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USA (1970 -). Actriz norteamericana nacida en 1970 en Nueva York. The pert, attractive, young Mathis is a third-generation performer (granddaughter of Austrian actress Gusti Huber, daughter of actress Bibi Besch). The New York and LA-raised teen got her first role—as an Amish girl—in the short-lived TV series Aaron's Way (NBC, 1988). She continued to work in TV sporadically, her contributions consisting of the crime series Knightwatch (ABC, 1988-89) and supporting roles in the TV-movies AMERICAN NUCLEAR (CBS, 1989), con James Farentino, COLD SASSY TREE (TNT, 1989), and three 1990 movies, EXTREME CLOSE-UP (NBC, 1990), 83 HORAS HASTA AMANECER (CBS, 1990), and TO MY DAUGHTER (NBC, 1990). But the big screen was Mathis' goal, and in 1989 she made her film debut in the low-budget thriller FORBIDDEN SUN (1989). The following year, she garnered positive notices for her portrayal of an angst-ridden teen poet in SUBAN EL VOLUMEN (1990), co-starring Christian Slater. Coasting on good notices, she won the part of the awkward teenage daughter of Julie Kavner in Nora Ephron ESTA ES MI VIDA (1992). After contributing a voice-over in the animated FERNGULLY…THE LAST RAINFOREST (1992), Mathis graduated to adult roles (though in a juvenile film) as the love interest of John Leguizamo in the film version of the hit video game SUPER MARIO BROS (1993). A small role in the thriller THE MUSIC OF CHANCE (1993) followed, but Mathis finally starred—with the ill-fated River Phoenix—in the drama about aspiring country and western singers, UNA COSA LLAMADA AMOR (1993). That last was important in Mathis' life: she began dating River Phoenix and was with him the night he died, and female co-star Sandra Bullock became her best friend. The parts came fast and furious by the mid-1990s: she was cute, spoiled, adult Amy in MUJERCITAS (1994) and had three good roles in 1995: a waitress-turned-nanny in the romantic British comedy JACK & SARAH (released in the US in 1996), portraying a youthful version of Lois Smith's Sophia in Jocelyn Moorhouse AMORES QUE NUNCA SE OLVIDAN (1995), and Chief Executive Michael Douglas assistant in MI QUERIDO PRESIDENTE (1995). She was reunited with former co-star (and former boyfriend) Christian Slater for John Woo action thriller CODIGO: FLECHA ROTA (1996), as a park ranger trying to rein in psycho John Travolta.
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