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Rising star Samantha Barks, whose biography, whose filmography is of interest to more and more fans, is becoming more and more popular and interesting. A young actress and singer, she often appears in television shows, she finds serious roles, the media actively writes about her, in a word, Samantha is a promising person.
Early years
Samantha Barks was born on October 2, 1990. Her small home is the Isle of Man. Samantha's family has many children - the actress has a brother and sister.
From the age of three, a talented girl attended dance classes, and was also fond of ballet and studied at an art school.
Samantha Barks debut
April 2007 was marked for the young singer by the release of her first album called "Looking in Your Eyes". The album was sold in a small circulation - about six hundred copies. It includes some songs, the author of which was the singer herself, the publisher was the independent studio Brunswick.
Two months later, Sam participated in the festival with such giants as The Who, and in the winter of the same year, the singer performed for her native island at the international voice competition and becamewinner, receiving a prize of two thousand dollars. She performed a song from her album, later in M alta this track became a real hit.
I'do anything show
In 2008, a show project was organized, in which suitable performers were selected for the musical “Oliver!”. Samantha fought hard, demonstrating undeniable talent, overcoming all kinds of difficulties, as a result, she took an honorable third place.
Participation in the show, of course, had a beneficial effect on the development of the career of a young performer. Shortly after the final, she was invited to the opening of the races to sing the Isle of Man anthem. She then traveled for almost a year with the musical Cabaret playing Sally Bowles, and after the tour was over, she managed to organize her own performance called An Audience with Samantha Barks. This concert took place on the island and gathered fans who supported and cheered for her while she participated in the show.
On September 30, Sam was honored to launch a ship in Shanghai, and on November 21, together with other stars, the singer lit the Christmas lights in the city of Windsor.
Samantha Barks: filmography
Due to the fact that the actress is at the beginning of her career, there are not many film works in her filmography. She starred in Aladdin and also in the London version of Les Misérables at the Queens Theatre. This role of Eponina was highly appreciated by critics. In the television series "Groove High", released by the Disney film studio, Sam reincarnated as Zoe. Filming was quite interesting, becausecombined live shooting with animation.
The feature film Les Misérables starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway also featured Barks.
Despite the fact that it was a supporting role, the poignant scene in the rain, in which Sam sang about unrequited love, impressed the audience very much and left a bright mark, touching many hearts with genuine tragedy.
Another role, but the main one was performed in "Christmas Candle". A subtle, sometimes funny and at the same time dramatic film, in which faith, miracle, progress and Christmas converge, takes the viewer to another era and provides a world where candles are used more willingly than electricity, and they are waiting for a real Christmas miracle. Samantha Barks once again showed herself as a wonderful actress.
By the end of 2013, Sam became more willing to be invited to audition for certain roles. Some films are expected: A Thousand Streets, The Devil's Harvest, and Caesar. Samantha Barks comments on all these films quite modestly, but since the premieres are promised already in 2015, soon any film enthusiast will be able to appreciate the game of a talented actress. Preparations are also underway for the filming of the film "New Amsterdam", which will be released on the big screens next year.
It should be noted that the creators of the recently released film "Dracula" released an extended version on dvd, where you can not recognize Samantha Barks in a cameo role. "Dracula" became quite popular and collected a good box office. Here the actress has changed beyond recognition,trying on the image of a witch, terrible, vile and disgusting.
But even in a repulsive appearance, Barks managed to look very harmonious. A short scene in the witch's hut, where a conversation with Dracula takes place, brings a certain zest and animation to the plot.
Lifestyle
The actress has been a vegetarian since childhood and actively promotes this lifestyle. She also often travels the world on charity visits, participates in various events aimed at combating violence and cruelty, especially against animals. Not so long ago, posters appeared on which Samantha is depicted under water. And the inscription on them reads "Imagine that you can not breathe." So she tried to draw attention to the fact that fish experience pain during their removal from the aquatic environment, and called on society to stop eating fish.
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