We are pleased to announce that Samantha Newark (the voice of Jem and Jerrica) will be joining us in person at JemCon 2025!

JEM Animated Series Voice Actress

With a wildly loyal global fan-base for her voice-over work as "Jem" and "Jerrica" in the classic animated series "Jem and the Holograms" Samantha is also a part of the iconic Hasbro brand "Transformers" with guest-starring roles as "Ariel", "Elise Presser". She can be heard as the gentle British voice of Peter Pan's mother in the beloved Steven Spielberg's feature film "Hook" and starred in the campy horror flick Summer Camp Nightmare with Chuck Conners as rebel camper Debbie.

In the late 2000's Samantha was invited into the prestigious Leonard Cohen circle as a back-up singer and went on to tour extensively as a backup singer with the stadium worthy "Bricks in the Wall" belting out the Sights and Sounds of Pink Floyd. Based in Nashville TN since 2014 Samantha has been writing and recording her solo self-released Pop/electronica/dance albums.

Her original music and vocals can be heard on many block buster game titles such as God of War, Twisted Metal black and Wild Arms 3, movie soundtracks and hit TV shows such as Smallville, Gossip Girl, The Ellen Show and the Kardashian franchise and more. Samantha was Invited in 2015 to do more voice-over work in the animated short film HG Chicken starring Bobcat Goldthwait, the same animation team that brought her voice talent to Pound Dogs the animated festival favorite.

She also can be heard narrating the children’s audio book "Square Zair Pair" from author Jase Peeples and from her home recording studio in Nashville TN is working on an animated project based in Canada as the Synergy AI type voice of Sola. Samantha is currently promoting her 4th studio album Hologram 2.0 The dance remixes.

She is delighted to be attending the 20th anniversary of JemCon and looks forward to a truly outrageous time celebrating the 40th anniversary of Jem! It’s Showtime Synergy!

You can find out more about Samantha at her website: www.SamanthaNewark.com