Known for

Acting

Born

Oct 2, 1990 (36 years old)

Place of birth

Laxey, Isle of Man

Samantha Barks

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.

Titles

Robot Chicken

Series • 2005

Les Misérables

Movie • 2012

I'd Do Anything

Series • 2008

Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical

Movie • 2025

For Love or Money

Movie • 2019

Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream

Series • 2023

Bear Grylls: Mission Survive

Series • 2015

Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert

Movie • 2010

Bitter Harvest

Movie • 2017

What Love Builds

Movie • 2026

First Date: The Musical

Movie • 2020

The Christmas Candle

Movie • 2013

Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story

Movie • 2013

Interlude in Prague

Movie • 2017

Tomorrow Morning

Movie • 2022