Samantha Spiro was born on 20 June 1968 and is an English actress and singer.
20 Facts About Samantha Spiro
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Samantha Spiro decided to be an actress at the age of ten after seeing a production of Androcles and the Lion at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park.
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Samantha Spiro joined the National Youth Theatre and later trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
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Samantha Spiro married actor Mark Leadbetter, whom she met at drama school, in February 2002.
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Samantha Spiro's first acting job after graduating from drama school was with the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, in productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Boys From Syracuse and Macbeth.
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Samantha Spiro has appeared in the Minerva Theatre production of Funny Girl and the first West End revival of Alan Ayckbourn's Bedroom Farce.
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Samantha Spiro played Rachel in Mike Leigh's production of Two Thousand Years at the National Theatre.
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In 2009, Samantha Spiro played Maria in the Donmar Warehouse production of Twelfth Night at the Wyndham's Theatre, alongside Derek Jacobi, and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing at the Open Air Theatre.
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In 2013, Samantha Spiro played Lady Macbeth in Macbeth at Shakespeare's Globe, alongside Billy Boyd and Joseph Millson.
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From 9 August 2010, Samantha Spiro starred in the BBC comedy Grandma's House.
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Samantha Spiro plays the part of Simon Amstell's aunt Liz.
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In September 2013, Samantha Spiro joined the cast of the BBC Three sitcom Bad Education as Professor Celia Green, the new deputy headmaster and adversary to Jack Whitehall's character.
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In 2013 Samantha Spiro starred in an episode of the Sky Atlantic series Little Crackers, an autobiographical comedy written by Rebecca Front in which Samantha Spiro played Front's mother.
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Samantha Spiro reprised her role in Ullman's Tracey Breaks the News.
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In 2017 Samantha Spiro reprised her role of Barbara Windsor in the BBC1 drama Babs, a biopic based on the life of Windsor.
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Samantha Spiro appeared in the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor Falls", as Hazran.
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Samantha Spiro played Martha Tabram in From Hell, opposite Johnny Depp.
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In 2018 Samantha Spiro played the role of Mrs Erlynne in Kathy Burke's production of Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan at London's Vaudeville Theatre.
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In 2001, Samantha Spiro was awarded the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in the 2000 season Donmar Warehouse production of Merrily We Roll Along.
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Samantha Spiro won a 2004 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical, for the production of A Little Night Music at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois.