Samantha Barks
Acting • Born 1990-10-02
Biography
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
20 credits
The Canary
Movie • 2015
Emaline
Les Misérables
Movie • 2012
Éponine Thénardier
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
Movie • 2010
Eponine
The Christmas Candle
Movie • 2013
Emily Barstow
Last Breath
Movie
Self
Bitter Harvest
Movie • 2017
Natalka
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Movie • 2014
Miss Acacia (voice)
Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical
Movie • 2025
Elsa
Interlude In Prague
Movie • 2017
Josefa Duchek
For Love or Money
Movie • 2019
Connie
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
Movie • 2013
Self
First Date: The Musical
Movie • 2020
Casey
Tomorrow Morning
Movie • 2022
Catherine
I'd Do Anything
TV • 2008
Herself - Potential Nancy
All Star Musicals
TV • 2017
Self - Judge
Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream
TV • 2023
Self - Judge
Bear Grylls: Mission Survive
TV • 2015
Self
Robot Chicken
TV • 2005
Various Voices
Groove High
TV • 2012
Zoe Myer
VE Day 80
TV • 2025
Self