Hannah Khalique-Brown

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Hannah Khalique-Brown
Born
Hannah Rose Khalique-Brown

April 1999
Birmingham, England
Alma mater King's College London
Years active2020–present

Hannah Rose Khalique-Brown (born April 1999) is a British actress. On television, she is known for her role in the Channel 4 miniseries The Undeclared War (2022). Her films include Barbie (2023).

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Early life

Khalique-Brown was born in Birmingham. Her father worked as an NHS surgeon and her mother, a barrister. [1] Khalique-Brown attended King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, where she completed A Levels in English, History, and Philosophy & Economics. [2] [3] She had her first acting experience in a year 9 boys' school production of Alice in Wonderland. [4] Khalique-Brown graduated from King's College London (KCL) in 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English Literature. [5]

Career

In August 2019, Khalique-Brown auditioned for, and won, a spot to perform a monologue at a showcase for BAME (Black Asian Minority Ethnic) actors at the Southwark Playhouse Theatre in south London, after which she received three agents' offers. In 2021, Khalique-Brown made her television debut with a seven-episode role as Anita Chandola in the BBC One medical soap opera Doctors . [6] [7] The following year, she starred as Saara Parvin in the Channel 4 thriller miniseries The Undeclared War . [8] After making her feature film debut with a minor role in What's Love Got to Do with It? , Khalique-Brown played the discontinued Growing Up Skipper doll in the film Barbie starring Margot Robbie. [9]

Khalique-Brown starred as Mary Lennox in the 2024 stage adaptation of The Secret Garden at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, [10] written by fellow KCL alumnus Holly Robinson. She starred in the silent horror film Year 10 [11] and appeared in the BBC One drama Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light as Dorothea, [12] [13] the HBO series Dune: Prophecy as Sister Farouz, and the Netflix series Black Doves .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020Tin LuckLeilaShort film
2020Two's a MenaceCharleneShort film
2021MuseBonnie
2022 What's Love Got to Do with It? Girl in Hijab
2023 Barbie Growing Up Skipper
2024Year 10Girl

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 Doctors Anita Chandola 7 episodes
2022 The Undeclared War Saara ParvinMain role
2024 Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Dorothea
2024 Dune: Prophecy Sister Farouz
2024 Black Doves Maggie
TBA Virdee Leila

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
2024The Secret GardenMary Lennox Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

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