Samantha Seager is a British

United Kingdom

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 born actress from Atherton

Atherton, Greater Manchester

Atherton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England, historically a part of Lancashire. It is east of Wigan, north-northeast of Leigh, and northwest of Manchester...

, near Wigan

Wigan

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, England

England

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 who played the role of Jodie Morton in the soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 Coronation Street

Coronation Street

Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...

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Seager moved to London 11 years ago and spent some time at drama school. She left her role in Coronation Street

Coronation Street

Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...

because she felt she was away from home too much. Since leaving Coronation Street

Coronation Street

Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...

, she has worked in both television and theatre. Her favourite jobs so far include stripping off and skinning up in The Lakes

The Lakes (TV series)

The Lakes is the title of a television drama series in the United Kingdom, made by the BBC and created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern. The Lakes brought writer Jimmy McGovern and actor John Simm a great deal of critical praise in 1997...

, becoming a mo woman for Channel 4's Neanderthal documentary and playing Babs in Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick

Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick

Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick is a 1998 play written by the English dramatist Terry Johnson, who also directed the original production at the National Theatre....

. She has also appeared in an episode of Little Britain

Little Britain

Little Britain is a British character-based comedy sketch show which was first broadcast on BBC radio and then turned into a television show. It was written by comic duo David Walliams and Matt Lucas...

where she was involved in a scene with Carol Beer

Carol Beer

Carol Beer is a character in the TV and radio series Little Britain, in which she worked firstly as a bank clerk then as a travel agent and now works as a Receptionist at St John's Hospital in Pennsylvania...

 (the 'computer says no' character played by David Walliams

David Walliams

David Edward Walliams is an English comedian, writer and actor, known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the TV sketch show Little Britain and its predecessor Rock Profile...

). In 2010 she was in a one-off episode of the BBCs Waterloo Road

Waterloo Road (TV series)

Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the school's teacher and students, and confronts social...

as Joeley Vale.

Seager can also be seen in the role of Bobby the bus cleaner on the CBeebies

CBeebies

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 programme Me Too!.
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Seager has two children, Johnny and Willow. Her partner is a barrister.

External links

• Samantha Seager at the Internet Movie Database
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