[4], Her performance in Les Misérables was widely acclaimed, and earned nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Acting Ensemble, won the Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer and shared the National Board of Review Award for Best Cast. [56], In January 2016, it was announced that Barks was cast in the movie musical Strike!. [21] Barks officially launched BreastHealth UK's new clinic at the Spire Thames Valley Hospital in Wexham on 27 November 2009. This felt like the perfect re-introduction. By Any Other Name: Can You Identify These Historical Theatres?

", The majority of the Chicago headliners — whose ranks include Lucy Lawless as Mama Morton — are all Fosse and Bowl neophytes. She has also been active as an actress, as she stars in the Disney series “Groove High”. [47] In June 2013, Barks performed at The Recording Academy Honors. [48] The same month, Barks took part in the one-night only 24 Hour Plays at the Broad Stage Theater in Santa Monica, California. Barks performed as the lead role of Cathy in the Off-West End production of The Last Five Years at the St. James Theatre from 27 October to 3 December 2016. Samantha Barks (Laxey, Man, 1990. október 2. Each Nancy also had a "Master Class" with Liza Minnelli in London. [3] On 11 February 2013, Barks won Best Breakthrough Performance at the Elle Style Awards. Her notable London theatre credits include City of Angels at the Donmar Warehouse in 2014, playing the role of Mallory/Avril and Cathy in The Last Five Years at the St. James Theatre (now The Other Palace). Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, James Corden, Andrew Rannells, and newcomer Jo Ellen Pellman star in the film adaptation of the musical. April 1", "Cat Simmons Joins OLIVER! The concert was part of a concert series created by Russell Crowe and Alan Doyle. During her run, she also starred in the musical’s 25th anniversary concert at the O2 Arena, before going on to eventually play Nancy in the UK tour of Oliver. [17] Barks performed alongside her I’d Do Anything cast-mates Sarah Lark and Jodie Prenger at the Theatregoers Choice Awards in February 2009.

"You don't start at the Bowl, but he said, 'Listen, I've sat with you so many nights on the road in London and in New York where we've poured over this show and talked about what's missing, what we love about the original.' Barks went through a get-it-up-quick cycle with the "24 Hour Plays" in Los Angeles and Moyer — a stage veteran of productions and tours in the United Kingdom — is returning to the boards after a self-imposed hiatus since starting up his six-season run on HBO's "True Blood" in 2008. She reached the final where she finished third. Read the Playbill.com story. [49], Barks played the role of Velma Kelly in the 2013 production of Chicago at the Hollywood Bowl in July 2013.

Barks played the role at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago, before reprising her role, and making her Broadway debut in the production in July 2018. [59], On 5 December 2019, Barks was cast as Elsa in the West End production of Frozen, beginning in October 2020. You've got the support. [2] In 2012, she starred alongside Jonathan Bailey in the Disney Channel series Groove High,[3] and made her film debut as Éponine in the film version of the musical Les Misérables. [16] Barks was then announced to play the lead role of Sally Bowles in the UK tour of Cabaret from 29 August 2008 to 11 July 2009. [27][28], Barks began 2011 with a starring role in the concert Direct From the West End. Barks played the role at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago, before reprising her role, and making her Broadway debut in the production in July 2018. [8], In April 2007, Barks released her debut album, Looking in Your Eyes, which sold around 600 copies.

Disney’s Frozen is set to transfer to the West End, running at the newly-renovated Theatre Royal Drury Lane in spring 2021, with tickets available from the box office.

In 2008, Barks competed in I'd Do Anything in which she was one of the finalists in a search for a new, unknown lead to play Nancy in a West End revival of the British musical Oliver!. In December 2007, Barks represented the Isle of Man in the Maltese International Song Competition where she won the main prize of €2000 and the title of Best Foreign Singer. curtain call. [40] On 24 June 2012, Barks performed in a Little Women charity concert at the Playhouse Theatre in London.[41]. Watch the 1st Teaser Trailer for Netflix's, Dolly Parton, Christine Baranski, and Jenifer Lewis Sing Out in Trailer for Netflix Musical, Exclusive: Listen to Maria Friedman Sing 'There Won't Be Trumpets' From 1st Complete Recording of Stephen Sondheim's, Antonio Banderas to Direct and Star in Spanish-Language, 16 Broadway Plays and Musicals You Can Watch On Stage From Home, Samantha Barks and Simon Lipkin Star in Virtual Production of, The Playbill Weekend Streaming Guide: What to Watch October 23–25, Audra McDonald and Steven Pasquale Will Star in. She rose to fame after coming in third in the BBC talent show-themed television series I'd Do Anything in 2008. Tickets and more information are available by visiting hollywoodbowl.com.