Samara Downs

{{short description|British ballerina|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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Samara Downs, is a British ballerina, and currently a principal dancer with the Birmingham Royal Ballet.

Samara Downs was born in Ashford, Kent.{{cite web|url=https://www.brb.org.uk/profile/samara-downs|title=Samara Downs - Birmingham Royal Ballet|author=|date=|website=Birmingham Royal Ballet|accessdate=2 March 2018}} She trained at the Caroline Shaw and Pauline Kellett Dance Schools, and the Royal Ballet School.

Downs joined the Birmingham Royal Ballet in 2003, and has been a principal since 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/jun/24/shakespeare-triple-bill-review-birmingham-royal-ballet-hippodrome|title=Shakespeare triple bill review – Birmingham Royal Ballet dance with elegance and intelligence|first=David|last=Jays|date=24 June 2016|website=the Guardian|accessdate=2 March 2018}}

In 2018, Downs danced both lead roles, Princess Aurora and the evil fairy Carabosse, in The Sleeping Beauty.{{Cite web|url=https://www.franklymydearuk.co.uk/interview-birmingham-royal-ballet-principal-dancer-samara-downs-talks-the-sleeping-beauty/|title = INTERVIEW: Birmingham Royal Ballet principal dancer Samara Downs Talks THE SLEEPING BEAUTY|date = 26 February 2018}}