Sam began her theatrical training at the Performing Arts Workshop, where her subjects included all
forms of dance, drama, singing and music. She made her professional debut in Richard Loring’s “Joseph
and his amazing technicolor dreamcoat”, as an adoring Girl and the national tour of “Seven Brides
for Seven Brothers” followed soon after. The role of Snow White in Pacts Pantomime “Snow White and
the 7 Dwarves” marked her first professional leading role. Roles in various children’s productions
followed including “Pinocchio”, “Alice in Wonderland” and “Peter Rabbit” for People’s Theatre. Her next
Theatrical highlight was playing the role of Diana Morales in “A Chorus Line”, where she got the opportunity
to work with several American artists including the director, Troy Garza. She next donned her fishnet tights
and got to do the Time Warp in Christopher Malcolm’s “The Rocky Horror Show” playing the role of Janet
Weiss - a role which she got to repeat on several occasions. Other theatre credits include Dorothy in “The
Wizard of Oz”, Sam in “Best of the Best” (The launch of the Theatre on the Track) and Chrissy in “Hair”.
Sam also spent time aboard an American luxury cruise liner - The Monarch of the Seas - for Royal
Caribbean Cruise Lines where she performed as lead singer/dancer. Sam spent a year in London furthering her skills, where she appeared in the Lost Musicals production of “Panama Hatti” at the
Barbican Theatre.

Two of her most memorable roles have been as Polly Baker in Pacts production of “Crazy for You” for which she had the opportunity of working with the London Associate Director, Nigel West and as Anita in
Pacts “West Side Story” where she was directed by the acclaimed director Alan Johnson. Sam has also been involved in numerous corporate theatre launches, television specials, guest appearances and cabarets including “Hooray for Hollywood” at the Cellar in Durban, “New York State of Mind” at the Civic Theatre and “I Still Believe in Love” a one woman show in Cape Town. She has also appeared in a number of commercials and training videos, sung with cover bands and orchestras and is one of the foremost
corporate theatre performers in the country. She has appeared in the television drama “Erfsondes” and is
also a member of Nubia, an all woman vocal harmony group. In 2005 Sam appeared in the hugely successful run of the smash hit Broadway and West End musical “Chicago” in which she played the coveted role of Roxy Hart to glowing reviews. She received a Naledi Award and a Fleur de Cup nomination for Best Actress in a musical for her role in Chicago, a role which she once again reprised in the 2007 run of Chicago at the new Monte Casino Theatre. She performed in the Broadway and West End hit “Thoroughly Modern Millie” playing the title role of Millie, to fantastic reviews and was nominated for a Naledi Award for Best Actress.

In 2007 Sam made her debut in a straight theatrical piece playing the role of Brooke Daniels in Ben Elton’s
hugely successful satire “Popcorn”.

In April 2009 Sam appeared in the exquisitely beautiful Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Aspects of Love”
in its first major revival outside of the UK, in the role of Guilietta Trapani and had the incredible experience
of working with Director Nikolai Foster fresh from his success on the UK tour.