Samantha Hill is a Canadian singer and actress who is most known for having starred in the Broadway shows ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Career

Samantha began her career early by participating in musical and theatrical projects at her church. As a teenager, she was trained in ballet, jazz, theatre, and musical theatre. She trained as an actor at the

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in Edmonton,

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, where she graduated with the

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in 2011, and at the

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, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre/Film in 2008. Samantha took up roles in numerous musicals such as '' Spring Awakening'' in 2011 and ''

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'' in 2012, before making her Broadway debut in ''The Phantom of the Opera'' as

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in 2012. She was the alternate in the role until the departure of

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, and then went on to star until July 2013. She left ''The Phantom of the Opera'' to play Cosette in the Toronto production of ''Les Misérables'', which led to her being cast in the same role for the Broadway production. She earned critical acclaim for this role, both from press as well as from fans of the show.

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at Backstage.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Samantha Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian musical theatre actresses University of Winnipeg alumni University of Alberta alumni Musicians from Winnipeg 21st-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian women singers