Who is Samantha Mumba?

Samantha Tamania Anne Cecilia Mumba was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 18 January 1983 – her zodiac sign is Capricorn, and she holds Irish nationality. She’s an actress, singer-songwriter, dancer and a model, who has appeared in more than 10 movies and TV series, while she’s perhaps known best for her debut film appearance, portraying Mara in the 2002 action adventure science fiction movie “The Time Machine”. It was directed by Simon Wells, starred Guy Pearce, Yancey Arias and Mark Addy, and follows an inventor who has travelled 800,000 years into the future instead of into the past; the movie won two of the seven awards for which it was nominated, including an Oscar nomination.

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Early life and education

Samantha was raised alongside her brother Omero, by their Zambian father Peter Mumba, who was an aircraft engineer, and their Irish mother about whom nothing’s known, as she prefers to stay away from media.

Samantha grew up being interested in music, something she believes that she’s inherited from her parents; her mother and father enjoyed listening to blues and jazz music at home, and Samantha steadily fell in love with it as well. She was 15 years old when she entered the talent show “Let Me Entertain You”, and was noticed by Irish music manager Louis Walsh. She then signed a contract with Polydor Records, and her career as a musician was thus launched.

She attended a local high school from which she matriculated in 2001; Samantha then focused on her career, and didn’t enroll at college.

Career as a musician

She was 17 years old when her debut single entitled “Gotta Tell You” was released, which topped the charts in both New Zealand and Ireland, while it peaked at #2 in the UK, #3 in Australia and #4 in the USA; her eponymous debut album was released later that year.

In 2001, she was featured on the Celtic Tenors’ song “You Raise Me Up”, and in December of the same year, she released her debut extended play (EP) “Samantha Sings Christmas”.

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The following year saw the release of her new song “I’m Right Here”, but there were then rumors circulating the internet, claiming that Samantha was dropped from Polydor Records; Samantha confirmed the rumors in 2003, and spent the following decade focused on her acting career, before finally returning to music in 2013.

On 25 June 2015, she performed at the Dublin Pride Festival, and has since released several songs, none of which have attracted a lot of attention. Most recently, on 27 November 2020, she released her new song “Cool”.

Acting credits

In 2005, Samantha portrayed Jessica, the lead character in the fantasy horror comedy movie “Boy Eats Girl”, directed by Stephen Bradley, and which also starred David Leon and Tadhg Murphy.

It follows a boy who has died and been revived by his mother, becoming a zombie, while he now wants to eat his girlfriend; the movie was nominated for seven awards.

The following year saw Samantha play Rita, in the popular action crime drama “Johnny Was”, which won two awards, and also in 2006, she portrayed Sapphire in the horror crime thriller “Nailed”. It was directed by Adrian O’Connell, starred Charles Porter, Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Sam Sarpong, and follows two men who have broken into a house when trying to hide from the police, and have there found a man covered in bandages.

A couple of Samantha’s following roles were in the short drama “Stay in the Middle” and the action thriller drama “Once Upon a Time in Dublin” both in 2009, and the 2011 action fantasy “Cross”.

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In 2014, she was cast to star in the horror “Loftus Hall”, and two years later, she portrayed the lead character Samantha, in the horror thriller “Home”, written and directed by Frank Lin, and which also starred Heather Langenkamp and Kerry Knuppe. The movie follows Carrie who’s trying to rescue her sister from a haunted house.

Samantha’s most recent appearance has been in the 2017 short thriller drama “Casting”.

Awards and nominations

Samantha has been nominated for two awards, in 2001 for a Teen Choice Award for Music – Choice Breakout Artist, and was then in 2003 nominated for a DVD Exclusive Award for Best Original Song, for her song “Wish Upon a Star” which was featured in the animated family fantasy movie “Barbie as Rapunzel”.

Love life and husband

In 2004 and 2005, Samantha was in a relationship with the popular American singer-songwriter Mark Althavan ‘Sisqo’ Andrews.

Not long after the two split for unknown reasons, she began dating the police officer Torray Scales, and in June 2011 the two announced that they were engaged. Samantha and Torray exchanged vows in a private ceremony attended by only their closest friends and family members, on 24 February 2012 in Los Angeles, California.

In September 2014, Samantha revealed on her social media accounts that she was pregnant; she was involved in a car accident in February 2015, but luckily was unharmed. She gave birth to her and Torray’s daughter Sage on 3 March 2015.

Samantha hasn’t mentioned any other men whom she has perhaps been with, and as of November 2021, she’s married to Torray Scales, and has a daughter with him.

Hobbies and other interests

Samantha is quite active on Instagram, and apparently enjoys the attention which she’s receiving from her more than 50,000 followers. She has uploaded close to 200 pictures onto the network, most of which feature her spending time with her husband and their daughter.

She’s into travelling, and her career has taken her all around the world. Samantha has performed in various European countries, as well as in Australia, several Asian countries, and many cities in various US states; she’s today living in Los Angeles.

She has her own favorite musicians, some of whom are Rihanna, Ed Sheeran and Lady Gaga.

Late at night, Samantha enjoys watching Hollywood movies, and her favorite actor and actress are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, while a couple of her favorite films include “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, “Meet Joe Black” and “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life”.

Age, height and net worth

Samantha’s age is 38. She has long black hair and brown eyes, her height is 5ft 7ins (1.7m) and she weighs around 120lbs (55kgs).

As of November 2021, her net worth has been estimated at over $5 million.

Who is Victoria Moroles?

