Samantha Droke (born November 8, 1987 in De Leon, Texas) is an American actress. Droke started her acting career in 2005, and will co-star in the upcoming 2008/2009 Disney Channel Original Movie, Princess Protection Program starring Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez. Droke had a desire of performing from a young age. She started out singing and modeling and then her interests began to move towards acting. She was discovered by an agent at the age of fifteen and within two weeks, she started acting in her first independe.