Daveigh Chase Biography
Summary
"Daveigh Elizabeth Chase" (born July 24, 1990) is an American actress, singer and voice over artist.
Personal life
She was born "Daveigh Elizabeth Chase-Schwallier" in Las Vegas, Nevada, daughter of Edward Chase and Sally Schwallier. Her name is pronounced 'Duh-Vay'. She was raised in Albany, Oregon, before moving to Los Angeles to pursue her career (although she does still spend much of her time in Albany). She also has a new baby sister named Rose. Chase, though previously linked to Collin Farrel, is currently in a relationship. Chases's other interests include bodyboarding, horseback riding, dancing, reading, and writing song lyrics.
Career
Chase wanted to perform from a very early age and began singing and dancing in her hometown and other local areas at community events and shows. One of the factors which inspired her was watching videos of "Barney & Friends" when she was four years old. 'I wanted to be like them, the kids on the video,' she later said. Her father then entered her in a Little Miss America Pageant where Chase won the national vocal competition. Following her success, Chase was then signed by an agent who specialised in commercials and at the age of 7, she appeared in a Campbells Soup advertisement. In 1998, she landed a starring role as a child member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) in a musical theatre production called 'Utah!'.
Film roles
Chase's first film role came in 1998 when she won the lead role as the voice of a Hawaiian girl, Lilo Pelekai, in the Disney animated feature, "Lilo & Stitch". For her performance, Chase would go on to win an Annie Award for it in 2003 and star in the follow up TV series. In 2001, Chase won the role as the voice of the lead character, Chihiro Ogino, a 10 year old Japanese girl, in the American dub of the animated Japanese feature, "Spirited Away". At the date of writing (July 9, 2006), the Internet Movie Database rates the movie the best animated movie of all time and the 49th best film of all time. The film would go on to win the 2002 Best Animated Feature Oscar.
In 2002, Chase played Samara Morgan in "The Ring". Chase was awarded the 2003 Best Villain award at the MTV Movie Awards, for which she beat out Mike Myers, Colin Farrell, Willem Dafoe and Daniel Day-Lewis. In the follow up to "The Ring", "The Ring Two" (2005), Chase was credited for her role as Samara Morgan because of the use of archive footage from the first "Ring", but Kelly Stables performed all of the new footage.
Other work
Chase's main other major film and TV credits between 2000-2005 were "Donnie Darko" (2001) as Donnie's younger sister, Samantha, and "Oliver Beene" (2003-2004), as Oliver's quirky gal pal Joyce. Other credits include, "The Rats" (2002), "Carolina" (2003), "R.L. Stine's Haunted Lighthouse" (2003) in which she plays a flying ghost called Annabel, and "Beethoven's 5th" (2003). She also made guest appearances in "Touched By An Angel", "Charmed", "ER", "Family Law", and "The Practice".
Chase is appearing in the HBO drama series "Big Love" which centers on a polygamist, played by Bill Paxton, and his relationship with his 3 wives. Chase plays Rhonda Volmer, the intended child bride of a prophet, Roman Grant, who is played by Harry Dean Stanton. As well as a second season of "Big Love" (which began airing in the spring of 2007), Chase is also working on a new animation series called "Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures". "Leroy & Stitch" (2006), a follow up to "Lilo & Stitch", has also just been released.
In 1999, she joined a small band as lead singer and took the stage as the opening act for Reba McEntire. She was picked by Steven Spielberg to sing 'God Bless America' in "A.I." (edited out of the final version of the film), and she sang 'Holly Jolly Christmas' for the "School's Out! Christmas" album and 'Tossin & Turnin' in the "Oliver Beene" episode 'Oliver & Others'. She also sings in numerous scenes in "Big Love".
External links
(Official journal - 'Daveigh's Days')
(Daveigh's Music Account at MySpace)
Credit
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