Samantha Hines was born in Sydney, Australia where she trained at Ev and Bow, before attending New Zealand School of Dance. In her final year, she was hired by Australian Dance Theater under the directorship of Garry Stewart. She performed and toured extensively with the company both nationally and internationally with works such as G, Proximity, and Be Yourself. In 2016, she went on to work with Lucy Guerin and Gideon Obarzanek, premiering their work Attractor and Stephanie Lake for Pile of Bones. Between 2017-2021, she joined Dancenorth full time, touring to America, Europe, Mexico and Asia. In the following years, she performed in the world premieres of; Grey Rhino by Cass Mortimer Eipper and Charmene Yap, Manifesto and Monsters by Stephanie Lake, Double Beat by Sara Black, How to Be Us and New Retro by Lucy Guerin Inc. Samantha was nominated for the Helpmann award in 2017, the Greenroom Award in 2017 and a New York Bessie award in 2019.