Samantha Barks

Known for ActingBorn 1990-10-02 (age 35)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Groove High

Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert

Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream

All Star Musicals

Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical

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

Robot Chicken

Les Misérables

VE Day 80

Bitter Harvest

Interlude in Prague

The Christmas Candle

Tomorrow Morning

For Love or Money

Bear Grylls: Mission Survive

First Date: The Musical

The Canary

I'd Do Anything

Last Breath