She is an actress/singer who is currently on the most amazing journey. If you have seen Les Mis you will know her as the character 'Eponine' which she played fantastically well! Not just an amazing singer but a truly believable actress too.
She trained at Arts Ed and not long after was a contestent on the BBC 1 show 'I'd Do Anything' for which she was fighting week after week to be given the honourary prize of becoming Nancy in the west end hit musical 'Oliver'. Unfortunatley, Samantha only made it to third place on the show.
In a crazy twist of fate a few years later, and after various roles in West End musicals, she became Nancy in 'Oliver' and it was here when Cameron Mackintosh announced live on stage at the finale that he wanted her to play Eponine in the highly anticipated feature film, Les Miserables.
The film has gone on to recieve critical acclaim (which it thoroughly deserves) and everyone seems to be asking the same question...who is this Samantha Barks?
This is the begining of a very VERY bright future for the 22 year old. For me personally, I loved seeing her at The Oscars on Sunday night. It was quite emotional yet inspirational to see a girl roughly the same age as me go through setbacks and defeats but still push on and find this an amazing path which any actor dreams of!
Taking a swerve from the acting perspective and more onto style (which is a big passion of mine too) I thought she nailed the 'Oscars' look 100%.
For an actress that has only just come onto the scene, who wasnt nominated for an award but an actress who wanted to say 'hi, here I am' this was the PERFECT ensemble.
Understated yet bold. Classy, but sexy.
