samantha barks best new

Samantha Barks 2 October 1990, Laxe is a professional singer and actress who came third in the BBC talent show-themed television series I'd Do Anything in 2008.
Contents
* 1 Background
* 2 Training/experience
* 3 I'd Do Anything
o 3.1 Performances on I'd Do Anything
* 4 Professional career
* 5 References
* 6 External links
Background
Samantha was born and brought up on the Isle of Man. She attended Laxey Primary School in Laxey and Saint Ninian's High School in Douglas before moving to London to study A levels at The Arts Educational Schools ArtsEd in Chiswick.
Training/experience
Samantha has been dancing since the age of 3, training in Ballet, Modern and Tap with Dancers Barre, then Stagecoach Isle of Man, Theatrix, Stage One and the Manx Ballet Company. She was also a member of the Manx Operatic Society, which provided her with a lot of performing experience.
Her previous work includes playing the role of Snow White, aged 4, in a school production, and the following roles in amateur productions at the Gaiety Theatre, Isle of Man and The Villa Marina, Isle of Man: Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, The Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, The Scarecrow in a ballet version of The Wizard of Oz, Dancing in Coppélia, La Boutique fantasque, La Sylphide, The Nutcracker, Dick Whittington, Cinderella, Robinson Crusoe, Rizzo in Grease, a Hot Box Girl in Guys and Dolls, Cyndi Gibson in Back to the 80's a role which she reprised in August 2007 at the Gaiety Theatre and she understudied Lucy in Jekyll and Hyde
Samantha's film credits include Jimmy Spud, Chromophobia and she also had a singing role in the ITV1 TV movie, The Final Quest, directed by and starring David Jason
In April 2007, she released her debut album, Looking in Your Eyes at the Peel Centenary Centre, Isle of Man, which sold over 600 copies! She co-wrote 2 songs on her album and even wrote 1 of them herself She has performed the songs with her band including her sister, Kim many thousands of people belowand also when she sang during a Strictly Dancing exhibition featuring Lilia Kopylova and Darren Bennett from BBC1's Strictly Come Dancin, called Essentially Dancing.
Samantha represented the Isle of Man in the Maltese International Song Competition in December 2007, where she won the main prize of 2000 and the title of Best Foreign Singer. She sang "Nothing Else"Holland/Barks from her album Looking In Your Eyes and "Play On", a hit song in Malta.
She also performed at the Peel Bay Festival in June 2007 supporting Matt Willis and the Sugababes, which also saw appearances by Madness and The Who
'd Do Anything
samantha barks
samantha barks
samantha barks
samantha barks
samantha barks
samantha barks
samantha barks
samantha barks
samantha barks