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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…
Known for
- What Love Builds — Self2026
- Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical — Elsa2025
- VE Day 80 — Self2025
- Disney Legends Award Ceremony — Self2024
- Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream — Self - Judge2023
- Tomorrow Morning — Catherine2022
- First Date: The Musical — Casey2020
- For Love or Money — Connie2019
- Bitter Harvest — Natalka2017
- Interlude in Prague — Josefa Duchek2017
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Key facts
- Born
- Samantha Jane Barks , ( 1990-10-02 ) 2 October 1990 (age 35) , Laxey , Isle of Man
- Occupations
- Actress singer
- Years active
- 2007–present
- Spouse
- Alex Michael Stoll ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2022 )
- Website
- www .samanthabarks .global
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jane
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Laxey
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Hair colour
- brown hair
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Samantha Barks - Fendi.jpg
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- Samantha Barks
- date of birth
- 1990-10-02
- start of work period
- 2008-00-00
- lifestyle
- vegetarianism
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Encyclopedic overview
Samantha Jane Barks (born 2 October 1990) is a British 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).
Barks 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. She 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. From 2021 to 2024, she starred as Elsa in the West End production of Frozen.
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