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): Brittany Howard • Charles Floquet • Connie Dierking • Edmund Crispin • Jana Novotná • Lal Bahadur Shastri • Robbie Nevil • Víctor Paz Estenssoro

Born in the same month (October 1990): Albert Prosa • Ben Proudfoot • Dzina Sazanavets • Geno Smith • Henri Lansbury • JID • Jake Lamb • Nikola Vučević • Paolo Campinoti • Quincy Acy • Saki (musician) • Scarlett Byrne • Sergey Shubenkov • Suwaibou Sanneh