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Samantha Louise Baines (born 28 November 1987 in Southwark, London) is an English actress and comedian. She is best known for her appearances in Lee Nelson's Well Funny People (BBC3), Hank Zipzer (CBBC) and A Royal Night Out .

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Early life

Baines grew up in Bromley, where she attended Newstead Wood School for Girls. She was a member of the National Youth Theatre. She studied drama at Exeter University and trained in acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Comedy career

Since 2010, Baines has been a member of all female sketch group Vinegar (formerly known as Vinegar Knickers), alongside Harriet Fisher and Katie Burnetts. Vinegar were finalists in the NATYS 2014. Vinegar took two comedy sketch shows to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2011 and 2012, and received four and five star reviews.

In 2011, Baines played Clarissa Ankle in the online gaming sensation Behind the Bytes, a sitcom based on the world of video games. The character of Clarissa Ankle proved so popular that she had her own spin-off series, Bytes Breaks.

In 2013, Baines played posh chav Steph, in Lee Nelson's Well Funny People (BBC3) (for which she also voiced Sexy Woman), and receptionist Susan in Hank Zipzer (CBBC).

Baines took the lead role of Kate in the play Blueprint (by Corinne Furness) in 2013, which she reprised in 2014 at the BikeShed Theatre. The role was an emotional look at the life of a woman dying of Leukaemia, for which Baines received positive reviews. Belinda Dillon of Exeunt Magazine stated that the role was "superbly played", and the festival publication Wildfire said, "Samantha Baines takes the lead, giving a performance of amazing honesty and courage, which compels the audience to take her to their hearts".

She performed her first spot at The Comedy Store in London in 2015.

In 2015, Baines starred as Mary in UK cinema release A Royal Night Out, directed by Julian Jarrold for Lionsgate and Ecosse Films. Baines plays Mary in The Crown also directed by Julian Jarrold.

Baines writes comedy posts for the Huffington Post Comedy. and Time Out. She also creates her own comic poetry which she posts via her personal blog.

Radio

In 2014, Baines began co-hosting the show Ladies What Brunch on Hoxton Radio, with comedian Helen Sorren. Baines and Sorren starred in the "Busy Battle" sketch by production company Rubber Public, which went viral. From 2014 to 2015 Baines also hosted her own solo show on Wandsworth Radio as well as the popular Week on the Web segment for Soho Radio. From 2015 onwards she appeared on various radio shows reporting the alternative news, doing the paper review and offering her opinions - shows include Woman's Hour on Radio 4, XFM , BBC 5 Live, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Ulster, Absolute Radio and BBC London 94.9. Baines hosts her show Baines Plus One on Hoxton Radio which is also available as a podcast on iTunes.

Recognitions

Samantha won the What the Frock! Best Newcomer Award in 2015. One year into her stand up comedy career, Baines was a finalist in the Funny Women Awards 2014, as well as a semi-finalist in the Laughing Horse New Act Competition 2014.

She also won a Best Actress Award in 24 Hour Film Race for the short film New Model.

