Samantha Ipema is an actor, writer, director and producer. Her play Dear Annie, I Hate You premiered at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe to critical acclaim, with The Stage hailing Ipema's work as "Masterly". Following its debut, the play transferred to a sold-out standing ovation at Riverside Studios in London and was published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama.

The piece was nominated for 7 awards at the BroadwayWorld West End/UK Debut 2025 Awards, including Best Lead Performance and Best New Production, won 3 Stagey Place Awards, Sinner’s Top Pick of the Fringe, and was shortlisted for BBC's Popcorn Award. Ipema has been interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Women’s Hour and The Theatre Channel, and received grant support from Arts Council England to transfer and upscale the play in 2025. It is now continuing development in the UK, US, Spain, and beyond.

Sam is an alumna of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (MA Classical Acting), during which she founded Wild Geese Productions, her theatrical, multi-media production company based in London and New York. Her work blends commercial storytelling with deeper inquiry about the human experience via social, political, personal, and institutional lenses, as well as a focus on stories with a twist of the absurd. She is interested in how systems and experiences shape individual lives — and how powerful storytelling can alter that course for many.

As an actor, Ipema won Best Actress in a Short Film for her film debut in Sue Kessler's 'Big City, Small World' and was listed in New York Shakespeare's Upcoming Performers to Watch For after  her stage debut in Hamlet Isn't Dead's 'Measure For Measure'. She's played leads in international commercials, including Alka Selzer and Curology, and is praised in her work by press as "clear that Ipema is extremely talented" (The Scotsman), "captivating with overwhelming star-quality" (BroadwayWorld), "utterly astonishing" (Theatre and Tonic), and "a pitch-perfect central performance that sings." (Adventures In Theatreland)