Supernatural actress Carrie Anne Fleming dies aged 51 after breast cancer battle as devastated co-star pays tribute
A BELOVED actress has been remembered as a “powerhouse of vitality and goodwill” after tragically dying following a battle with breast cancer.
Carrie Anne Fleming, 51, passed away in Sidney, British Columbia, and was best known for her role in the fantasy drama Supernatural.
She is survived by her daughter Madalyn Rose.
Fleming was confirmed dead by her co-star and friend Jim Beaver in a statement to Variety.
The star died on February 26, from complications after battling the deadly illness.
Later, in a lengthy heartfelt tribute posted to Facebook, 75-year-old Beaver called Fleming his “soulmate”.
“To find a soul mate once in life is something of a miracle. To find one twice is almost unimaginable,” he said.
“To love and be loved is a pearl above price, but such pearls do come more than once or twice to the lucky.”
Beaver said loving her had been devastating, after losing Cecily – the mother of his child – to the same disease.
“I lost Cecily to cancer in 2004,” he said.
“Thursday, I lost Carrie to the same disease. I never thought my heart could break so badly more than once.
“But it has. But, oh, the two torches I carry – what bright, bright light they shed.”
He continued, recounting the first time they met on the set of the popular television series.
“Carrie Anne Fleming was cast as my wife on Supernatural in my fifth season on the show,” he said.
Beaver revealed he had “fallen for her hard” just seconds after meeting her for the first time.
He said he had been “shocked” to find she felt the same way.
“To find oneself paired with someone who not only loves and is loved, but who seems by magic or the grace of the gods to understand you, to want what you are, to want you to be what you are, who GETS you and never feels the need to have you defend who you are, and about whom you feel the same – how many of us can say that spark of divinity has alighted on us once, much less twice? I can,” he said in the heartbreaking tribute.
The pair bonded over both having daughters named Madeline Rose, with Beaver saying the discovery had been “the beginning of a beautiful friendship”.
“We ran lines of dialogue together in my trailer and talked for hours that first day, and the electricity between us was practically visible,” he wrote.
Beaver said the actress had “an amazingly good nature … a rapturous laugh and an utterly adorable personality that didn’t seem to have an off switch”.
“I was so in love I think my eyes turned silver,” he said.
“She seemed to think I was worth hanging around with, too.”
Fleming also starred in other popular shows including iZombie, Smallville, Good Luck Chuck, The L Word, Married Life and Supergirl.
Born on August 16, 1974, in Digby, Nova Scotia, Fleming studied at Mount Douglas Senior Secondary in Victoria, British Columbia, and later attended the Kaleidoscope Theatre as well as the Kidco Theatre Dance Company for drama.
She broke into the industry through an uncredited appearance in Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore, and later in a role in Viper.
In 2005 she was cast in Dario Argento’s show Masters of Horror, starring as a disfigured woman with cannibalistic urges.
She went on to appear and star in other horror shows, including Bloodsuckers and The Tooth Fairy.
More recently Fleming played Candy Baker on five seasons of the CW’s iZombie.
She also appeared in the 2015 TV film The Unauthorized Full House Story, exploring the behind-the-scenes making of the hit sitcom.
Fleming played the mother of Full House star Candace Cameron Bure, who portrayed D.J. Tanner on the show.
Fleming also performed in a number of British Columbia stage productions, including Steel Magnolias, Noises Off, and Romeo and Juliet.