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.
Known For
Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical
Elsa
2025
VE Day 80
Herself · (1 episode)
2025
Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream
Self - Judge · (8 episodes)
2023
Tomorrow Morning
Catherine
2022
First Date: The Musical
Casey
2020
For Love or Money
Connie
2019
All Star Musicals
Self - Judge · (2 episodes)
2017
Interlude In Prague
Josefa Duchek
2017
Bitter Harvest
Natalka
2017
The Canary
Emaline
2015
Bear Grylls: Mission Survive
Self · (5 episodes)
2015
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Miss Acacia (voice)
2014
The Christmas Candle
Emily Barstow
2013
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
Self
2013
Les Misérables
Éponine
2012
Groove High
Zoe Myer · (26 episodes)
2012
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
Eponine
2010
Last Breath
Self
I'd Do Anything
Herself - Potential Nancy · (22 episodes)
2008
Robot Chicken
Various Voices · (1 episode)
2005