--- name: "Samantha Barks" canonical: "https://film.one/person/samantha-barks" roles: ["Actor"] born: "2 October 1990" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-20T07:42:20.326825+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Samantha Barks Actor. Born 2 October 1990 in Laxey, Isle of Man. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 2 October 1990, Laxey, Isle of Man - **Also known as:** Samantha Jane Barks - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Barks, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q440273, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2885819/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/145116 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Les Misérables*](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-2012.md) (62) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Samantha Barks is a Manx actress and singer. Born on 2 October 1990 in Laxey on the Isle of Man, she trained at the Arts Educational School in London after moving there at 16. She first came to prominence in 2008 when she placed third in the BBC talent series I'd Do Anything. Barks played Éponine Thénardier in the West End production of Les Misérables and its 25th anniversary concert before making her film debut in the role in the 2012 adaptation directed by Tom Hooper. Her performance earned her the Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer and a shared National Board of Review Award for Best Cast. Other stage credits include originating Vivian Ward in Pretty Woman: The Musical on Broadway in 2018 and playing Elsa in the West End production of Frozen from 2021 to 2024. *Sources: bbc.co.uk, en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Les Misérables* (2012), Fi1m 62, as Éponine Thénardier — [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-2012.md) ## Complete filmography (12) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical* (2025), as Elsa - *Tomorrow Morning* (2022), as Catherine - *First Date: The Musical* (2020), as Casey - *For Love or Money* (2019), as Connie - *Interlude in Prague* (2017), as Josefa Duchek - *Bitter Harvest* (2017), as Natalka - *The Canary* (2015), as Emaline - *The Christmas Candle* (2013), as Emily Barstow - *Les Misérables* (2012), as Éponine Thénardier — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-2012.md) - *Groove High* (2012), series, as Zoe Myer - *Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert* (2010), as Eponine - *Robot Chicken* (2005), series, as Various Voices ## Gallery - ![Fendi store opening - Samantha Barks (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/1250867/gallery-be2c4d3e3640.jpg) Fendi store opening - Samantha Barks (2014) — Christopher William Adach from Mexico, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Fendi_store_opening_-_Samantha_Barks_%2814071222296%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Samantha Barks](https://film.one/media/person/1250867/gallery-5b2d890aa79c.jpg) Samantha Barks — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Samantha_Barks_-_Fendi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Fendi store opening - Samantha Barks (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/1250867/gallery-a46ca45feb2b.jpg) Fendi store opening - Samantha Barks (2014) — Christopher William Adach from Mexico, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Fendi_store_opening_-_Samantha_Barks_%2813907678989%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Samantha Barks (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/1250867/gallery-64a72a4af8a2.jpg) Samantha Barks (2013) — Sean Reynolds from Liverpool, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Samantha_Barks_%288463781321%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Samantha Barks](https://film.one/media/person/1250867/gallery-a6251caba22a.jpg) Samantha Barks — Image via TMDB - ![Samantha Barks](https://film.one/media/person/1250867/gallery-23fcee883ee6.jpg) Samantha Barks — Image via TMDB - ![Samantha Barks](https://film.one/media/person/1250867/gallery-70c8c6f40ee5.jpg) Samantha Barks — Image via TMDB - ![Samantha barks 2025](https://film.one/media/person/1250867/gallery-03fcd8da52d0.jpg) Samantha barks 2025 — Pinklemonade2019, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Samantha_Barks_-_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Samantha Barks (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/1250867/gallery-eab0e195e613.jpg) Samantha Barks (2013) — Sean Reynolds from Liverpool, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Samantha_Barks_%288463785955%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Samantha Barks](https://film.one/media/person/1250867/gallery-4d829c11f889.jpg) Samantha Barks — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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