Filmography

Actress
-
The 95th as
Leader of the Refugees
2023
Changing Ends (TV Series) as
Fiona
- Stud (2023) - Fiona
2018
Silent Witness (TV Series) as
Gemma King
- Moment of Surrender: Part 2 (2018) - Gemma King
- Moment of Surrender: Part 1 (2018) - Gemma King
2017
Sexism (Short) as
Bar Lady
2017
Bucket (TV Series) as
Miranda
- Episode #1.1 (2017) - Miranda
2016
The Danelaw (TV Movie) as
Kate
2016
Pop Sludge (TV Series) as
Various
2016
Sunny D (TV Series) as
Janet
- D Is for Dreams (2016) - Janet
- D Is for Drastic Times (2016) - Janet
- D Is for Desire (2016) - Janet
2016
The Crown (TV Series) as
Mary
- Act of God (2016) - Mary
2016
Match Not Found (TV Series) as
Olivia
- Katfish (2016) - Olivia
2016
Call the Midwife (TV Series) as
Dot
- Episode #5.4 (2016) - Dot
2015
Doctors (TV Series) as
Harriet Bryson
- Girl About Town (2015) - Harriet Bryson
2015
So Awkward (TV Series) as
Gail Grey
- Everybody Loves Clementine (2015) - Gail Grey
2015
A Royal Night Out as
Mary
2014
Hank Zipzer (TV Series) as
Receptionist
- The Mortadella Disaster (2014) - Receptionist
2013
Desperately Seeking (Short) as
Jessica
2013
Lee Nelson's Well Funny People (TV Series) as
Steph / Sexy Woman
- Episode #1.3 (2013) - Steph
- Episode #1.2 (2013) - Sexy Woman (voice)
2013
Measured (Short) as
Sam
2012
Breaking (Short) as
Rachel
2012
Demons and Doors as
Nurse Johnson
2011
Myxomatosis (Short) as
Victoria
2010
Tacho as
Journalist (voice)
2010
The End... (Short) as
Ivana Stevlovski
Producer
2012
Grace (Short) (producer)
Self
2020
The Divorce Social (Podcast Series) as
Self - Host
- Sara Miller (2023) - Self - Host
- Andrew G Marshall (2023) - Self - Host
- Emma White (2023) - Self - Host
- Natalie Alexis Lee (2023) - Self - Host
- Julie Cohen (2023) - Self - Host
- Sarah Armstrong (2023) - Self - Host
- Natasha Mahtani (2022) - Self - Host
- Jo Westwood (2022) - Self - Host
- Rose McGowan - Part Two (2022) - Self - Host
- Rose McGowan - Part One (2022) - Self - Host
- News, News, News (2022) - Self - Host
- Karen Salmansohn (2022) - Self - Host
- Judy Joo (2022) - Self - Host
- Salma El-Wardany (2022) - Self - Host
- Allan Brocka (2022) - Self - Host
- Gina Martin (2022) - Self - Host
- Mark Kozminski (2022) - Self - Host
- Michelle Dempsey-Multack (2022) - Self - Host
- Harriet Hadfield (2022) - Self - Host
- Roy Biancalana (2022) - Self - Host
- Mika Simmons (2022) - Self - Host
- Pizza Express Break-Ups, Dog Food & Divorce Parties: Season 7 Round Up! (2022) - Self - Host
- Desiree Burch (2022) - Self - Host
- Kate Daly (2022) - Self - Host
- Stacey Duguid (2022) - Self - Host
- Jessica Pidsley (2022) - Self - Host
- Amy Christophers (2022) - Self - Host
- Aja Barber (2022) - Self - Host
- Rose Stokes (2022) - Self - Host
- Steve Hoftstetter (2022) - Self - Host
- New Year Special! Kerry Howard, Helen Thorn and Paul Roseby (2021) - Self - Host
- Xmas Special! Helen Thorn, Kerry Howard and Micaela Sharp (2021) - Self - Host
- Dating Mishaps, Gifts & Roller-Skating: Season 6 Round Up! (2021) - Self - Host
- Jacqui Smith (2021) - Self - Host
- Natasha Aujla (2021) - Self - Host
- Georgia Hirst (2021) - Self - Host
- Nikki and Ben (2021) - Self - Host
- Rosie Wilby (2021) - Self - Host
- Gilly Da Silva (2021) - Self - Host
- Steven Petrow (2021) - Self - Host
- Sue Atkins (2021) - Self - Host
- Laura Friedman Williams (2021) - Self - Host
- Micaela Sharp (2021) - Self - Host
- Weddings, Anxiety & Cooling Sheets: Series 5 Round Up! (2021) - Self - Host
- Jessica Fostekew (2021) - Self - Host
- Dom Newton (2021) - Self - Host
- Sam Bailey (2021) - Self - Host
- Francesca Specter (2021) - Self - Host
- Irene Fehr (2021) - Self - Host
- Denise Cullington (2021) - Self - Host
- Jen McGuire (2021) - Self - Host
- Diane Burroughs (2021) - Self - Host
- Liz Hume-Dawson (2021) - Self - Host
- Laura Cathcart-Robbins (2021) - Self - Host
- Who Doesn't Have a Puppy?! Series 4 Round Up! (2021) - Self - Host
- Jennifer Crichton (2021) - Self - Host
- Poppy Delbridge (2021) - Self - Host
- Fidel Beauhill (The Modern Man) (2021) - Self - Host
- Tosh Brittan (The Divorce Goddess) (2021) - Self - Host
- Sajeela Kershi (2021) - Self - Host
- Jo Middleton (2021) - Self - Host
- Holly Bell (2021) - Self - Host
- Paul Roseby (2021) - Self - Host
- Karen Hauer (2021) - Self - Host
- Alicia Williams on Gravestone Cleaning (2021) - Self - Host
- The Divorce Is Official: Series 3 Round Up! (2021) - Self - Host
- Victoria Smurfit (2021) - Self - Host
- Suki Webster (2021) - Self - Host
- Nicky Lesley (2020) - Self - Host
- Lyz Lenz (2020) - Self - Host
- Rosie Green (2020) - Self - Host
- Jonty Fisher (2020) - Self - Host
- Cally Beaton (2020) - Self - Host
- Tori Allen-Martin (2020) - Self - Host
- Rachel Teate (2020) - Self - Host
- Live Guilty Feminist Day at the London Podcast Festival with Helen Thorn and Leyla Hussein (2020) - Self - Host
- Anger, Sex Addiction & Forgetting You Are Divorced: Series 2 Round Up! (2020) - Self - Host
- Kerry Howard (2020) - Self - Host
- Helen Thorn from Scummy Mummies (2020) - Self - Host
- Sara Duchovnay (2020) - Self - Host
- Annie Kashamura (2020) - Self - Host
- Sundari (2020) - Self - Host
- Candice Gallimore (2020) - Self - Host
- Hajar Woodland (2020) - Self - Host
- Jahannah James (2020) - Self - Host
- Sam Pamphilon (2020) - Self - Host
- Jess Robinson (2020) - Self - Host
- Joyful Messages, Context & Tears: Series 1 Round Up! (2020) - Self - Host
- Helen Lederer (2020) - Self - Host
- Susan Earl (2020) - Self - Host
- Wendy Wason (2020) - Self - Host
- Lynne Parker (2020) - Self - Host
- Carl Donnelly (2020) - Self - Host
- Shappi Khorsandi (2020) - Self - Host
- Ella Kenion (2020) - Self - Host
- Leyla Hussein (2020) - Self - Host
- Rich Wilson (2020) - Self - Host
- Sarah Millican (2020) - Self - Host
2022
Loose Women (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #26.160 (2022) - Self
2021
Tonight LIVE with Mark Dolan (TV Series) as
Self - Comedian and Actress
- Episode #1.38 (2021) - Self - Comedian and Actress
2020
The Divorce Club (Podcast Series) as
Self - Host
2020
The Ned Late Late Show (TV Series) as
Self
2016
LDM Book Report (TV Series) as
Self
- Bookstore Defecation & Samantha Baines Interview (2016) - Self

References

Samantha Baines Wikipedia


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