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The abbreviation LES can refer to:

• L.E.S. (producer)
• Lake-effect snow
• Large eddy simulation
• Launch Entry Suit
• Launch Escape System
• Leave and Earnings Statement, a monthly statement given to members of the U.S. Military
• Licensing Executives Society International
• Liverpool Epidemic Strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Lower East Side of Manhattan
• Lower esophageal sphincter
• Lifetime Entertainment Services, an American entertainment industry company
• Lincoln Experimental Satellite, a series of satellites launched in the 1960s and 1970s
• Linear Equation System
• Life Extension Society, the first cryonics organization, founded in 1964 by Evan Cooper
• Lilliput Edison screw, 5mm diameter size of light bulb connection
• Louisiana Energy Services, which operates the National Enrichment Facility
• Lunar Escape Systems, a proposed escape from the moon if the Apollo Lunar Module had any major problems.
• Law Enforcement Sensitive type of sensitive information used by US government

Les may refer to:

• Les, Catalonia, Spain
• Leş, a village in Nojorid Commune, Bihor County, Romania
• Les, the Hungarian name for Leşu Commune, Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania
• Les Battersby, fictional Coronation Street character
• Les Claypool, American bassist and founding member of Primus
• Les Brown (bandleader) (1912–2001), leader of Les Brown and the Band of Renown
• Les Costello (1928–2002), Canadian ice hockey player and Catholic priest
• Les Dawson (1931–1993), English comedian
• Les Paul (1915–2009), American jazz guitarist and inventor
• Les Stroud, Canadian filmmaker and survival expert
• Les Tremayne (1913–2003), British radio, film, and television actor
• Slang term, shortened form of the word Lesbian, referring to homosexual women

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Les Twins
Background information
Born	(1988-12-06) December 6, 1988 (age 23)
Origin	Sarcelles, Val d'Oise, France
Genres	New Style, Hip-hop dance
Associated acts	Cirque Du Soleil, Criminalz Crew, Veteranz Crew
Website	https://www.facebook.com/pages/Les-TWINS-Organization-Official/109855652372782?sk=info
Members
Laurent Nicolas Bourgeois Larry Nicolas Bourgeois

Larry and Laurent Bourgeois, popularly known as "Les Twins" or Larry " Ca Blaze " Bourgeois and Laurent " Lil Beast " Bourgeois, are a hip hop dance duo originating from Sarcelles, France. The twin brothers who are of Guadeloupean descent (Guadeloupe, F.W.I.), are known worldwide for their talents in New Style dancing. Although they can be seen dancing as a duet, they are also a part of a larger crew known as Criminalz Crew, a group with a variety of dancers that range from b-boys to other new style dancers such as themselves. Les Twins have appeared on the television show Incroyable Talent^[1] as well as the Ellen DeGeneres Show. Les Twins have competed in multiple dance competitions such as: World Of Dance, Battle Of The Stylez, Urban Dance Showcase and won the Juste Debout Dance Competition in the Hip-Hop New Style category in 2011. ^{[2][original research?]} They come from a very large family with 18 siblings, and only 9 of whom dance.

Les Twins have performed with Beyoncé Knowles^[3].^[4] They have also appeared in Jay-Z's That's Rocawear viral video^[5] and the music video for "La Gloria" by French-Argentine band Gotan Project. They were also traveling with Cirque du Soleil Michael Jackson Immortal World Tour as dancers with a newly formed crew especially for the tour, named Veteranz crew until sometime in 2012.

Les Twins are represented by Next Model Management.

Gallery[link]

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  Les Twins photo shoot with Shawn Welling

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  Les Twins in action

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  Les Twins mid-air during a shoot with Shawn Welling

References[link]

External links[link]

• Les Twins Official Contacts: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Les-TWINS-Organization-Official/109855652372782?sk=info

Anne Hathaway
Hathaway in January 2010 after being named Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
Born	Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (1982-11-12) November 12, 1982 (age 29) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present

Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress. After several stage roles, she appeared in the 1999 television series Get Real. She played Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries (2001) and its 2004 sequel. Hathaway is also an Emmy-winning actress for her voice-over performance on The Simpsons.

