---
name: "Samantha Womack"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/samantha-womack"
fi1m_id: "samantha-womack"
imdb_id: "nm0418379"
tmdb_id: 78952
wikidata_id: "Q291314"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 November 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T14:21:19.075210+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 Womack

## Identity

Samantha Womack

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/samantha-womack
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** samantha-womack
- **IMDb ID:** nm0418379
- **TMDB ID:** 78952
- **Wikidata ID:** Q291314
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Womack, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q291314, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0418379/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78952

Actor. Born 2 November 1972 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 November 1972, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Also known as:** Samantha Janus, Samantha Zoe Womack
- **Average Fi1m score:** 56, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 54 (2), 2020s 60 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 56 to 57 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 2, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Drama 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $825m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Womack, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q291314, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0418379/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78952

## Biography

Samantha Womack (born Samantha Zoe Janus) is an English actress who has worked in film, television and theatre. She trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and began her career in the early 1990s, appearing under the name Samantha Janus.

She is known for playing Ronnie Mitchell in the BBC soap *EastEnders* (2007–2017) and Michelle Unwin in the films *Kingsman: The Secret Service* (2015) and *Kingsman: The Golden Circle* (2017). Earlier television roles include Mandy in *Game On* (1995) and DI Kate Ashton in *Silent Witness* (1996). She represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991.

Womack has also appeared on stage in productions including *The Addams Family*, *Guys and Dolls* and *Dear England*, and in other television series such as *Mount Pleasant* and *The Marlow Murder Club*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, thetvdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Marlow Murder Club* (2024), Fi1m 60, as Caroline Wingrove — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-marlow-murder-club.md)
- *Kingsman: The Golden Circle* (2017), Fi1m 42, as Michelle — [page](https://film.one/film/kingsman-the-golden-circle.md)
- *Kingsman: The Secret Service* (2015), Fi1m 66, as Michelle Unwin — [page](https://film.one/film/kingsman-the-secret-service.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Marlow Murder Club* (2024), series, as Caroline Wingrove — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-marlow-murder-club.md)
- *The Best of EastEnders* (2018), as Ronnie Mitchell (archive footage)
- *Kingsman: The Golden Circle* (2017), as Michelle — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/kingsman-the-golden-circle.md)
- *Kingsman: The Secret Service* (2015), as Michelle Unwin — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/kingsman-the-secret-service.md)
- *One Night in Istanbul* (2014), as Carmella Jones
- *All Star Mr & Mrs* (2008), series, Actor
- *Forgiven* (2007), as Kate
- *Dead Man's Cards* (2006), as Kris (as Samantha Janus)
- *Home Again* (2006), series, Actor
- *Lighthouse Hill* (2004), as Jennifer Ainsworth (as Samantha Janus)
- *The Baby Juice Express* (2004), as Trixie (as Samantha Janus)
- *Strange* (2003), series, as Jude Atkins
- *The Afternoon Play* (2003), series, as Emma Priestley
- *Judge John Deed* (2001), series, Actor
- *Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime* (2000), as Cinderella
- *Liverpool 1* (1998), series, as DC Isobel de Pauli
- *Babes in the Wood* (1998), series, Actor
- *Imogen's Face* (1998), as Imogen
- *Up 'n' Under* (1998), as Hazel Scott
- *Deadly Instincts* (1997), as Louise
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, as DI Kate Ashton
- *TFI Friday* (1996), series, Actor
- *Sharman* (1995), series, as Jane
- *Game On* (1995), series, as Amanda 'Mandy' Wilkins
- *Pie in the Sky* (1994), series, as Nichola
- *A Murder of Quality* (1991), as Alice Lawry
- *Jekyll & Hyde* (1990), as Young Maid (Margaret) (as Samantha Janus)
- *Press Gang* (1989), series, as Waitress
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Ronnie Mitchell, Ronnie Branning
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Minder* (1979), series, as Marian

## Gallery

- ![Samantha Womack](https://film.one/media/person/1391896/gallery-b056395f62ea.jpg) Samantha Womack — AnemoneProjectors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Samantha_Womack_2016.jpg/1280px-Samantha_Womack_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actress Samantha Womack at the EastEnders Meet and Greet event at BBC Elstree Centre. (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/1391896/gallery-665c2f0da971.jpg) Actress Samantha Womack at the EastEnders Meet and Greet event at BBC Elstree Centre. (2016) — AnemoneProjectors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Samantha_Womack_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Samantha_Womack_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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