Daveigh Chase

**Daveigh Elizabeth Chase** (born July 24, 1990) is an American voice actress and singer. She is most well known for her voice acting as Lilo in the movie _Lilo & Stitch_ and the series _Lilo & Stitch: The Series_ and as Xeno in the TVNZ original animated series _Gleam Gamblers_.

## Personal life

She was born **Daveigh Elizabeth Chase-Schwallier** in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is the daughter of John Schwallier and Cathy Chase. Her name is pronounced "Duh-Vay". She lived in Albany, Oregon, before moving to Los Angeles to become an actress. She still spends much of her time in Albany. Chases's interests include bodyboarding, riding horses, dancing, reading, and writing song lyrics.

## Career

Chase wanted to perform from a very early age. She began singing and dancing in her hometown at events and shows. One of the things that made her want to perform was watching videos of _Barney & Friends_ when she was four years old. "I wanted to be like them, the kids on the video," she then became who worked mainly in commercials. At the age of 7, she was in a Campbells Soup advertisement. In 1998, she got a starring role as a child member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) in a musical theater production called "Utah!".

### Movie and TV show roles

Chase's first movie role came in 1998 when she did the lead role as the voice of a Hawaiian girl, Lilo Pelekai, in the Disney animated movie, _Lilo & Stitch_. Chase won an Annie Award for this in 2003. She went on to star in the Disney Channel television series based on the movie. In 2001, Chase did the role as the voice of the lead character, Chihiro Ogino, a 10 year old Japanese girl, in the American version of the animated Japanese movie, _Spirited Away_. The movie won the 2002 Best Animated Feature Oscar.

In 2002, Chase played Samara Morgan in _The Ring_.  Chase was awarded the 2003 Best Villain award at the MTV Movie Awards. She beat out Mike Myers, Colin Farrell, Willem Dafoe and Daniel Day-Lewis. In the sequel to _The Ring_, _The Ring Two_ (2005), Chase was listed as playing Samara Morgan again. This was because they used parts of the first movie. Kelly Stables did all of the new scenes for Samara.

In 2014, Chase voiced the character Xeno in the English language New Zealand preschool animated series _Gleam Gamblers_, in which she gave Xeno a optimistic sounding squeaky voice to match her cheerful and energetic personality with, Chase also voiced many other characters in _Gleam Gamblers_ as well.

### Other work

Chase's main other major movie and television credits between 2000-2005 were _Donnie Darko_ (2001) as Donnie's younger sister, Samantha, and _Oliver Beene_ (2003-2004), as Oliver's friend Joyce. Other credits include, _The Rats_ (2002), _Carolina_ (2003), _R.L. Stine's Haunted Lighthouse_ (2003) in which she plays a flying ghost called Annabel, and _Beethoven's 5th_ (2003). She also made guest appearances in _Touched By An Angel_, _Charmed_, _ER_, _Family Law_, and _The Practice_.

In 2007, Chase was in the HBO drama series _Big Love_. The series is about an FLDS polygamist, played by Bill Paxton, and his relationship with his 3 wives. Chase plays Rhonda Volmer, a girl who was going to be a child wife of a prophet, Roman Grant, who is played by Harry Dean Stanton. While making a second season of _Big Love_, Chase also worked on a new animation series called _Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures_. _Leroy & Stitch_ (2006), a sequel to _Lilo & Stitch_, has also been released.

### Singing

In 1999, she joined a small band as lead singer. The band has been the opening act for Reba McEntire. She was picked by Steven Spielberg to sing "God Bless America" in _A.I._. This part was removed from the final version of the movie. She also sang "Holly Jolly Christmas" for the _School's Out! Christmas_ album and "Tossin & Turnin" in the _Oliver Beene_ episode "Oliver & Others".  She also sings in many scenes in _Big Love_.

### Animated Roles

- _American Dragon: Jake Long_ - Mitchie
- _Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures_ - Betsy
- _Fillmore!_ - Joyce Summitt
- _Lilo & Stitch: The Series_ - Lilo Pelekai

### Movie Roles

- _Leroy & Stitch_ - Lilo Pelekai
- _Lilo & Stitch_ - Lilo Pelekai
- _Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch_ - Lilo Pelekai
- _Spirited Away_ - Chihiro Ogino
- _Stitch! The Movie_ - Lilo Pelekai

## Other websites

- Official website
- Official journal - "Daveigh's Days"
- Daveigh's Music Account at MySpace

## Infobox (actor)

- **name**: Daveigh Chase
- **image**: Daveigh Chase LF.jpg
- **caption**: Daveigh Chase on November 14, 2005
- **birth place**: Las Vegas, Nevada
- **birth name**: Daveigh Elizabeth Chase-Schwallier
- **years active**: 1998-present
- **known for**: Acting roles:
* "Lilo Pelekai" in _Lilo & Stitch_ and _Lilo & Stitch: The Series_
* "Xeno" in _Gleam Gamblers_
* "Samara Morgan" in _The Ring (2002 movie), The Ring_