Samantha Jane Barks is a Manx actress and singer who has notably performed both on stage and screen as well as television. She first rose to fame after coming third in the BBC talent show–themed television series I'd Do Anything in 2008. In 2012, she starred alongside Jona...
Arts Educational Schools, London, St Ninian's High School, Douglas
Nationality
United Kingdom
Parents
Richard Barks, Ann Barks
Siblings
Carl Barks, Kim Barks
Nicknames
Samantha Jane Barks , Sam Barks
Awards
Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer, Glamour Award for Pandora Breakthrough, Satellite Award for Best Ensemble – Motion Picture
Nominations
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Movies
Bitter Harvest, The Christmas Candle, Les Misérables, Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary, The Canary
TV Shows
I'd Do Anything
Star Sign
Libra
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Quote
1
Do everything you can for yourself. Rehearse. Practice everyday. If you can't sing a certain song, sing it and sing it and sing it. Always throw yourself in the deep end and swim as hard as you can to swim up. And that's all you can do -- take risks and then work really hard because a certain element of things can be luck, but also the harder you work, the luckier you get. If you want something to happen, don't rely on external things to try to make that happen. Put your best self forward.
2
It's your job that should inspire you; fame is just a by-product of something that should give you satisfaction and happiness. Someone said that for every three seconds of glamour you see, there are eight hours of hard work. And if those eight hours of hard work aren't what you're in it for, then the three seconds won't give you the joy that you think it will.
3
You can't live up to everyone's ideals. You just have to do your own thing and hope that it's true to the character.
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Fact
1
Was in a relationship with Richard Fleeshman from November 2013 until December 2014.
2
Has been in a relationship with Jack Fox since December 2015.
3
Has studied Musical Theatre and Shakespeare at Arts Educational and Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, respectively.
4
Playing Aladdin in pantomime at the Theatre Royal, Windsor [December 2009]
performer: "In My Life", "Do You Hear The People Sing?", "The Robbery/Javert's Intervention", "Eponine's Errand", "A Heart Full of Love", "On My Own", "Attack on the Rue Plumet", "One Day More!", "A Little Fall Of Rain", "Building The Barricade Upon These Stones"
Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary
2010
performer: "The Robbery/Javert's Intervention", "In My Life", "A Heart Full of Love", "The Attack on the Rue Plumet", "One Day More", "Building the Barricade Upon These Stones", "The Letter", "On My Own", "A Little Fall of Rain", "Valjean's Death", "One Day More Encore" uncredited
$2 Million
