Samantha Spiro (born 20 June 1968) is an English actress. She is best
known for portraying Barbara Windsor in the stage play Cleo, Camping,
Emmanuelle and Dick and the television films Cor, Blimey! and Babs, DI
Vivien Friend in M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team, and Melessa Tarly
in the HBO series Game of Thrones. She has won two Laurence Olivier
Awards.Born in Whitechapel, London, England, Spiro grew up in Radlett,
Hertfordshire. She is Jewish. 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. She joined the National Youth
Theatre, and later trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic
Art.Spiro attended Bancroft's School from 1982-85 and subsequently
returned in 2016 for an Arts & Drama masterclass Spiro spoke about
how her time at Bancroft’s had fuelled her enthusiasm for a career
in the Arts.
known for portraying Barbara Windsor in the stage play Cleo, Camping,
Emmanuelle and Dick and the television films Cor, Blimey! and Babs, DI
Vivien Friend in M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team, and Melessa Tarly
in the HBO series Game of Thrones. She has won two Laurence Olivier
Awards.Born in Whitechapel, London, England, Spiro grew up in Radlett,
Hertfordshire. She is Jewish. 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. She joined the National Youth
Theatre, and later trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic
Art.Spiro attended Bancroft's School from 1982-85 and subsequently
returned in 2016 for an Arts & Drama masterclass Spiro spoke about
how her time at Bancroft’s had fuelled her enthusiasm for a career
in the Arts.
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