Samantha Barks
Actor
Born October 2, 1990 in Laxey, Isle of Man
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
Last Breath
Self
Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical
Elsa
VE Day 80
Self
Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream
Self - Judge
Tomorrow Morning
Catherine
First Date: The Musical
Casey
For Love or Money
Connie
Interlude in Prague
Josefa Duchek
Bitter Harvest
Natalka
Bear Grylls: Mission Survive
Self
The Christmas Candle
Emily Barstow
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
Self
Les Misérables
Éponine Thénardier
Groove High
Zoe Myer
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
Eponine
I'd Do Anything
Herself - Potential Nancy
Robot Chicken
Various Voices