Hathaway had dramatic roles in Havoc and Brokeback Mountain, both in 2005. She starred in The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and in Becoming Jane (2007) as Jane Austen. In 2008, she was acclaimed for her lead role in Rachel Getting Married, for which she won awards and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2010, she starred in the box office hits Valentine's Day and Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland, as well as Love and Other Drugs. In 2011, she had a voice role in the animated film Rio and starred in Lone Scherfig's adaptation of One Day. She portrays Selina Kyle in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises and Fantine in Tom Hooper's Les Misérables.

People magazine named her one of its breakthrough stars of 2001,^[1] and she first appeared on its list of the world's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2006.^[2]

Early life[link]

Hathaway was born in Brooklyn, New York.^[3] Her father, Gerald Thomas Hathaway, is a lawyer, and her mother, Kathleen Ann (née McCauley), is an actress who inspired Hathaway to follow in her footsteps.^[4] The family moved to Millburn, New Jersey, when she was six years old.^[5] Hathaway has an older brother, Michael, and a younger brother, Thomas. She is of mostly Irish and French ancestry, with distant Native American and German roots.^[6]

Hathaway was raised Catholic with what she considered "really strong values," and has stated she wanted to be a nun during her childhood.^[5][7] However, she decided against it at the age of 15, after learning her brother, Michael, was gay.^[7] "I realised my older brother was gay, and I couldn't support a religion that didn't support my brother. Now I call myself a nondenominational Christian, because I haven't found the religion for me."^[8] In 2009, Hathaway stated that her religious beliefs are "a work in progress."^[7][9]

As a preschooler, Hathaway attended Brooklyn Heights Montessori School. She entered first grade at the Wyoming Elementary School in Millburn while she was technically still a kindergartner.^[10] Hathaway graduated from Millburn High School, where she participated in many school plays; her high school performance as Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress garnered her a Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award nomination for Best Performance by a High School Actress. During this time, Hathaway was in plays including Jane Eyre and Gigi at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse (which is located in Millburn, across the street from Hathaway's middle school).^[11] She spent several semesters studying as an English major and Women's Studies minor at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York before transferring to New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, referring to her college enrollment as one of her best decisions, because she enjoyed being with others who were trying to "grow up."^[12] Hathaway was the first teenager admitted into The Barrow Group Theater Company's acting program.^[13]

A soprano, Hathaway performed in 1998 and 1999 with the All-Eastern U.S. High School Honors Chorus at Carnegie Hall and has performed in plays at Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, New Jersey. Three days after her 1999 performance at Carnegie Hall, she was cast in the short-lived Fox television series Get Real at the age of 16.^[11]

Hathaway is a trained stage actress and has stated that she prefers performing on stage to film roles.^[5] Her acting style has been compared to those of Judy Garland and Audrey Hepburn.^[14] She cites Garland as one of her favorite actresses^[10] and Meryl Streep as her idol.^[15]

Career[link]

2001–2004: Career development[link]

Hathaway at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in 2008.

Hathaway's first role in a motion picture was opposite Christopher Gorham in Walt Disney's drama film The Other Side of Heaven (2001), inspired by John H. Groberg's memoir In the Eye of the Storm. Before production of the film, she was cast alongside Julie Andrews in the lead role of Mia Thermopolis in another Disney production, the comedy film The Princess Diaries, based on Meg Cabot's 2000 novel of the same name and directed by Garry Marshall. Hathaway auditioned for the role of a princess-to-be during a flight layover on the way to New Zealand and was cast on the strength of this one audition.^[10] She won the role over 500 other girls.^[3] Released prior to The Other Side of Heaven in hopes that its success would increase interest in Heaven, The Princess Diaries became a major commercial success, grossing US$165 million worldwide.^[16] Many critics praised Hathaway's performance, with a BBC critic noting that "Hathaway shines in the title role and generates great chemistry."^[17] Also released in 2001, The Other Side of Heaven, directed by Mitch Davis, met with mostly negative reviews, but it performed well for a religion-themed film.^[18][19]

