Samantha Jane Barks (born 2 October 1990) is a Manx 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 since released three studio albums: Looking in Your Eyes (2007), Samantha Barks (2016), and Into the Unknown (2021), and 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.
Barks starred opposite Jonathan Bailey in the Disney Channel musical-comedy Groove High (2012–2013) and the London revival of musical The Last Five Years in 2016. In 2018, she originated the role of Vivian in Pretty Woman: The Musical on Broadway. Since 2021, she plays Elsa in the West End production of Frozen.