Samantha Barks
Actor
- Born
- October 2, 1990 (age 36) · 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.
Known for
Les Misérables
December 18, 2012
Bitter Harvest
January 31, 2017
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
October 3, 2010
For Love or Money
March 15, 2019
Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical
June 20, 2025
The Christmas Candle
November 22, 2013
Interlude in Prague
May 25, 2017
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
April 1, 2013
Tomorrow Morning
September 9, 2022
What Love Builds
September 11, 2026
First Date: The Musical
October 22, 2020
Acting12
- 2026What Love Builds as Self
- 2025Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical as Elsa
- 2022Tomorrow Morning as Catherine
- 2020First Date: The Musical as Casey
- 2019For Love or Money as Connie
- 2017Interlude in Prague as Josefa Duchek
- 2017Bitter Harvest as Natalka
- 2015The Canary as Emaline
- 2013The Christmas Candle as Emily Barstow
- 2013Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story