Mia McKenna-Bruce

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Mia McKenna-Bruce
Born
Mia Sasha McKenna-Bruce

(1997-07-03) 3 July 1997 (age 24)
London, England
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present

Mia Sasha McKenna-Bruce[1] (born 3 July 1997) is an English actress, known for her portraying the role of Tee Taylor in both Tracy Beaker Returns and The Dumping Ground. In 2020, she was cast in the role of Bree Deringer in the iPlayer series Get Even and is set to star in the upcoming Netflix film Persuasion.

Early life[]

McKenna-Bruce was born on 3 July 1997[2] in London and was raised in Chislehurst, Bromley.[3][1][4][5][6] McKenna-Bruce took dance classes at Liz Burville Performing Arts Centre in Bexley and was a student at Belcanto London Academy.[4][1] McKenna-Bruce also attended the Sapphire Dance Academy in Bexleyheath,[7] as well as the Maidstone Grammar School for Girls.[8] McKenna-Bruce has two sisters, Anya and Ellis.[9]

Career[]

McKenna-Bruce's first role was a ballet girl in the West End production of Billy Elliot.[10][11] Her first TV role was the minor role of Ester in the TV short, Small Dark Places.[12] She then starred in Holby City as Abi Taylor for one episode.[13] McKenna-Bruce then appeared in EastEnders as Penny Branning.[7] She had a two episode guest in January 2008 and then another three episode guest stint in April 2008. McKenna-Bruce next starred in The Bill in 2009 as Keira Curtis for one episode.[14] She then moved on to Doctors for three episodes.[15]

Later in 2009, McKenna-Bruce starred in her first film role, The Fourth Kind, playing Ashley Tyler.[16][17][18] Her next role was as main character Tee Taylor in Tracy Beaker Returns from 2010 to 2012.[19] In 2011, McKenna-Bruce appeared in the TV series Spy for 1 episode[20] and in 5 episodes of The Tracy Beaker Survival Guide. McKenna-Bruce reprised the role of Tee Taylor from 2013 until 2016 (and again as a guest in 2017 and 2018) in the spin-off series The Dumping Ground.[21] McKenna-Bruce played Tee Taylor in a The Dumping Ground spin-off, The Dumping Ground: I'm..., a webisode series.[22] She guest starred in another episode of Holby City as Asia Lucas, as well as guest starring in BBC Three's Josh.[23][24][25] McKenna-Bruce was cast as the lead in a feature film, The Rebels.[26] In 2020, she began portraying the role of Bree Deringer on the iPlayer teen thriller series Get Even.[27] In 2021, she appeared in an episode of Vera,[28] later being cast in the upcoming Netflix film Persuasion.[29]

Filmography[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2008 Small Dark Places Ester 1 episode [12]
2008 Holby City Abi Taylor Episode: "Physician, Heal Thyself" [13]
2008 EastEnders Penny Branning 5 episodes [7]
2009 The Bill Keira Curtis Episode: "Little Girl Lost: Part 1" [14]
2009 Doctors Pearl Snow 3 episodes [15]
2009 The Fourth Kind Ashley Tyler Film [16][17][18]
2010–2012 Tracy Beaker Returns Tee Taylor Main role [19]
2011 Spy Ashley Episode: "Codename: Blood" [20]
2011 The Tracy Beaker Survival Files Tee Taylor 5 episodes [28]
2013–2018 The Dumping Ground Tee Taylor Main role [21]
2014 The Dumping Ground Survival Files Tee Taylor Main role [30]
2016 The Dumping Ground: I'm... Tee Taylor Main role [31]
2017 Holby City Asia Lucas Episode: "Growing Pains" [23][24]
2017 Milo Mia Short film [28]
2017 Josh Babysitter Episode: "Bicycles & Babies" [25]
2019 Piss Off, I Love You Teen Snogger 1 episode [28]
2019 Cleaning Up Emily 1 episode [28]
2019 Hit It and Quit It Nikki Short film [28]
2019 Watch What I Do Nikki Short film [32]
2019 The Rebels Enica Main role [26][33]
2019 The Witcher Marilka Episode: "The End's Beginning" [28]
2020 Get Even Bree Deringer Main role [34]
2021 Vera Maya Draper 1 episode [28]
2021 Smudged Smile Zoe Short film [35]
TBA Persuasion TBA Film [29]
TBA Vampire Academy Mia Karp Main role, upcoming series [36]
Video games
Year Title Role
2011 Tracy Beaker Returns: You Choose Tee Taylor
2013–2014 The Dumping Ground Game Tee Taylor
2015 The Dumping Ground: You're the Boss[37] Tee Taylor

References[]

  1. ^ a b c French, Matthew (29 December 2006). "Vying for the top". News Shopper. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Could this day get any better