Samantha Womack Biography
Samantha Womack is an English actress, singer, model, and director who has appeared on film, television, and stage. She initially hoped to pursue a singing career, and she represented the United Kingdom in the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest. Her song for the contest, “A Message to Your Heart,” was released as her first (and only) single in April 1991 and peaked at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart.
How old is Samantha Womack? – Age
She is 51 years old as of 2 November 2023. She was born in 1972 in Brighton, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom. Her real name is Samantha Zoe Womack.
Samantha Womack Family – Education
Her singer-songwriter father, Noel Janus (born Janes), abandoned the family when she was six, and her model-actress mother, Diana O’Hanlon, married a doctor and relocated to Edinburgh.Womack is the niece of Angie Best, her father’s sister and the ex-wife of footballer George Best. Angie’s son, Calum Best, is Womack’s cousin.
Womack’s great-great-grandmother, Jessie Ryder, was an actress in New York City in the early 20th century, as revealed on an episode of Who Do You Think You Are? in 2012. Janus married an Italian citizen, Junfan Mantovani, in 1997 after a long relationship. The relationship broke down and the couple divorced in 1998. Womack began a relationship with Liverpool 1 co-star Mark Womack, and they married in 2009 after ten years together. The couple has two children: son Benjamin.
Who is Samantha Womack in a relationship with? – Does Samantha Womack have kids?
In August 2020, Womack announced that she and her husband Mark had quietly separated in 2018, but they are still living together in the same house with their children. Womack and her husband Mark are best friends with Scott Maslen and his wife Estelle Rubio, whom they have known since they were teenagers. Maslen is the godfather of Womack’s two children, and she is the godmother of Maslen’s son, Zak.
Samantha Womack Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Samantha Womack Illness
Womack fractured her shoulder in April 2008 when she stumbled and fell down her home’s stairs while racing to get ready for work. Womack disclosed on Twitter on August 8, 2022, in a post commemorating Dame Olivia Newton-John’s death from breast cancer, that she had also been diagnosed with the disease. Womack revealed in December 2022 that she was cancer-free.
Samantha Womack EastEnders
On 11 May 2007 it was reported that she would join EastEnders as Ronnie Mitchell, a cousin of the notable Mitchell siblings. She had recently showed up in the cleanser in a minor job as a sweetheart of Simon Wicks. During her most memorable spell, Womack’s personality Ronnie was vital to numerous storylines including the disputable child trade story which was circulated during 2011. On 6 January 2011, it was reported that she had stopped the cleanser because of her misery with the child trade storyline. Womack showed up as Ronnie on 7 July 2011 when the person was shipped off jail.
Since showing up on EastEnders she has made standard TV appearances on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, The Paul O’Grady Show, Richard and Judy and Hussies. In November 2007, she sang with EastEnders co-stars in the 2007 Youngsters in Need noble cause advance.
In May 2013, it was affirmed that Womack would get back to EastEnders as Ronnie Mitchell. Womack’s personality Ronnie Mitchell was subsequently killed off on the episode broadcast 1 January 2017 when she was attempting to save Roxy Mitchell from suffocating and suffocated herself. Her keep going appearance was on the episode communicated 19 January 2017 when Ronnie was displayed as a body lying in her final resting place.
Samantha Womack Eurovision
The actress rose to popularity in March 1991, aged 18, when she won the annual A Song for Europe competition to represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest. She finished joint ninth, and the song “A Message to Your Heart” reached at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart. Despite her accomplishments, her Eurovision performance is constantly discussed. She has remarked that her defeat in the event “devastated” her at the time, and she believed it would be the end of her career. She has also described her appearance as “ridiculous,” stating that she was clad in a pink little dress while singing about starving children, and that the song’s lyrics will be “burned into her memory” forever.
Samantha Movies
♦ 1993 – Mama’s Back
♦ 1995 – Call Up the Stars
♦ 1997 – Deadly Instincts
♦ 1998 – Up ‘n’ Under
♦ 2004 – Short
♦ 2006 – Dead Man’s Cards
♦ 2007 – Forgiven
♦ 2014 – One Night in Istanbul
♦ 2015 – Kingsman: The Secret Service
♦ 2017 – Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Samantha TV Shows
♦ 1992 – Starting Out
♦ 1993 – Demob
♦ 1994 – Minder
♦ 1995 – That’s Showbusiness
♦ 1995–1996 – Pie in the Sky
♦ 1995–1998 – Game On
♦ 1996 – Sharman
♦ 1997 – The Grimleys
♦ 1997–1998 – This Is Your Life
♦ 1998 – Imogen’s Face
♦ 2000 – Cinderella
♦ 2002–2003 – Strange
♦ 2002 – Judge John Deed
♦ 2003 – Undercover Sex
♦ 2005 – The Afternoon Play
♦ 2006 – Home Again
♦ 2007 – Wild at Heart
♦ 2007–2011, 2013–2017 – EastEnders
♦ 2013–2017 – Mount Pleasant
♦ 2019 – Silent Witness
♦ 2021 – Buffering