In February 2002, Hathaway starred in the City Center Encores! concert production of Carnival! in her New York City stage debut, receiving positive reviews for her portrayal of Lili.^[20] Also in 2002, Hathaway began voicing the audio book releases of The Princess Diaries and has since voiced the first three books of the series. She also provided the voice of the character Haru in the English version of Hiroyuki Morita's The Cat Returns.^[21]

Hathaway continued to appear in family-oriented films over the next three years, subsequently becoming known in mainstream media as a children's role model.^[22] In 2002, she appeared in Douglas McGrath's comedy-drama Nicholas Nickleby, opposite Charlie Hunnam and Jamie Bell, which opened to positive reviews. The Deseret News said that the cast was "Oscar-worthy".^[23] Despite critical acclaim, the film never entered wide release and failed at the North American box office, totaling less than $4 million in ticket sales.^[24] Hathaway's next film role was as the titular character in the rom-com fantasy film Ella Enchanted (2004), a loose adaption of Gail Carson Levine's 1997 novel of the same name, which opened to mostly indifferent reviews.^[25][26] Hathaway sang two songs in the film as well as three on the soundtrack, including a duet with singer Jesse McCartney.

In 2003, Hathaway dropped out of her role in Joel Schumacher's The Phantom of the Opera (2004), because the production schedule of the film overlapped with The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, which she was contractually obligated to make.^[27] Disney began production on The Princess Diaries 2 in early 2004, and it was released in August of that year. The film opened to negative reviews, but made $95.1 million against a $40 million budget.^[28]

2005–2007: Career transition[link]

Hathaway at the 2007 Deauville American Film Festival

Hathaway began appearing in dramatic roles after The Princess Diaries 2. She said that "anybody who was a role model for children needs a reprieve", although she noted that "it's lovely to think that my audience is growing up with me".^[12] She voiced Red Puckett in the animated comedy Hoodwinked! (2005), based on the Little Red Riding Hood folktale, which received mixed reviews by critics. That same year, Hathaway starred in Barbara Kopple's drama film Havoc, in which she played a spoiled socialite, appearing nude in some of its scenes. Although the content of the film was different from her previous films, Hathaway denied that her role was an attempt to be seen as a more mature actress, citing her belief that doing nudity in certain movies is merely a part of what her chosen form of art demands of her; and because of that belief she does not consider appearing nude in appropriate films to be morally objectionable.^[29]

After Havoc, Hathaway was cast alongside Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Ang Lee's drama Brokeback Mountain (2005). While Havoc was not released in theaters in the United States because of its weak critical reception,^[30] Brokeback Mountain won rave reviews for its depiction of a homosexual relationship in the 1960s and received several Academy Award nominations.^[31] Hathaway would later assert that the content of Brokeback Mountain was more important than its award count and that making the film made her more aware of the kind of stories she wanted to tell as an actress.^[32]

In 2006, Hathaway appeared in David Frankel's comedy The Devil Wears Prada, in which she starred as an assistant to a powerful fashion magazine editor portrayed by Meryl Streep, whom Hathaway described as being "just divine".^[5] Hathaway said that working on the film made her respect the fashion industry a great deal more than she had previously, though she claimed that her personal style is something she "still can't get right".^[13] In an interview with Us Weekly, Hathaway discussed the weight loss regime she and co-star Emily Blunt followed for the film, she stated, "I basically stuck with fruit, vegetables and fish [to slim down]. I wouldn't recommend that. Emily Blunt and I would clutch at each other and cry because we were so hungry."^[33]

Hathaway was cast in the 2007 comedy Knocked Up, but dropped out before filming began and was replaced by Katherine Heigl. Writer/director Judd Apatow stated in a May 2007 issue of The New York Times Magazine that Hathaway dropped out "because she didn't want to allow us to use real footage of a woman giving birth to create the illusion that she is giving birth".^[34] In an August 2008 interview with Marie Claire, Hathaway commented that she "didn't believe that it was necessary to the story".^[35]

