Biography: Samantha Shook was born at Ireland Army Hospital at Fort Knox Kentucky and raised in the state of Illinois. Samantha Shook studied dance while growing up and entered various competitions with dance teams. As a teenager she starred in her first feature film called Star Force. Later in life Samantha Shook landed a character role in the movie Empire of Danger a science fiction movie about a team of astronauts sent on a rescue mission to Mars. Actress Samantha Shook portrayed the character Sarah Kennedy in the movie Empire of Danger.