Samantha Barks

Samantha Jane Barks 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 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.

2 October 1990

Born on the same birth day (2 October): Anna Ford • Darren Cahill • Elizabeth McLaughlin • Ferdinand Foch • Gillian Welch • John Gurdon • Kelly Willis • Spanky McFarland • Steve Sabol • Sting (musician) • Tom Boswell (basketball) • Tom Trbojevic

Born in the same month (October 1990): Alex Bentley • David Savard • Dimitris Gourtsas • Drew Crawford • Eric Saade • Han Sun-hwa • Jonathan Lipnicki • Joo (singer) • Jordan Clark (cricketer) • Jordan Hamilton (basketball) • Ronald González (Chilean footballer) • Saki (musician) • Saki Kumagai