Background
The eldest daughter of the late John Patrick Fox and Carole Ann Wilken, Samantha Karen Fox comes from a family of market traders from Chapel Market, Islington, London. She has a sister, Vanessa, who is six years younger, a half-sister, Frederica, and a half brother, Frankie, from her father's second marriage.
Fox attended St Thomas More RC School, Haringey and took an interest in the theatre from an early age. She first appeared on a theatre stage at the age of three, and was enrolled in the Anna Scher Theatre School from the age of 5. Her first television appearance came in 1976, at the age of 10, in a BBC play entitled No Way Out. Following on from this, she started at the Mountview Theatre School, near her home in Haringey, at the age of 11.
At the age of 14, Fox formed her first band, with Richard Smart on guitar, David Juggins on Trombone, Edward Gallagher on triangle and Bob Day on tambourine. Her first record deal came a year later, with Lamborghini Records. However, both her theatre and music careers went on hold when her modelling career took off. Samantha's band was called S.F.X and in 1983 they released their first record 'Rockin' With My Radio/My Old Man'. In 1984, S.F.X released a second record 'Aim To Win/17 and Holding'. Both singles were released by Lamborghini Records on 7 and 12 inch formats. The songs were later re-issued in 1986 by Genie Records.
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