Hathaway was in the 2007 drama Becoming Jane, in which she portrayed English writer Jane Austen.^[32] Tim Burton considered Hathaway for the part of Johanna Barker in his 2007 film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, but the role went to Jayne Wisener, a then-unknown actress, reportedly because Burton decided he wanted an unknown, younger actress for the part.^[36]

2008–present[link]

Hathaway on the red carpet in 2009 at the 81st Academy Awards

In January 2008, Hathaway joined beauty giant Lancôme as the face of their fragrance Magnifique, and in October of that year, Hathaway hosted the NBC late-night sketch comedy Saturday Night Live.^[37] Her first film of the year was a modern adaptation of the 1960s Mel Brooks television series Get Smart, in which she starred opposite Steve Carell, and Alan Arkin, portraying Agent 99. Directed by Peter Segal, the film was a hit at the box office, prompting talk of a sequel.^[38] She also made a cameo appearance in the corresponding film Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control. Also in 2008, she premiered the drama Passengers, alongside Patrick Wilson, as well as the drama Rachel Getting Married, opposite Debra Winger. Rachel Getting Married premiered at the 2008 Venice and Toronto Film Festivals and garnered her widespread critical acclaim for her performance as Kym, including nominations for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. Hathaway stated that the film appealed to her because of its real depiction of relationships and because of the strong emotional connection she felt with her character.^[39]

Hathaway appeared in the comedy Bride Wars, released in 2009, which she described as being "hideously commercial – gloriously so."^[40] In addition to providing her voice for episodes of The Simpsons, which garnered her an Emmy Award in 2010 for outstanding voice-over performance,^[41] and Family Guy in 2010,^[42][43] Hathaway also appeared as Viola in the New York Shakespeare Festival's summer 2009 production of Twelfth Night at the Delacorte Theater in New York City's Central Park, opposite Audra McDonald as Olivia, Raul Esparza as Duke Orsino, and Julie White as Maria.^[44]

Hathaway's 2010 film projects include a Tim Burton-directed adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass alongside Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp, the romantic comedy The Fiancé,^[45] an adaptation of the Julie Buxbaum novel The Opposite of Love, the Garry Marshall-directed ensemble comedy Valentine's Day, and an adaptation of Gerald Clarke's biography Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland, in which she will play the title role on the stage and screen.^[46] It was reported on December 8, 2009 that Hathaway was up for the role of Felicia Hardy in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 4. Hardy would not have transformed into the Black Cat, as in the comics; instead, Raimi's Felicia was expected to become a brand-new superpowered figure called the Vulturess.^[47] On January 5, 2010, it was reported that Spider-Man 4 would be rewritten and Hathaway would not appear in the film, as she was "too expensive".^[48] On November 29, 2010, it was announced that Hathaway and James Franco would host the 83rd Academy Awards.^[49]

Hathaway and Denzel Washington at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in 2010

Together with actor Denzel Washington, Hathaway hosted the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway on December 11, 2010.^[50]

In 2010, she was named one of the sexiest stars of 2010 by Entertainment Weekly.^[51]

In January 2011, it was announced she had landed the role of Selina Kyle (Catwoman) in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises.^[52] That year, she also voiced the character Jewel in the animated film Rio,^[53] from 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios, alongside Jesse Eisenberg and starred in the romance One Day.

In October 2011, it was confirmed that Hathaway will play Fantine in the Tom Hooper film Les Misérables, which is based on the musical of the same name.^[54][55] Footage of Hathaway singing "I Dreamed a Dream", a song from Les Misérables, was shown at CinemaCon on April 26, 2012. Hooper described Hathaway's singing as "raw" and "real".^[56]

Personal life[link]

Hathaway at the Get Smart premiere in June 2008

Hathaway is involved with charities, including The Creative Coalition, The Step Up Women's Network, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, The Human Rights Campaign, and The Lollipop Theatre Network.^{[citation needed]} In 2008, she was honored at Elle magazine's "Women in Hollywood" tribute,^{[citation needed]} and has also been honored for her work with Step Up Women's Network.^[57] In early 2007, Hathaway spoke of her experiences with depression during her teenage years, saying that she eventually overcame the disorder without medication.^[58]

