Her first debut film that casted the spotlight upon her was pumped up the volume (1990) which Co-starred Christian Slater. Later, she went on delivering her robust performances in movies like This is my life (1992), The Thing called love (1993), Broken Arrow(1996), American Psycho (2000) and The punisher (2004). Mathis has also appeared on television shows such as Under the Dome, House, Grey’s Anatomy and the Strain. About her personal life, one of the most haunting Incidents was the death of the actor River Phoenix. During the fall of 1993, Samantha was dating River. One night, on their hangout at a nightclub (Viper Room), River took a drug overdose and died on the pavement before any medical assistance. This incident deeply affected Mathis. Also, the death of River phoenix attracted a lot of media coverage and attention to her. Answering the detectives and the media became unbearable, so she fled to London and tried to keep herself occupied in the filming of Jack and Sarah (1995). A year later, when she was just recovering from River’s death, the grim reaper boomeranged back to her, taking away her mother Bibi Besch’s life. Deaths of two closely related peoplealongwith the fall from Stardom left her devastated. As a result of this, she took a sabbatical to focus on her personal life. During this time, she worked on herself, becoming more creative. Four years later, she made a comeback in the 2000’s film “The American Psycho”. Co-starring with Christian bale, “American psycho” was well received by the critics. Also, in the same year, she starred in “The Attraction” and “The Simian Line” which made it look like Samantha was back in the game and indeed she was. As they say, we rise only when we fall, Mathis is a great example of someone, who fought back, after been knocked down by life.

Her life story is very inspiring which makes it to be a great biography. Samantha Mathis is yet to be married. She has been in a relationship with many popular faces of Hollywood, but it never made to a successful wedding. Some of the guys she dated were Colin hanks, Christian Bale and River Phoenix. Also, for a brief amount time, there were rumors about Noah Wyle being husband of Mathis and that they were secretly married. Over the period of her lifetime, Mathis has won several awards and nominations for her superb acting. In 1992, she was nominated at the Young artist award as a best young actress and later, as the best supporting actress for the Saturn Award. Her last recognizable work was on the FX’s vampire horror TV show “The Strain”. Samantha Mathis has a net worth of $2 Million.