Daveigh Chase, born July 24, 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada, is an American voice, film, and TV actress most famous for being the voice behind Lilo in Disney's Lilo & Stitch. An only child raised in Albany, Oregon, Daveigh displayed the inclination and talent for performing. Even when she was three, she was already singing and dancing in local events in their community. At age 7, Daveigh appeared in her first commercial for Campbell's Soup and also played the starring role in the musical production of Utah!.
Her biggest break as a child actress was the offer of voice-acting Lilo in Disney's 2002 movie Lilo and Stitch. She continued to do the voice of Lilo for the series of the same title between 2003 and 2006. Daveigh also played the role for the video game release. Prior to her work as Lilo, she portrayed roles in several movies including The Ring, Artificial Intelligence: A.I., and Donnie Darko.
Daveigh is also a talented singer. In 1999, she performed with a small band as opening act for country singer Reba McEntire. She can also be heard in the School's Out! Christmas album, singing "Holly Jolly Christmas". She was selected by A.I. director Steven Spielberg to sing "God Bless America" in the film.
On television, Daveigh has appeared both in starring and guest-starring roles on various television series. Apart from her voice-acting work in Lilo & Stitch, she has also played characters in popular crime dramas such as CSI, Cold Case, and Without a Trace. In 2006, Daveigh was cast as the soon-to-be youngest wife of Harry Dean Stanton's character in the HBO drama Big Love.
When she is not busy with work, some of Daveigh's favorite activities are surfing, horseback riding, dancing, reading, and just hanging out with family and friends.
Her biggest break as a child actress was the offer of voice-acting Lilo in Disney's 2002 movie Lilo and Stitch. She continued to do the voice of Lilo for the series of the same title between 2003 and 2006. Daveigh also played the role for the video game release. Prior to her work as Lilo, she portrayed roles in several movies including The Ring, Artificial Intelligence: A.I., and Donnie Darko.
Daveigh is also a talented singer. In 1999, she performed with a small band as opening act for country singer Reba McEntire. She can also be heard in the School's Out! Christmas album, singing "Holly Jolly Christmas". She was selected by A.I. director Steven Spielberg to sing "God Bless America" in the film.
On television, Daveigh has appeared both in starring and guest-starring roles on various television series. Apart from her voice-acting work in Lilo & Stitch, she has also played characters in popular crime dramas such as CSI, Cold Case, and Without a Trace. In 2006, Daveigh was cast as the soon-to-be youngest wife of Harry Dean Stanton's character in the HBO drama Big Love.
When she is not busy with work, some of Daveigh's favorite activities are surfing, horseback riding, dancing, reading, and just hanging out with family and friends.
Daveigh did a commercial spot for Burger King.
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Among her goals when she was 13 years old was to take up robotics and genetic engineering at MIT, own a horse ranch, perform in a Broadway musical, and be a songwriter and a fashion designer.
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Daveigh is an avid reader. Her favorite books are Gallant Warrior by Helen R. Mann and Under Northern Stars by William MacLeod Raine.
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When not working, Daveigh is active in charitable institutions such as the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Red Cross, Camp Ronald McDonald Charity, Children Uniting Nations, and animal rescue organizations.
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Among the songs Daveigh has recorded are "Chasin' My Dreams", "Fallin'", and "Strawberry Shortcake".
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Daveigh sang the "National Anthem" and "God Bless America" in the 2002 American Veteran Awards.
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She played Mormon characters twice in her young career. One was when she was seven in the musical production of Utah! and the playing a Mormon sister-wife-to-be in HBO's Big Love (2006) which is set in Utah.
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Daveigh's made-for-TV movie credits include Michael Landon, the Father I Knew (1999), Her Married Lover (2000), Edgar MacCobb (2000), and The Rats (2002).
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She is an only child to parents Cathy Chase and John Schwallier. Her parents are divorced.
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Daveigh is 5'7" (1.70 m) tall.
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At the age of 12, she beat out Mike Myers, Colin Farrell, Willem Dafoe, and Daniel Day-Lewis to take home the award for "Best Villain" for her performance as Samara in The Ring at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards.
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She is friends with actress Dakota Fanning.
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At the 2003 Academy Awards, both of the animated feature films that Daveigh was given the opportunity to voice the lead heroines, Disney's Lilo and Stitch and Disney's Spirited Away, were nominated for the Best Animated Feature Film Oscar. Spirited Away won.
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She turned down the offer to play Samara in The Ring Two, because the character's face was not shown. Afterwards, the producers asked her permission to use archive footage from the first film, and she agreed to it.
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She won an Annie award for her work in Lilo and Stitch in 2003.
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Daveigh: (about doing Lilo's voice for Disney in "Lilo and Stitch") They showed me Lilo and I thought she was so cute and adorable. Then I read what she gets into. I was like, Oh, we both love Elvis. She likes to surf and I like to body board. We both have long hair. I met Andreas (Deja) the animator of Lilo. He videotaped me and worked off of my mannerisms and put them into Lilo.
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Daveigh: I like dark dramatic roles, they're just really powerful and real. I love doing the bright happy stuff too, everything is really fun, I like doing it all really.
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Daveigh: I love dogs. I have a cat, too, so I love all animals. You know what I want to do that when I'm older? Open an animal shelter. That's what I really want to do.
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