Samantha Spiro is an award-winning British actress known for her wide range of work in film, television and on stage. Previous work at Shakespeare’s Globe includes Macbeth and The Taming of the Shrew. Samantha recently finished filming Dennis Kelly’s new six-part BBC drama series, Waiting for the Out.

Theatre includes: The Merry Wives of Windsor (RSC); Guys and Dolls (Phoenix Theatre); Lady Windermere’s Fan, Di, Viv and Rose (Vaudeville Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Noel Coward Theatre); Twelfth Night (Wyndhams Theatre); Chicken Soup with Barley (Royal Court); Hello Dolly!, Much Ado About Nothing (Regents Park Open Air Theatre); Merrily We Roll Along (Donmar Warehouse); Two Thousand Years, Cleo Camping Emmanuelle and Dick (Royal National Theatre); Filumena (Almeida); The House They Grew Up In, Funny Girl (Chichester); As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Company (Sheffield Crucible); A Little Night Music (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); Kafka Dick, God of Carnage (Bath Theatre Royal).

Television includes: Missing you, Sex Education (Netflix); The Road Trip (Paramount Plus); Only Child, Semi-Detached, Doctor Who, London Spy, Grandma’s House (BBC); Still Up (Apple TV); Ridley Road (BBC/PBS); Ragdoll (AMC/Alibi); Tracey Ullman’s Show (BBC/HBO); The Larkins, Plebs (ITV); Agatha and the Truth of Murder (Channel 5); Grandpa’s Great Escape (King Bert); Game of Thrones (HBO); Bad Education (Tiger Aspect); Psychobitches (Sky Arts).

Film includes: One Life, Me Before You (Warner Bros); Hoard (Delaval Film/Erebus Pictures/Anti-Worlds); Babs (BBC); Cor Blimey (Company Films).

Samantha Spiro is a two-time winner of the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Hello Dolly! and Merrily We Roll Along! Samantha also won Best Actress in a Musical at the WhatsOnStage Awards for Merrily We Roll Along.