Samantha Barks

© Disney, photo by Michael Wharley

For theatre, her work includes Frozen at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Chess (Umeda Arts Theater Main Hall / Tokyo International Forum Hall), Pretty Woman(Chicago and Broadway), The Last Five Years (St James Theatre), Amelie (Berkley Rep), City of Angels (Donmar Warehouse), Chicago (Hollywood Bowl), Oliver! (UK tour), Les Misérables (Queen’s Theatre), and Cabaret (Birmingham Rep).

She was one of the participants on the BBC series I’d Do Anything. For film, her credits include Chocolate Cake, For Love or Money, Bitter Harvest, The Revenger, Interlude in Prague, The Devil’s Harvest, The Christmas Candleand as Eponine in Les Misérables (recipient of Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer; and nomination for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture).

She also reprised her performance as Eponine for Les Misérables in Concert: The 25^th Anniversary. She was a judge on ITV’s All Star Musicals and, most recently, Mamma Mia – I Have a Dream.