Celebrity Biographies
Samantha Barks
She makes her film debut with “Les miserables, the musical”, as Éponine, the young woman doomed to a tragic end. But Samantha Barks has managed to stand out for her talent for the song, so she predicts a promising future.
Manx – comes from the Isle of Man, British Crown Dependency – Samantha Jane Barks was born on October 2, 1990 in Laxey, a town on the east coast of the place. She started dancing at the age of 3, receiving ballet and modern dance classes. She later studied at The Arts Educational Schools, in the British capital.
He began his career by releasing a musical album, “Looking in Your Eyes”, which was relatively successful, but was not a mass phenomenon. Subsequently, she was chosen to compete in the British television talent show “I’ll Do Anything”, whose prize was to play Nancy, in the new stage version of Oliver! . Her enormous worth caused a sensation, she became a celebrity, and she made it to the finals, placing third on the show.
After finishing the show on the small screen, Barks was recruited for various musicals. She achieved enormous success on the British stage with Les Miserables, the musical , playing Éponine, the daughter of the Thénardiers, the mean-spirited owners of the inn. When Tom Hooper considered directing the film adaptation, he decided to hire her to repeat her role on the screen, firstly because of her privileged voice, and secondly to give a kind of nod to fans of the theatrical version.
Accustomed to the theater, it was difficult for her to get used to shooting a musical film. “I think I did ‘On My Own’ about fifteen times, take after take. It was something totally new for me. I was used to singing it once or twice a day, eight times a week. During the shoot, we sang all the time. time, it’s another type of discipline. You had to take great care not to lose your energy”.
Despite being the only leading actress in the film completely unknown to moviegoers, Samantha Barks literally steals the film from Hugh Jackman , Russell Crowe , Anne Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried , with her powerful voice, when alone, in the rain, she sings their title song. She has already been recruited for another film, Walking on Sunshine , by Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini ( StreetDance Let’s Dance! ), where she will have Kylie Minogue and Gemma Arterton as co-stars .