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Shelley Conn
English actress

Shelley Conn

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English actress
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Chipping Barnet
Age
48 years
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Biography

Shelley Conn (born 21 September 1976) is a British actress of mixed heritage including British, Portuguese, Burmese and Indian. She was born to Anglo-Indian parents.

Early life and education

Conn was born in London, England.

She attended Queen Mary's College in Basingstoke and Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Conn trained at Bretton Hall. She was a student at Cranbourne School, Basingstoke Hampshire.

Career

After drama school, Conn had a series of small roles in various British films, before coming to prominence when she starred as Ashika Chandiramani in the BBC series Party Animals.

In 2001, she picked up the role of PC Miriam Da Silva in BBC1's Mersey Beat and an irregularly recurring role in Casualty.

In 2002, Conn made her West End theatre stage debut in three plays in December 2002, after transferring from Stratford-upon-Avon in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Jacobean Season at the Gielgud Theatre - The Island Princess, Eastward Ho! and The Roman Actor.

Conn has now developed her roles between all three media (television, film and theater), with a series of leading roles in various small budget European as well as British films; BBC character dramas such as The Innocence Project; and occasional returns to the RSC.

Conn joined Series Five of the popular BBC One series Down to Earth in 2004.

In early 2008, Conn starred as Miranda Hill in The Palace, as Jessica in Mistresses and as Neela Sahjani in Trial & Retribution.

In 2009 she appeared as Claire in Dead Set.

In 2010 she played Danni Prendiville in the TV series Strike Back.

She was chosen by Steven Spielberg to be one of the leads in the $150 million TV series Terra Nova, which premiered on 26 September 2011.

In 2014, Conn appeared in a U.S. TV series called The Lottery.

Personal life

Conn lives in London. She ran in the 2006 London Marathon.

Conn married her boyfriend of over a decade, actor Jonathan Kerrigan around 2011. They have a son named Oscar, born in April 2012.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
1986For Love AloneLeo's girlfriendFilm debut
2000The Last MusketeerUzma
2000City CentralNaz
2000Maybe BabyNurse 2
2000AttachmentsCarrie Knowles
2000Down to EarthKerry JamilSeries 5
2000–2002CasualtyDaljit Ramanee3 episodes
2001HawkSharim Raziq
2001Mersey BeatPC Miriam Da Silva
2002Man and BoyJasmin
2002PossessionCandi
2003Second GenerationAmba
2005Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryPrincess Pondichéry
2005TransitAsha
2006L' Entente cordialePunam
2006Nina's Heavenly DelightsNina Shah
2006The Innocence ProjectDr Eve Walker
2007Party AnimalsAshika Chandiramani
2008–2010MistressesJessica Fraser
2008The PalaceMiranda Hill
2008Trial & RetributionNeela
2008RawRTÉ Television, Tanya
2008Dead SetClaire
2010MarchlandsNisha
2010How Do You KnowTerry
2010Strike BackDanni Prendiville
2011Terra NovaElisabeth Shannon13 episodes
2012Silent WitnessDI Connie James2 episodes
2013Heading OutEve
2013By Any MeansJessica Jones
2014The LotteryGabrielle Westwood
201424: Live Another DayChief Inspector Helen McCarthy1 Episode
2015W1ANews Anchor1 Episode
2016HeartbeatMillicent Patel

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