Samantha Barks
Acting
Born October 2, 1990 · 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.
Films (12)
Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical
2025
Tomorrow Morning
2022
First Date: The Musical
2020
For Love or Money
2019
Interlude In Prague
2017
Bitter Harvest
2017
The Canary
2015
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
2014
The Christmas Candle
2013
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
2013
Les Misérables
2012
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
2010