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'{{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 = [[Jodie Morton]] (''[[Coronation Street]]'') }} '''Samantha Seager''' (born 13 July 1974) is a British actress born in [[Wigan]], [[Greater Manchester]], [[England]], 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}}</ref> Since leaving ''[[Coronation Street]]'', Seager worked in television and theatre. She appeared in an episode of ''[[Little Britain (sketch show)|Little Britain]]'' where she was a background character . ==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 (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]'' in 2010, as Joely Vale. She has played the role of Bobby the Bus Cleaner on the programme on [[CBeebies]], ''[[Me Too! (British TV series)|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 2023, 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> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|0780456}} {{authority control}} {{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]] {{UK-actor-stub}}'