Actor
Samantha Barks
36 years · Laxey, Isle of Man · 11 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 11
What Love Builds
2026 · Self
Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical
2025 · Elsa
On Disney Plus
Tomorrow Morning
2022 · Catherine
On Tubi TV
First Date: The Musical
2020 · Casey
For Love or Money
2019 · Connie
On Kanopy
Interlude in Prague
2017 · Josefa Duchek
On YouTube Free
Bitter Harvest
2017 · Natalka
On Plex
The Christmas Candle
2013 · Emily Barstow
On Plex
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
2013 · Self
On Fawesome
Les Misérables
2012 · Éponine Thénardier
On HBO Max
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
2010 · Eponine