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Personal Info

Birth date

1990-10-02 (34 Years)

Gender

Female

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Laxey, Isle of Man

Also known as

Samantha Jane Barks

Samantha Barks

Biography

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.

Filmography

Acting

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