Samantha Baines is an award winning British actress, comedian, author and broadcaster. She hosts and created multi-award winning podcast The Divorce Social as well as presenting on BBC Radio. Known for her roles in The Crown, Call the Midwife and BBC comedies, she is also a deaf activist, hearing aid wearer and ambassador for RNID. Samantha trained at the prestigious Central School of Speech and Drama in London and she has published two children's fiction books and her latest non-fiction title Living with hearing loss and deafness: a guide to owning it and loving it, was published in April 2023.