Samantha Barks

ActingBorn: October 2, 1990in 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.

Samantha Barks

Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical

VE Day 80

Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream

Tomorrow Morning

First Date: The Musical

For Love or Money

All Star Musicals

Interlude in Prague

Bitter Harvest

The Canary

Bear Grylls: Mission Survive

The Christmas Candle

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

Les Misérables

Groove High

Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert

I'd Do Anything

Robot Chicken

Last Breath