Samantha Weinstein, author portrait
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Samantha Weinstein

Samantha Weinstein has had an extensive career on camera as well as in the vocal booth since the age of six. She is the recipient of the 2006 ACTRA Award for Best Performance Female, and has appeared in on-camera titles such as Jesus Henry Christ, Carrie, and Haunter, and has voiced a myriad of characters in animation such as Babar (2010), Wishfart, and the upcoming series D.N.Ace. Weinstein made her audiobook debut in 2018 with the YA novel Chicken Girl by Heather Smith. She also performs with her garage-rock band, Killer Virgins, and in her spare time practices martial arts and plays electric guitar. Samantha lives in Toronto’s east end.

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