British actress Samantha Barks is set to co-star in Universal Pictures’ Dracula, an origins story about the world’s first and most infamous vampire. She joins Sarah Gadon (Amazing Spider-Man 2), Dominic Cooper (Devil’s Double), Charlie Cox (“Boardwalk Empire”) and Luke Evans as the Count.

Dracula tells the story of a Transylvanian prince who becomes the first vampire to save his wife and child from a Turkish horde, subjecting his soul to eternal damnation. According to THR, Barks will play a baba yaga, a beautiful young woman capable of transforming into a savage witch.

Dracula is Barks first horror film. Her big break came last year in Tom Hooper’s adaptation of Les Misérables.