Daveigh Chase

Daveigh Chase, 35, died on June 16, 2026. Daveigh Chase was known publicly as an American actress (''Lilo & Stitch'', ''The Ring'', ''Donnie Darko'') and meningitis. Daveigh Elizabeth Chase ( də-VAY; née Chase-Schwallier; July 24, 1990 - June 16, 2026) was an American actress. She began her career appearing in minor television roles before being cast as Samantha Darko in Richard Kelly's cult film Donnie Darko. She would subsequently provide the voices of Chihiro Ogino in the English dub of the Studio Ghibli film Spirited Away, and Lilo Pelekai in the Disney animated feature film Lilo & Stitch and its subsequent franchise, before appearing as Samara Morgan, the child antagonist in the 2002 horror film The Ring. Between 2006 and 2011, she played a supporting part in the HBO series Big Love, portraying Rhonda Volmer, a sociopathic teenager raised in a polygamist family. In 2009, she reprised her role as Samantha Darko in S. Public biographical listings identify Chase as an American actress (''Lilo & Stitch'', ''The Ring'', ''Donnie Darko''). Chase was also associated with meningitis. This public record remains centered on Chase's work as an American actress (''Lilo & Stitch'', ''The Ring'', ''Donnie Darko'') and meningitis and the documented milestones of that career.