Barbara Smith

Barbara Joan Smith (born 22 July 1997) is an English actress. After roles in Doctors, Call the Midwife and Casualty, she was cast as Dana Monroe in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. She appeared from in the programme from 2021 to 2022, since which she has appeared in The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox.

Life and career Barbara Joan Smith was born in 1997 in Wandsworth, London. Her first acting credit was in the 2010 short film Devil's Redemption. After various other short film roles, her first television role was in 2017, when she portrayed Suki Stock in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors. In 2018, Smith appeared in an episode of BBC's Call the Midwife as Josie Winterlee. That same year, she featured in the 2018 action film I Am Vengeance, her first professional film credit.

In April 2019, Smith appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Ellie. A guest role, her character was a student at the University of Oxford who tells Bex Fowler (Jasmine Armfield) that she gets through her revision by taking ADHD medication. She then appeared in fellow BBC drama series Casualty as Kailey Clark. Later that year, she starred in White Girl as Beth, which was nominated for Best Short film at the BFI London Film Festival. She also had her first professional stage role as the leading role in Dear Elizabeth at the Gate Theatre. Then in 2020, Smith returned to theatre, this time in Unburied at the Bunker Theatre. She was initially contracted in a recurring role on the soap, but was eventually promoted to a regular cast member. Shortly after her introduction, Smith was nominated in the newcomer categories at both the I Talk Telly Awards and the Digital Spy Reader Awards for her portrayal of Dana. A scene of Bobby stopping Dana from leaving Walford was also nominated for Feel Good Moment at the 2021 Inside Soap Awards. She remained on EastEnders until 2022. Following her exit, she has appeared in the film Members Club in 2024 and in a recurring role on the Hulu series The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2010 Devil's Redemption Deborah Evans Short film 2015 The Question Elise Short film 2016 Snip at the Rose Blanche Short film 2016 Bulldogs Pippa Short film 2017 Doctors Suki Stock Episode: "Box of Delights" 2018 Call the Midwife Josie Winterlee Guest role 2018 I Am Vengeance Violet Film 2019 EastEnders Ellie Guest role 2019 Casualty Kailey Clark Guest role 2019 White Girl Beth Short film 2021–2022 EastEnders Dana Monroe Regular role 2024 Members Club Daisy Film 2025 The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox Amy Frost Recurring role

Stage Year Title Role Venue 2019 Dear Elizabeth Elizabeth Bishop Gate Theatre 2020 Unburied Nadia / Vlad The Bunker

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2021 I Talk Telly Awards Best Soap Newcomer EastEnders