Samantha Barks
Born: 1990-10-02 in Laxey, Isle of Man
Known For: Acting
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
2025
- Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical as Elsa
- VE Day 80 as Self
2023
- Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream as Self - Judge
2022
- Tomorrow Morning as Catherine
2020
- First Date: The Musical as Casey
2019
- For Love or Money as Connie
2017
- Bitter Harvest as Natalka
- Interlude In Prague as Josefa Duchek
- All Star Musicals as Self - Judge
2015
- Bear Grylls: Mission Survive as Self
- The Canary as Emaline
2014
- Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart as Miss Acacia (voice)
2013
- The Christmas Candle as Emily Barstow
- Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story as Self
2012
- Les Misérables as Éponine
- Groove High as Zoe Myer
2010
- Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert as Eponine
2008
- I'd Do Anything as Herself - Potential Nancy
2005
- Robot Chicken as Various Voices