SAMARA WEAVING KILLS US
Her Fiercest Roles + G.I. Joe Origins
In the U.S, Samara Weaving has made a name for herself as a badass gunslinger and horror movie actress extraordinaire. Her most significant roles to date include The Babysitter, Mayhem, and of course, the hit horror film Ready Or Not. She has talent that enables her to jump from comedy to drama in an instant, and as her career progresses, the more she ventures outside of the horror genre.
“I’m slowly getting less and less covered in blood,” she told InStyle.
Before Weaving was famous in the states, though, she was a hit at home in Australia on the small screen. Her first role landed her on Out of the Blue, where she made appearances in more than fifty episodes. The actress also performed on the soap opera Home and Away and earned an Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts award.
That led Weaving to America for film and TV roles. She was in Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood and played Claire Wood, a struggling actress from a dysfunctional but prominent family.
Now, with her sights set on fewer horror projects, Weaving is set to play Scarlett in the upcoming Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins. Henry Golding of Crazy Rich Asians will play opposite her.
Then, she hits the ground running on Nine Perfect Strangers. The mini-series hails from Big Little Lies creator David E. Kelly. Also, like the hit show, it’s based on a Liane Moriarty novel. Weaving’s co-stars’ include Nicole Kidman, Luke Evans, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, and Regina Hall.
Samara got into acting to deal with her social anxiety, and we’re thankful she did. We could watch this beauty on screen 24/7.
“[Acting] was sort of a coping mechanism my parents thought of,” she said, “which was a very creative thing to do and it rubbed out well to put me in drama programs, I think, because even as a kid I could tell, “oh, I’m not going to be judged for being Sam right now. I’m this other character. I’m this make-believe person, and if anyone judges that person, it’s not judging Sam,” if that makes sense. It was this thing where I could still be myself and let people in and make friends, but in another way, protect myself as well.”