In 2008, on Late Show with David Letterman, Hathaway said she had once again stopped smoking.^{[citation needed]} The actress, who had begun smoking "heavily" while filming Rachel Getting Married, had "quit for a while", but had started again in the wake of her stressful summer and the end of her relationship with Raffaello Follieri.^[59][60][61] She credited quitting smoking for the subsequent decline in her stress level, and declared her return to being vegetarian.^[61][62]

Hathaway began dating actor Adam Shulman in November 2008.^[63] The couple became engaged in November 2011.^[64]

Relationship with Raffaello Follieri[link]

In 2004, Hathaway began a relationship with Italian real estate developer Raffaello Follieri.^[5][65] During their relationship, Hathaway took part in the development of the charitable Follieri Foundation, serving as a financial donor as well as a member of the foundation's board of directors until 2007.^[66] A Manhattan-based charity founded in 2003 focusing on programs such as providing vaccinations for children in Third World nations, the organization had come under investigation in June 2008 by the IRS, for failing to file the tax papers required from non-profit organizations.^[67] Citing the fear that this and other ongoing legal issues involving Follieri would become detrimental to her acting career, Hathaway ended her relationship with him in mid-June 2008.^[66]

Follieri was arrested on June 24, 2008, on fraud charges for allegedly fleecing investors out of millions of dollars in a scheme in which Follieri posed as the Vatican's point man on real estate investing.^[68] It was reported that the FBI confiscated Hathaway's private journals from Follieri's New York City apartment as part of their ongoing investigation into Follieri's activities; however, Hathaway was not charged with any crime.^[69] On October 23, 2008, after earlier pleading guilty, Follieri was sentenced to four and a half years in prison.^[70][71] The fraud was profiled in a one-hour episode of CNBC's "American Greed" in 2010.^[72]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

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Samantha Barks (born 2 October 1990, Laxey)^[1] is a Manx professional singer and actress who came third in the BBC talent show-themed television series I'd Do Anything in 2008.^[2] On Tuesday 31 January 2012, Cameron Mackintosh^[3] appeared during the curtain call of the Oliver! UK tour (then running at the Palace Theatre in Manchester) to announce that Barks (the tour's Nancy), would play Eponine in the film version of the long running musical Les Misérables. Barks later tweeted this as the 'Most incredible moment of my life'.^[4]

Background[link]

Samantha was born and brought up on the Isle of Man. She attended Laxey Primary School in Laxey and St Ninian's High School in Douglas^[5] before moving to London(United Kingdom) to study A levels at The Arts Educational Schools (ArtsEd) in Chiswick.^[6]

Training/experience[link]

Barks 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.^[7]

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.^[7]

Barks' 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.^[7]

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. The album featured several songs which she co-wrote herself.^[8] She has performed the songs with her band (including her sister, Kim) to many thousands of people (details below) and also when she sang during a Strictly Dancing exhibition featuring Lilia Kopylova and Darren Bennett (from BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing), called Essentially Dancing.^[7]

Barks 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.^[7]

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.^[7]

[edit] I'd Do Anything

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!. She reached the final where she finished third. On the 29th of April, 2008, the Isle of Man was renamed by the Tourism Minister Adrian Earnshaw to be the "Isle of Sam" as a sign of support. Welcoming signs at Ronaldsway Airport and Douglas Sea Terminal were changed after a renaming ceremony.^[9]

In week eight she performed "Defying Gravity" from the musical Wicked and in the week leading up to the show she was given support from American actress, Idina Menzel, who achieved fame for her performances as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West in Wicked.^[10]

In week nine, Barks received the lowest number of public votes and so had to participate in the sing-off with Rachel Tucker. They sang "Memory" from the musical Cats. Andrew Lloyd Webber chose to save Barks and eliminate Tucker saying, "Last night Cameron and I were both saying that we thought both of you would be fantastic Nancys and now here am I faced with this. But I've got to make a decision and I've got to think of where the show ultimately for Cameron is going to go and I think I have to go with you Samantha."^[11]

In the week leading up to the final shows on 31 May, the Nancy finalists posed for publicity pictures recreating some of Madonna's iconic images. Barks was dressed in hotpants copying the pose from the cover of the 2008 album, Hard Candy.^[12] Each Nancy also had a "Master Class" with Liza Minnelli in London.

