Samantha, played by Gaby Hoffman, was the girl into séances and astrology and whose parents were in the process of splitting up in Now and Then, but prior to those days she was known for her role in Field of Dreams and Uncle Buck. She went on to appear in 1997's Volcano and 2014's Wild. More recently she could be seen on TV series Transparent and the award-winning Girls.
She took a break from acting to attend Bard College and in an interview on Fresh Air, she admitted her original plans to give up acting. "I always knew, since I was 7 or 8 years old, that it was a means to an end and that I wanted to go to college," she said.
Thankfully she found her way back and since has also found joy in her work. "It's been a pretty extraordinary last few years and not to rely too much on the sort of magical nature of things," she said, "but I think that decision to 'say yes,' sometimes I say 'turn toward' this thing, open up to it, it responded in kind. I've been given all these fantastic opportunities."
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