away at the age of 35 due to meningitis and blood infection. The news of her demise was revealed by her boyfriend Roy Hernandez as per TMZ.

Who was Daveigh Chase?

She first came to prominence as a child actress, portraying Samantha Darko in the cult classic film Donnie Darko (2001) and voicing the characters of Chihiro Ogino in the English dub of the Studio Ghibli film Spirited Away (2001) and Lilo Pelekai in the Walt Disney Animation Studios animated feature film Lilo & Stitch (2002). For her performance in the latter, she won an Annie Award in 2003, and she continued to voice Lilo in its subsequent media franchise.

In 2002, Chase achieved wider international recognition for her portrayal of the vengeful child antagonist Samara Morgan in the blockbuster horror film The Ring. Her performance earned her the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain at the 2003 ceremony.

According to IMDB, her most recent acting role was in the video game Let It Die in 2016.

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Chase has had other run-ins with the law since then, including accusations of drug possession and joyriding in a stolen vehicle. She was also questioned about a man who died after being abandoned outside a hospital in Los Angeles.