Training: Arts Educational School, before entering Andrew Lloyd Webber’s search for the new Nancy in Cameron Mackintosh’s Oliver! – she finished in the top three. Following I’d Do Anything she took part in the workshop for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies.

Theatre includes: her debut as Sally Bowles in Cabaret (Bill Kenwright tour) and Aladdin in Aladdin (Theatre Royal, Windsor).

Other work includes: most recently, filming the leading role of Zoe in a Disney television series due to be released in 2011. The role of Eponine in Les Misérables marks Samantha’s West End debut.