Samantha Seager

{{short description|British actress}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2010}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{infobox person | name = Samantha Seager | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|07|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Wigan, Lancashire, England | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1995–present | known_for = ''Me Too!''<br> ''Coronation Street''<br>''EastEnders'' }}

'''Samantha Seager''' (born 13 July 1974) is an English actress. She was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester, who played the role of Jodie Morton in the soap opera ''Coronation Street''.<ref name="Film and TV Database">{{cite news| title = Film and TV Database | url = http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/618053 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070213101938/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/618053 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 February 2007 | publisher = BFI | accessdate = 27 January 2007}}</ref><ref name="digspy">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s3/coronationstreet/interviews/a43531/samantha-seager.html|title=Samantha Seager|work=Digital Spy |date=12 March 2007 }}</ref> Since leaving ''Coronation Street'', Seager worked in television and theatre. She appeared in an episode of ''Little Britain'', where she one of Carol Beer's clients.<ref name="digspy"/>

==Career== She played Cathy Rigby in one episode of ''The Bill'' (series 12, episode 149). She was in a one-off episode of the BBCs ''Waterloo Road'' in 2010, as Joely Vale. She has played the role of Bobby the Bus Cleaner on the programme on CBeebies, ''Me Too!''.<ref name="Balamory Story">{{cite news | title = What's the story? Balamory makers hop on bus to Capital | url = http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=231142006 | publisher = Edinburgh Evening News | date = 14 February 2006 | accessdate = 27 January 2007}}</ref> She played Dawn in ''Invincible'' by Torben Betts in 2014, at Richmond's Orange Tree Theatre, which then transferred to the St James Theatre, London. Seager has two children, Johnny and Willow. Her partner is a barrister.<ref name="digspy" />

In 2013, she played in the short film ''This is Vanity''. In 2020 she narrated ''Eat Well For Less'', a food show on BBC One.<ref name="Eat Well">{{Cite tweet |number=1323596060686749696 |user=SamanthaSeager1 |title=Yes, I am currently narrating the latest series of Eat Well for Less on the BBC at 8pm every Thursday. Tune in!!! |author=Seager, Samantha |date=3 November 2020}}</ref>

In 2022, she appeared in an episode of the BBC daytime soap opera ''Doctors'', in the role of Clare Howard.<ref>{{cite news |title=Doctors spoilers: WHO flirts with Emma Reid? |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/spoilers/doctors-spoilers-who-flirts-with-emma-reid |access-date=11 February 2025 |work=What to Watch}}</ref> A year later, she appeared in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' as Detective Sergeant Miles.<ref>{{cite web |title=EastEnders casts Coronation Street star for Suki Panesar storyline |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a44136935/eastenders-casts-corrie-samantha-seager/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=9 June 2023 |date=9 June 2023}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Seager, Samantha}} Category:English television actresses Category:English soap opera actresses Category:English stage actresses Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:Actresses from Wigan