Daveigh Chase Height, Age, Death, Boyfriend, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Daveigh Elizabeth Chase-Schwallier
Profession	Actress
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 10" (179 cm)
Eye Colour	Blue
Hair Colour	Golden Blonde
Career
Debut	Film: Donnie Darko (2001) as Samantha Darko TV: Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1998) as Little Girl
Last Film	American Romance (2016) as Krissy Madison
Award(s)	• 2003: Best Villain award at MTV Movie & TV Awards for the film The Ring • 2003: Outstanding Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production at Annie Awards for the film Lilo & Stitch • 2003: Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role: Age 10 or Under at Young Artist Award for the film Lilo & Stitch
Personal Life
Date of Birth	24 July 1990 (Tuesday)
Birthplace	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Date of Death	16 June 2026
Place of Death	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Age (at the time of death)	35 Years
Death Cause	Blood infection, sepsis, and organ failure
Zodiac sign	Leo
Signature
Nationality	American
Hometown	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Religion	Chritianity
Controversies	Drug Arrests and Legal Issues In August 2018, Daveigh Chase was arrested and charged with possessing a controlled substance without a valid prescription and possessing drug paraphernalia which were both misdemeanor charges. Driving a Stolen Car In 2017, she was arrested for driving a stolen vehicle after police pulled her over for joyriding in the allegedly stolen car. Abandoning a Dying Man In 2016, she was detained for leaving a dying man in a car at a hospital though she was not named as a suspect in his death investigation. Heroin and Fentanyl Addiction Her former manager once said that Chase was addicted to heroin and fentanyl. Diddy Party Invitation Controversy In a 2003 video, she was seen with Sean "Diddy" Combs, who invited 12-year-old Daveigh Chase to an after-party. The video went viral and raised concerns because Diddy faced sex trafficking charges involving minors.
Social Media	• Instagram • Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status (at the time of death)	Unmarried
Affairs/Boyfriends	Roy Hernandez
Family
Parents	Father- John Schwallier Mother- Cathy Chase
Siblings	Half-Brother- Cade Step-Sister- Gaia Brown

Some Lesser Known Facts Daveigh Chase

• Before becoming an actress, she lived in Albany, Oregon, and later moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.

• Daveigh got into acting after a car accident.

• In 1998, when she was eight years old, her mother crashed their car during a family road trip from Albany to Los Angeles.

• After the accident, the doctor advised her mother not to drive the car for six months. After that, the family stayed in Los Angeles for some time.

• While they were stuck there, Daveigh’s mother encouraged her to try acting because Daveigh had always loved watching children’s shows like Barney.

• After that, she started learning acting and started getting work.

• When she was seven years old, she was featured in her first commercial.

• The following year, she was cast in the musical “Utah!”

  

  A childhood picture of Daveigh Chase

• In 1998, she made her television debut with an episode of the show “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.”

• After that, she appeared in many television shows, such as “Charmed,” “ER,” and “The Practice”.

• In 1999, she appeared in the film “Her Married Lover.”

• In 2001, she played the role of Samantha Darko, a young sister in the film “Donnie Darko” alongside Jake Gyllenhaal.

• She later reprised this role as the main character in the sequel “S. Darko.”

• Daveigh received recognition after he lent her voice for Disney.

• In 2002, she lent her voice to the character Lilo Pelekai in the film “Lilo & Stitch,” which aired on Disney.

• She then voiced the character Lilo in its next television series and a direct-to-video sequel.

• After that, her friend Dakota Fanning replaced her in the film “Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch.”

• Daveigh then lent her voice to the main character Chihiro in the English version of the noted Japanese film “Spirited Away.”

• At the 2003 Academy Awards, both “Lilo & Stitch” and “Spirited Away” were nominated for Best Animated Feature Film, and Daveigh was the voice of the lead girls in both.

• She then appeared in the horror film “The Ring,” which was released in 2002.

  

  Daveigh Chase in a still from the film The Ring

• In the film, she played the role of Samara Morgan, the scary little girl who comes out of the TV.

• This role made her very popular with teen fans. She then won the 2003 MTV Movie Award for Best Villain for her role in The Ring.

• In 2006, Daveigh started acting in the television series “Big Love,” which aired on the HBO. She played Rhonda Volmer, a teenage bride of a Mormon leader named Harry Dean Stanton. She appeared in this show from 2006 to 2011.

  

  Daveigh Chase in a still from the HBO TV series Big Love

• Apart from being an actor, Daveigh was also a singer.

• In her free time, she liked bodyboarding, riding horses, dancing, reading books, and writing song lyrics.

• She used to live in Albany, Oregon, after becoming a popular actress.

• Reportedly, in the last decade of her life, she was homeless and a drug addict.

• On 16 June 2026, she died from meningitis and blood infection after being hospitalized for severe malnourishment.

• After her death, her former manager claimed that Roy Hernandez the man who set up a GoFundMe for her cremation was not known by her family and called the funding page false.