Daveigh Elizabeth Chase (born Chase-Schwallier; July 24, 1990 – June 16, 2026) /dəˈveɪ/ də-VAY[1] was an American actress. She first came to prominence as a child actress, portraying Samantha Darko in the cult classic film Donnie Darko (2001) and voicing the characters of Chihiro Ogino in the English dub of the Studio Ghibli film Spirited Away (2001) and Lilo Pelekai in the Walt Disney Animation Studios animated feature film Lilo & Stitch (2002). For her performance in the latter, she won an Annie Award in 2003, and she continued to voice Lilo in its subsequent media franchise.
Yet another victim of the grinder that is the entertainment industry. All persons, young and beautiful, must be chucked into the media grinder for the insatiable appetite of the public and industry. Whoever survives is spat out like gristle.