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.
TBALast Breath as Self
2025Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical as Elsa
2025VE Day 80 (1 Episode) as Self
2023Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream (8 Episodes) as Self - Judge
2022Tomorrow Morning as Catherine
2020First Date: The Musical as Casey
2019For Love or Money as Connie
2017All Star Musicals (2 Episodes) as Self - Judge
2017Interlude In Prague as Josefa Duchek
2017Bitter Harvest as Natalka
2015The Canary as Emaline
2015Bear Grylls: Mission Survive (5 Episodes) as Self
2014Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart as Miss Acacia (voice)
2013The Christmas Candle as Emily Barstow
2013Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story as Self
2012Les Misérables as Éponine
2012Groove High (26 Episodes) as Zoe Myer
2010Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert as Eponine
2008I'd Do Anything (22 Episodes) as Herself - Potential Nancy
2005Robot Chicken (1 Episode) as Various Voices