Samuel made her screen debut in 1973, aged 16, in the
ABC series
Certain Women.
The Sullivans and
The Young Doctors, playing a nurse in the latter. Samuel later returned to television in the regular role of Kelly Morgan-Young in
Skyways. Samuel's film credits include supernatural horror ''
Alison's Birthday (1981), Ozploitation thriller Early Frost (1982), TV road movie Queen of the Road (1984), The Long Way Home (1985), action film Nightmaster (1987, opposite Nicole Kidman), TV film Gallagher's Travels (1987), and Spook'' (1988). In the late 1980s she was a regular on sitcom
Hey Dad..! Samuel's more recent credits include
Rake (opposite
Richard Roxburgh), and the biographical miniseries'
Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door and
Brock (2016). and also featured in
Louis Mandylor's 2021 comedy
Christmas Down Under, playing the wife of
John Jarratt's character. In 2023, she directed the teen coming-of-age dance drama
The Red Shoes: Next Step. Samuel is the vice chairman of BOOMPAA, Blue Mountains Performing Arts Association. Since 2013, she has taught theatre to young people aged from nine to 17 in the Blue Mountains, with the Three Sisters Youth Theatre. ==Personal life==