Samantha Barks - a new star of variety and cinema

The rising star Samantha Barks, a biography whose filmography interests more and more fans, is becoming more and more interesting and interesting. A young actress and singer, often appears in television shows, she finds serious roles, the media is actively writing about her, in a word, Samantha is a promising person.

early years

Samantha Barks was born on October 2, 1990. Its small homeland is the Isle of Man. Family of Samantha has many children - the actress has a brother and sister.

Since three years the talented girl attended dance lessons, and also took a great interest in ballet and studied at the art school.

Samantha Barks: The Debut

April 2007 was marked for the young singer by the release of her first album titled "Looking in Your Eyes". The album sold in a small print run - about six hundred copies. It included 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 spoke for her native island in an international contest of votes and became the winner, receiving a prize of two thousand dollars. She performed a song from her album, later on Malta 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, showing undoubted talent, overcoming all sorts of difficulties, eventually took an honorable third place.

Participation in the show, of course, had a beneficial effect on the career development of the young performer. Shortly after the finals, she was invited to the opening of races to perform the hymn of the Isle of Man. Then she spent almost a year traveling with the musical "Cabaret", playing Sally Bowles, and after the tour she managed to organize her own performance called "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 the twenty-first of November, together with other stars, the singer lit Christmas lights in the city of Windsor.

Samantha Burks: Filmography

Due to the fact that the actress is at the beginning of her career, there are not so many film works in her filmography. She played a major role in "Alladin", as well as in the London version of "Les Miserables" at the Queens Theater. This role of Eponines was highly appreciated by critics. In the television series "Groove High", released by the studio "Disney", Sam reincarnated in Zoe. The shooting was quite interesting, because they combined live shooting with animation.

In the feature film Les Miserables, starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway, Barks also took part.

Despite the fact that it was a supporting role, the piercing scene in the rain in which Sam sang about unrequited love, very impressed the audience and left a bright mark, affecting many hearts with genuine tragedy.

Another role, but the main one was performed in the "Christmas Candle". A thin, sometimes funny and at the same time dramatic film, in which faith, miracle, progress and Christmas converge, takes the viewer to another era and gives the world where they use candles more willingly than with electricity, and they await a real Christmas miracle. Samantha Barks again demonstrated herself as a wonderful actress.

By the end of 2013, Sam was more eager to invite to listen to these or other roles. Some films are expected: "A Thousand Streets", "The Harvest of the Devil", and "Caesar". All these films Samantha Barks comments modestly, but since the premiere is promised as early as 2015, soon any film enthusiast will be able to evaluate the game of a talented actress. Also preparing for filming in the film "New Amsterdam", which will be released on big screens next year.

It should be noted that the creators of the recently released "Dracula" released an extended version on dvd, where in an episodic role one can not even recognize Samantha Barks. "Dracula" became quite popular and collected a good cash register. Here, the actress changed beyond recognition, trying on the image of a witch, terrible, mean and disgusting. But even in a repulsive appearance, Barks managed to look very harmonious. A short scene in the witch's hut, where the conversation with Dracula takes place, brings a certain zest and animation into the plot.

Lifestyle

Actress since childhood is a vegetarian and actively preaches a similar way of life. She also travels around the world with charitable visits, participates in various actions aimed at combating violence and cruelty, especially in relation to 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 the fish are experiencing pain during their withdrawal from the aquatic environment, and urged society to refuse to eat fish.