Samantha Jones

Samantha Jones is an actress and improv performer who was born in New Jersey and grew up in New York City, where her parents' show business careers exposed her to theater early. She began acting studies at 12 at the Neighborhood Playhouse and later attended LaGuardia High School of the Arts as a drama major. Her first professional Equity show was a local production of A Christmas Carol. After studying acting at SUNY New Paltz, she returned to New York and spent years doing stand-up, improv, and theater. She created four solo shows over 15 years and ran a family production company that produced her original work and other family members' projects. Known for solo character work and fearless improv comedy, she founded Hudson Valley Improv and played Bess Johnson in the pilot of the CBS series BULL.