As per our current Database, Samantha Tan is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Samantha Tan is 73 years, 3 months and 17 days old. Samantha Tan will celebrate 74rd birthday on a Tuesday 5th of August 2025. Below we countdown to Samantha Tan upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Samantha Tan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Age | 73 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | August 5, 1951 () |
| Birthday | August 5 |
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Samantha Tan’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Samantha Tan was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rabbit enjoy being surrounded by family and friends. They’re popular, compassionate, sincere, and they like to avoid conflict and are sometimes seen as pushovers. Rabbits enjoy home and entertaining at home. Compatible with Goat or Pig.
Born and raised in Malaysia, Samantha is an international actress, writer, director, chef-entrepreneur and dancer now based in Los Angeles after working in London and New York. She is the first Malaysian ever to become a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio, led by co-presidents Ellen Burstyn, Alec Baldwin and Al Pacino in NYC.
She is the recipient of the US "Artist of Extraordinary Ability" green card.Samantha is the writer, director, producer and star of the short film "Ally Chia", a dramatic comedy loosely based on her real life experiences as a struggling chef.
The film was shot in one day with an all-female crew, and is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. "Ally Chia" marked Samantha's first original script and directorial debut, and was also a second-rounder for the MACRO Episodic Lab powered by The Black List.
The short was made as a proof-of-concept for a TV series, which she is currently developing.Prior to this, Samantha was the first Malaysian in history to be accepted into the Actors Studio Drama School program in NYC, where she trained for 3 years in the modern Method and graduated with an MFA in Acting.
She made headlines when she succeeded in raising $105,000 in 2 weeks via an unprecedented viral fundraising campaign to pay her tuition and secure her foreign student visa. She is still amazed and grateful to this day for the generous souls all around the world who donated and made her studies possible.
Samantha is known for her deep emotional range and versatility across genres, as well as her unique physical gifts as a highly trained dancer, rhythmic gymnast and kickboxer. She is also multi-lingual and speaks fluent Malay and basic Cantonese, Mandarin and Hokkien/Taiwanese.
Her notable UK credits include High School Musical (original London cast), The King & I (Royal Albert Hall) opposite Daniel Dae Kim, Bizet's Carmen at the O2 Arena, the BRIT Awards, and most notably the 2012 London Olympics Closing Ceremony, where she was a featured dancer behind Russell Brand watched by an estimated TV audience of 750 million worldwide.
