Samantha Colley (born September 1987) is an English actress having had roles in various theatre, television and film productions, including playing the lover of both Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in the National Geographic TV series Genius.
Colley studied at the Oxford School of Drama where, as a student, she performed in productions of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
In 2014, Colley made her stage debut in The Crucible by Arthur Miller, at The Old Vic theatre in London. Colley was nominated for "Best Supporting Actress in a Play" at the 2015 WhatsOnStage Awards for her performance as Abigail Williams, but lost out to Rachelle Ann Go.
In 2017, Colley starred as Mileva MariÃÂ in Genius, the ten-part television series for National Geographic and Fox 21 about the life and work of Albert Einstein. In 2018, Colley reappeared in the second season of Genius, playing Dora Maar the lover of Picasso, who was played by Antonio Banderas.