Samantha Pauly, a Chicago based singer, dancer and actress, whose vocal prowess has been critically acclaimed by The Chicago Tribune, The Daily Herald, and Broadway World, received her degree in Music Theatre from Viterbo University, Wisconsin, in 2012.

Since then she's secured roles in local productions of Hairspray, Legally Blonde and Madagascar, before embarking on a US national tour as part of the Bat Out Of Hell: The Musical cast. Fresh from her performance in new musical Six’s Chicago premiere, Pauly makes her UK debut in August as the lead in Jamie Lloyd’s upcoming production of Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Evita, which follows the life of Eva Peron, featuring songs including Don't Cry For Me Argentina and Another Suitcase in Another Hall.