
Samantha Barks
Born: 1990-10-02
Place of birth: 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

Groove High
2012

Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
2010

Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream
2023

Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical
2025

Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
2013

Robot Chicken
2005

Les Misérables
2012

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
2014

VE Day 80
2025

Bitter Harvest
2017

Interlude In Prague
2017

The Christmas Candle
2013

Tomorrow Morning
2022

For Love or Money
2019

Bear Grylls: Mission Survive
2015

First Date: The Musical
2020