At the end of Show one of the final, Barks was announced as finishing third with Andrew Lloyd Webber saying, "Do you know what, I did think this would happen. But you've done so well to have got this far Samantha." Barks said, "'It's been the most amazing experience of my life. Thanks to everyone and the panel for making it so incredible."^[13]

[edit] Performances on I'd Do Anything

Professional career[link]

In June 2008, she sang the Isle of Man National Anthem 'O Land Of Our Birth' on Senior Race day of the Isle of Man TT to begin the races.^[14]

Barks played the lead role of Sally Bowles in the UK tour of Cabaret from 29 August 2008 to 11 July 2009.^[15]

She put on her own concert, 'An Audience with Sam Barks', at the Villa Marina, Isle of Man on 3 Jan 2009 to thank everybody that supported her during her time on I'd Do Anything and to thank those that have continued to support her.^[16]

Barks performed alongside her I’d Do Anything buddies Sarah Lark and Jodie Prenger at the Theatregoers Choice Awards in Feb 2009.^[17]

She launched the new Manx Ship, the Caly Manx, in Shanghai, China on 30 September 2009.^[18]

Barks, along with Wendy Craig and Jess Conrad (fellow cast members in Aladdin) switched on the Christmas Lights in Windsor's town centre on 21 November 2009.^[19]

She played the title role in Aladdin during the Christmas Pantomime Season 2009/10.^[20]

Barks officially launched BreastHealth UK's new clinic at the Spire Thames Valley Hospital in Wexham on 27 November 2009.^[21]

She starred as Éponine in the London production of Les Misérables at the Queen's Theatre from 21 June 2010 to 18 June 2011.^[22]

Barks was chosen to play Éponine in the 25th Anniversary Concert of Les Misérables at the O2 Arena on 3 October 2010 by Cameron Mackintosh after he saw her play the role in her opening night at the Queens Theatre in London's West End.

She was asked to sing 'On My Own' from Les Misérables at the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium on the 9th December 2010.

Barks has just released a new song called 'Let Go' ^[23] which she co-wrote with Garry Lake.^[23]

She starred in a new concert, 'Direct From The West End'. Run by a company called 'Musical Ovation Ltd' set up by Scott Garnham (current Les Mis cast member) and Martin Neely (2010-11 Les Mis cast member), They did 3 nights - 23rd Jan in York, 6th Feb in Oxford and 13th Feb 2011 in Windsor. It also starred Antony Hansen (from BBC1's Any Dream Will Do) and took the audience on a journey through some of the world's greatest and best-loved musicals featuring two hours of spectacular songs from Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia, Oliver, West Side Story, Miss Saigon, Hairspray and many more....

Barks performed 'On My Own' at the Classical Brits 2011 at The Royal Albert Hall on 12 May 2011.

Barks is going to star in a new Disney TV series called 'Groove High' which will be aired on the Disney channel in Spring 2012.^[24]

She performed in a concert at the Battersea Barge in London on 21 August 2011, singing work by British composer/lyricists Laurence Mark Wythe, Grant Olding, Dougal Irvine and Tim Sutton. She performed alongside fellow West End stars Stephen Ashfield, Annalene Beechey and George Ure.^[25]

Barks starred as Nancy in the UK tour of Oliver! from 10 December 2011 to April 1, 2012.^[26][27]

Barks will reprise her role as Éponine in the upcoming 2012 film adaptation of Les Misérables. She learned the news from Sir Cameron Mackintosh during an Oliver curtain call. ^[28]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

In 2006 Barks was employed by Dreamstar (IOM) as a senior dancer in Robinson Crusoe the Panto - Gaiety Theatre IOM.

External links[link]

• Samantha Barks at the Internet Movie Database
• Official site