Daveigh Chase, star of The Ring and Lilo and Stitch, dies of AIDS

Chaz’s father, John David Schwalier, told The New York Times at the time of her death that she was homeless and living with her boyfriend in Los Angeles before she passed away.

The former child star began acting at the age of four, landing her first Hollywood job at the age of seven, but retired from full-time acting in 2015, according to her manager.

Her first TV role in Hollywood at the age of seven was a small part in the sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch directed by the legendary Melissa Joan Hart.

Chase’s Hollywood breakthrough came in 2001 when she appeared as Samantha Darko in Donnie Darko and later played the officer’s sister in the 2009 film S. Darko.

In the year In 2002, Chase was played by Samara Morgan, a long-haired ghost in the horror film The Ring, a classic Japanese film about Americans dying after seeing it.

She won the 2003 MTV Movie Award for Best Villain for playing a creepy demon-like character who crawls on her hands and feet before killing her victims.

Also In 2002, she lent her voice to Lilo and Stitch, the Hawaiian girl adored by Elvis, in the animated film Lilo & Stitch.

The episode earned her an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production, and she continued to voice the character.