Samara Weaving was raised by the Home and Away 'machine'. This is her life now.

Samara Weaving is the kind of celebrity that you either know everything, or absolutely nothing, about.

The Australian actress has carved out quite a niche for herself as the unofficial scream queen of horror in Hollywood. With a similar career trajectory and striking resemblance to Margot Robbie, Weaving was predicted to do great things. And she has.

Since her days in Summer Bay as the star of Home and Away, the niece of Hugo Weaving has gone on to become one of Australia's most successful exports in Hollywood.

Trading the sunny shores of Sydney for the bright lights of Los Angeles, this is everything we know about Samara Weaving.

Samara Weaving's childhood.

Born in Adelaide in 1992, Samara spent her childhood moving between countries like Singapore, Fiji, and Indonesia before settling back in Australia.

Samara comes from a movie-making family: her father, Simon Weaving, is a filmmaker, her younger sister, Morgan, is also an actress, and her uncle is none other than Hugo Weaving, the acclaimed actor known for The Matrix and Lord of the Rings franchises.

Her first major acting gig came at just 16, when she was cast as Kirsten Mulroney in the Australian series Out of the Blue.

But it was her role as Indigo 'Indi' Walker on Home and Away that truly put her on the map. Weaving joined the iconic soap in 2009, initially for a guest stint, but her character and on-screen family were so popular they were brought back as regulars.

Samara Weaving as Indi in Home and Away. Image: Seven.

She played Indi until 2013, appearing in more than 300 episodes and earning an AACTA Award nomination for Best Female Performance.

Weaving has spoken candidly about the demanding nature of working on the Aussie soap and how it would prepare her for the big thing, Hollywood.

"Home and Away is such a machine and you're just pumping out so many scenes. We would do up to 10 scenes a day if we were in the studio," she told Courier Mail.

"You need to learn your lines and know what your mark is, and where the cameras are, and need to find your light – you need to learn that so quickly, otherwise they will just replace you."

There's a reason Aussie soaps produce some of the industry's brightest stars: they work quick, and they work hard.

Samara Weaving's big break in Hollywood as a scream queen.

Weaving's big break in Hollywood came with a string of horror and horror-comedy roles. Weaving's breakout role came with the 2017 Netflix film The Babysitter, where she played Bee, the charismatic and seemingly perfect babysitter.

Samara Weaving's big break came in her role in Netflix's The Babysitter. Image: Netflix.

Then came another horror film, Mayhem, alongside Steven Yeun, as Weaving played a woman caught in a corporate building overrun by a rage-inducing virus.

But the role that garnered the most attention was Ready or Not, a darkly comic horror film. As Grace, a new bride hunted by her in-laws in a deadly game of hide-and-seek, Weaving became an instant horror icon.

Since then, Samara has continued her horror streak with Scream VI, Azrael and Borderline.

Weaving has also appeared in critically acclaimed dramas like Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and the period piece Babylon, along with memorable TV roles in Hollywood and Nine Perfect Strangers.

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The actress is known for taking on dark and quirky roles.

"I love playing not-so-nice people," Weaving told Harper's Bizarre Australia in 2022. "They're just really fun and juicy, and so broken. It's boring playing someone who has their shit together."

Samara Weaving's husband and personal life.

Samara's big break in Hollywood would also introduce the actress to her future husband: on the set of The Babysitter, she met the film's producer, Jimmy Warden, in 2015.

Jimmy is an American screenwriter, producer and director. The pair kept their relationship low-key, eventually soft-launching in 2016 with a social media post.

The couple share a terrier named Muriel and often post playful snaps on social media.

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Weaving and Warden got engaged in March 2019, with Samara sharing the happy news on Instagram, showing off her unique sapphire and diamond ring.

The couple married later that year in a private ceremony, keeping details under wraps and letting the news fly under the radar.

Weaving later confirmed their marriage in an interview, and Warden has playfully referenced Weaving as 'his wife' on social media.

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Samara and Jimmy have spoken candidly about the 'golden rule' that keeps their marriage strong: never letting more than two or three weeks go by without seeing each other, no matter how busy their schedules get.

"When I'm away or if Jimmy's away shooting, we try not to go two and a half or three weeks [without seeing each other]," Weaving told PEOPLE.

They also have a refreshingly honest approach to marital disagreements. Warden shared, "We go to bed annoyed, and then we wake up and we're like, 'Why were we annoyed?' A lot of people talk it out until it's 2am and we're just like, 'No, let's just go to bed.'"

Weaving agreed, "Go to bed angry. It's fine."

Where is Samara Weaving now?

The Australian actress' career shows little sign of slowing down.

Weaving's latest project is the comedic thriller Borderline, which hit cinemas in March 2025. In the film, she plays Sofia, a pop star whose life is upended when an obsessive fan (played by Ray Nicholson) breaks into her home.

The film is written and directed by her husband, Jimmy, and produced by Margot Robbie's LuckyChap Entertainment.

Other exciting films in the pipeline are Ready or Not 2, the highly anticipated sequel to the cult horror hit Ready or Not, along with The Trip, where she will star opposite Jason Segel in the Netflix horror-comedy, playing one-half of a dysfunctional couple on a cabin getaway.

Samara Weaving at Paris Fashion Week in 2024. Image: Getty.

Other potential projects coming are Down the Rabbit Hole, a limited-series adaption of Holly Madison's memoir about life as a Playboy Bunny, plus an action-horror Eenie Meanie and the Elizabeth Taylor biopic, Liz.

Over the years, she's also become a style icon, frequenting glamorous events, brand launches and fashion weeks across Europe.

Samara now calls Los Angeles home. After her breakout success in Australia, she relocated to LA as her Hollywood career skyrocketed.

"It's funny when people ask me about how I choose roles because until recently, I wasn't choosing roles… those were the roles that I landed," she told Harper's Bizarre.

"I have a fear of being boxed into one genre. I don't want people to have a set idea about the kind of roles I can play — I find it really scary and exciting when a role I haven't done before comes across the desk."

And with so many projects in the works, it's clear the only way is up and up for this Aussie talent.

Feature image: Getty/Seven.