Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1990-10-02
Discography
- Samantha Barks2016
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- 137,659
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Samantha Barks (born 02 October 1990) is a professional actress and singer from the Isle of Man. Sam has been dancing since the age of 3, training in Ballet, Modern and Tap. She was also a member of the Manx Operatic Society, which provided her with a lot of performing experience Her previous work (all in the Isle of Man) includes playing Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, The Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, Dancing in Coppelia <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,988x
- The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence
· 2020 · cited 11,340x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,803x
- NIA‐AA Research Framework: Toward a biological definition of Alzheimer's disease
· 2018 · cited 9,643x
- The UK Biobank resource with deep phenotyping and genomic data
· 2018 · cited 9,050x
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Key facts
- Born
- Samantha Jane Barks , ( 1990-10-02 ) 2 October 1990 (age 35) , Laxey , Isle of Man
- Occupations
- Actress singer
- Years active
- 2007–present
- Spouse
- Alex Michael Stoll ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2022 )
- Website
- www .samanthabarks .global
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Encyclopedic overview
Samantha Jane Barks (born 2 October 1990) is a British 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).
Barks 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. She 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. From 2021 to 2024, she starred as Elsa in the West End production of Frozen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Samantha Barks” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.