Samara Weaving Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the Golden Derby Award for Best Ensemble Cast for her role in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri․"
• Is the niece of actor Hugo Weaving
• Was drama captain at her high school
• Started out acting on the series "Home And Away․"
• Quote: "[On choosing roles] "When it comes to roles it’s usually a gut feeling․ If I’m afraid of the role and know it’s going to be a challenge that excites me․ I love figuring out the layers of a character․ It’s like a puzzle and hopefully, I get all the pieces in place before the cameras roll․""
• Instead of being homeschooled, her parents told her to do a painting a day as her education
• Was featured in the Charlie Puth music video "Attention․"