Samantha Pauly

Samantha Megan Pauly (born November 20, 1989) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Catherine Howard in the musical Six (musical) at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Broadway, as well as for portraying Eva Perón in the West End theatre of Evita (musical) at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.
Pauly was born on November 20, 1989 in Bettendorf, Iowa. She has a younger sister named Regina.
From 2004 to 2008, Pauly attended Pleasant Valley High School (Iowa) in Riverdale, Iowa, where she did not become interested in musical theatre until her Junior (education). In high school, she appeared in productions of The Pajama Game as Gladys and Chicago (musical) as Velma Kelly. She later trained at Viterbo University and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Music Theatre and Dance in 2012. Pauly played numerous roles while training, including Rona Lisa Peretti in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Joanne in Company (musical), and Cathy Hiatt in The Last Five Years.
In 2010, Pauly appeared in a community theatre production of Rent (musical) at Toland Theatre, playing the role of Mimi. Her first production after graduating from Viterbo University in 2012 was playing the lead role of Elle Woods in the musical Legally Blonde (musical).
In 2015, Pauly played the role of Teen Cee Cee in Beaches (1988 film) Beaches alongside Presley Ryan and Shoshana Bean, who played the child and adult versions of the role respectively. In January 2016, she played Amber in a regional production of Hairspray (musical) at the Paramount Theatre (Aurora, Illinois). Later the same year, she appeared in an episode of Chicago P.D. (TV series) titled "Big Friends, Big Enemies". In 2017, Pauly played the roles of Betsy in Honeymoon in Vegas (musical) at the Marriott Theatre and Jovie in Elf (musical) at the Paramount Theatre.
In 2018, Pauly was cast as Valkyrie in the North American tour of Bat Out of Hell: The Musical. The tour opened at the Ed Mirvish Theatre in Toronto on October 16, 2018, and was originally intended to run until July 7, 2019, at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas. However, days after the tour was extended, it was postponed and eventually canceled, with the cast playing their final show at the scheduled conclusion of the Toronto run on November 3, 2018.
In February 2019, Pauly received callbacks for both Six (musical) and Evita (musical) and ended up being cast in both shows. She made her debut as Catherine Howard in Six on May 14, 2019 at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. She temporarily left the show on June 23, 2019 to star as Eva Perón in Evita at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre from August 2 until September 21, 2019. Pauly returned to Six in the Citadel Theatre production on November 1, 2019 and played the role for the rest of the North American tour. She continued playing the role when the show transferred to the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Broadway, where it began previews on February 13, 2020. The show was prepared to open on March 12, 2020, when all Broadway theatres were required to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2021, Pauly appeared as an ensemble member in the online benefit concert of Ratatouille the Musical.
On August 9, 2014, Pauly married Matthew Sheehan. The same year, she adopted a retired Greyhound racing named Dale.
Year 	Title 	Role 	Theatre 	Director(s)	
2010 	Rent 	Mimi Marquez 	Toland Theatre 	 	
2012 	Legally Blonde 	Elle Woods 	Circa '21 Dinner Theatre 	 	
2015 	Beaches 	Teen Cee Cee 	Drury Lane Theatre 	 	
2016 	Hairspray 	Amber von Tussle	Paramount Theatre 	 	
2017 	Honeymoon in Vegas 	Betsy Nolan 	Marriott Theatre 	 	
2017–2018 	Elf 	Jovie 	Paramount Theatre 	 	
2018 	Bat Out of Hell: The Musical	Valkyrie 	Ed Mirvish Theatre 	 	
2019 	Six 	Katherine Howard	North American tour 	 	
2019 	Evita 	Eva Perón 	Regent's Park Open Air Theatre	 	
2020–present	Six 	Katherine Howard	Brooks Atkinson Theatre 	 	
Television
Year	Title 	Role	Notes
2016	Chicago P.D.	May 	Episode: "Big Friends, Big Enemies"
Category:1989 births
Category:Viterbo University alumni
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from Iowa
Category:Singers from Iowa