Mia McKenna-Bruce

Biography

Mia McKenna-Bruce is an English actress who began performing in the West End as a ballet girl in Billy Elliot the Musical before moving into television with guest roles in EastEnders, Holby City and The Bill. Her first film part came in The Fourth Kind (2009), and from 2010 to 2018 she played Tee Taylor across the Tracy Beaker franchise. She went on to appear in the iPlayer thriller Get Even and the Peacock fantasy series Vampire Academy, and she was cast in the Netflix film Persuasion (2022). Her performance in How to Have Sex (2023) brought her a British Independent Film Award, a BAFTA Rising Star Award and a European Film Award nomination for best actress, along with a breakthrough honor from the London Film Critics Circle. She also plays Lady Eileen Bundle Brent in the Netflix series The Seven Dials Mystery.

29years old

Turns 30 on July 3in 234 days

Born July 3, 1997Bexley
Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Also credited as Mia Sasha McKenna-Bruce

Movie Career

Films: 5
Career span: 14 years2009 to 2023

Every film, newest first

2023How to Have SexIMDb rating 6.4
2023KindlingIMDb rating 6.0
2022PersuasionIMDb rating 5.8
2021Last Train to ChristmasIMDb rating 6.0
2009The Fourth KindIMDb rating 5.9

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Behind the award
McKenna-Bruce won the BAFTA Rising Star Award at the 77th British Academy Film Awards, adding to a breakthrough season in which she also took Best Breakthrough Performer of the Year at the London Film Critics Circle Awards.
First role
McKenna-Bruce began her career as a ballet girl in the West End staging of Billy Elliot the Musical. Her first part on television was the minor role of Ester in Small Dark Places.
Big break
McKenna-Bruce won the part of Tara in Molly Manning Walker's film How to Have Sex after auditioning in 2021. Her widely praised performance as an inexperienced schoolgirl on holiday in Crete led to Screen Daily naming her a Screen Star of Tomorrow.
Early training
McKenna-Bruce took dance classes at the Liz Burville Performing Arts Centre in Bexley, and she attended both the Sapphire Dance Academy in Bexleyheath and the Belcanto London Academy.