Sam has over 20 years of experience within the entertainment industry. Initially as a professional ballet dancer, trained at the Legat School of Russian Ballet and Central School of Ballet in London. She has performed throughout Europe in productions such as Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker and the feature film Hamlet directed by Kenneth Branagh.
After retiring from dancing Sam worked her way up to become the musical theatre agent at the Essential Agency in London working for Richard and Fred Fairbrass (Right Said Fred) and went on to establish the acting agency, Claypole Management, in year 2000.
Sam has been working as a freelance casting director since 2004 casting national TV commercials, Television pilots and Feature Films - most notably the critically acclaimed and multi-award winning In Our Name and the forthcoming Harrigan.
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