Victoria Moroles was born in Corpus Christi, Texas USA, on 4 September 1996 – her zodiac sign is Virgo, and she holds American nationality. She’s an actress and a dancer, with close to 20 acting credits to her name, perhaps known best for her portrayal of Hayden Romero, in the critically acclaimed action fantasy series “Teen Wolf”. It was created by Jeff Davis, starred Tyler Posey, Holland Roden and Dylan O’Brien, and follows two friends, one of whom has been bitten by a werewolf; the series aired from 2011 to 2017 (Victoria was member of the cast from 2015 to 2017), and won 23 of the 63 awards for which it was nominated.

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Early life, parents and education

Victoria was raised in Corpus Christi alongside her brother Chris and sister Laura, by their parents about whom nothing’s known, as Victoria respects their privacy; it’s said that her father’s a lawyer, and that her mother’s a real estate agent.

She became interested in dancing at a very early age, and practiced her skills at Millennium Dance Complex. Victoria was also into acting, and her friends often asked her to perform for them; she could also have been seen in plays performed at a local theatre.

She launched her acting career aged 13, with her portrayal of Wendy in the 2009 short action film “Liberty Lane”, and the following year saw Victoria star as Girl, in the short adventure movie “The Wicked Waltz”. She then moved to Los Angeles, California to focus on her acting career, and honed her skills at LaValle Actors Workshop; Victoria also practiced comedy at The Groundlings Improv School.

She attended a local high school, but upon matriculating in 2014 Victoria didn’t enroll at college.

Roles in movies

The year 2011 saw Victoria star in two short films: the drama “The Faithful” and the comedy “Maddoggin’”.

In 2013, she played Brittany in the short comedy drama “The First Home”, and in the following year, Victoria was cast to play Pia in the popular family sports drama “Cloud 9”. It was written by Justin Ware, directed by Paul Hoen, and starred Luke Benward, Dove Cameron and Mike Manning; the film follows a former snowboarding champion who’s teaching a young girl to snowboard.

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Victoria then played Paula in the 2016 comedy “Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?”, written and directed by Matt Cooper, and which starred Andrea Anders, Matt Passmore and Cloris Leachman. It follows Jenna who has convinced the women of her small town not to have sex with their husbands, until they hand over all of their guns; the movie won three awards. Three of Victoria’s following roles were in the 2017 horror “Spook”, the 2018 fantasy horror drama “Down a Dark Hall” and the 2019 short horror “Killer Date”.

Most recently, in 2021, she portrayed the lead character Lupe in the hit comedy “Plan B”, directed by Natalie Morales, and which also starred Kuhoo Verma and Michael Provost. It follows two girls who are searching for a Plan B pill after a bad first sexual experience.

Victoria has just recently finished shooting for the upcoming horror movie “Snow Falls”.

Roles in TV series

She made her debut TV series appearance with her portrayal of Rosa Flores, in the 2012 episode “Wild Flowers” of the mystery crime drama “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”, and two years later, Victoria portrayed Teenage Girl, in the episode “Gauntlet” of the action crime drama “Legends”.

In 2016, we saw her appear in the episode “The House” of the horror mini-series “Sleep Tight”, and Victoria also played the supporting character Andie Bustamante, in the popular family comedy dram “Liv and Maddie: Cali Style”. It was created by Ron Hart and John D. Beck, starred Dove Cameron and Joey Bragg, and follows Liv who’s a TV star, and has just returned to her high school at which Maddie is a star now; the series won one of the 11 awards for which it was nominated.

In 2018, Victoria played Carla, in two episodes of the fantasy comedy drama “Here and Now”, and most recently, in 2021, she played Olivia in the episode “Joe Goldberg Gets Stalked” of the comedy “Go Off with Jess & Julissa”.

Other credits

Victoria can be heard featured in two episodes of the podcast “Hometown to Hollywood”.

She has made a guest appearance in a couple of talk-shows, such as “Wolf Watch” and “Good Morning America”.

Awards and nominations

Victoria won a 2020 Hollywood Film Competition Gold Award for Best Actor, for her performance in “Killer Date”.

Love life and boyfriend

Victoria’s quite secretive when it comes to her love life, and hasn’t spoken of any boys or girls whom she has perhaps been with, which is mostly why there are rumors circulating the internet, concerning both her past and present relationships, and her sexual orientation.

It’s believed by many that she was in a relationship with Dylan Sprayberry in 2017; he’s an American actor whom she met on the set of the series “Teen Wolf”. Dylan has appeared in more than 30 movies and TV series, and has been nominated for two awards. According to some of Victoria’s fans, she and Dylan were spotted spending time together on multiple occasions, but neither has addressed the rumors regarding their relationship.

There are also those who believe that Victoria is perhaps lesbian, and that this is why she hasn’t mentioned the boys whom she has dated; this hasn’t been confirmed either.

As of November 2021, Victoria seems to be single, hasn’t married and doesn’t have children.

Hobbies and other interests

Victoria enjoys being active on Instagram, mostly because she’s amassed over 500,000 followers, and has uploaded more than 200 pictures onto the network, the majority of which have been taken during her everyday life.

She’s a huge dog-lover, and her pet dog can be seen featured in some of her Instagram pictures; Victoria is also crazy about wolves.

She likes to travel, and her acting career has already taken her to a couple of US states, including New York and Nevada, while she’s also been to France and Italy in Europe; her dream travel destination is London in England.

She has her own favorite actors and actresses, some of whom are Matt Damon, Tom Hanks and Angelina Jolie, while a couple of her favorite films include “Catch Me If You Can”, “The Terminal” and “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life”.

Age, height and net worth

Victoria’s age is 25. She has long brown hair and brown eyes, her height is 5ft 7ins (1.7m) and she weighs around 130lbs (50kgs).

As of November 2021, her net worth has been estimated at over $500,000.