Acting · Laxey, Isle of Man · Born October 2, 1990
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.
MovieFrozen: The Hit Broadway Musical
2025
as Elsa
TVVE Day 80
2025
as Self
TVMamma Mia! I Have A Dream
2023
as Self - Judge
MovieTomorrow Morning
2022
as Catherine
MovieFirst Date: The Musical
2020
as Casey
MovieFor Love or Money
2019
as Connie
All Star Musicals
2017
as Self - Judge
MovieInterlude in Prague
2017
as Josefa Duchek
MovieBitter Harvest
2017
as Natalka
The Canary
2015
as Emaline
TVBear Grylls: Mission Survive
2015
as Self
MovieThe Christmas Candle
2013
as Emily Barstow
MovieLes Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
2013
as Self
MovieLes Misérables
2012
as Éponine Thénardier
TVGroove High
2012
as Zoe Myer
MovieLes Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
2010
as Eponine
TVI'd Do Anything
2008
as Herself - Potential Nancy
TVRobot Chicken
2005
as Various Voices
MovieLast Breath
as Self
