Acting

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Woman

Oct 2, 1990 (34)

Laxey, Isle of Man

Samantha Barks

Samantha Jane Barks (born 2 October 1990) is a Manx actress and singer who rose to fame after placing third in the BBC talent show-themed television series I'd Do Anything in 2008. She has released three studio albums: Looking in Your Eyes (2007), Samantha Barks (2016), and Into the Unknown (2021), and made her film debut as Éponine in the Tom Hooper-directed Les Misérables in 2012. Her performance in the film won her the Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer and a shared National Board of Review Award with the film's cast. Barks starred opposite Jonathan Bailey in the Disney Channel musical-comedy Groove High (2012–2013) and again, in the London revival of the musical The Last Five Years in 2016. In 2018, she originated the role of Vivian Ward in Pretty Woman: The Musical on Broadway. Since 2021, she has played Elsa in the West End production of Frozen, though she took some time off for maternity leave.

Les Misérables

December 18, 2012

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

February 5, 2014

Robot Chicken

February 20, 2005

Bitter Harvest

January 31, 2017

Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert

October 3, 2010

For Love or Money

March 15, 2019

The Christmas Candle

November 22, 2013

Interlude In Prague

May 25, 2017

Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story

April 1, 2013

Bear Grylls: Mission Survive

February 20, 2015