Career
McKenna-Bruce's first role was a ballet girl in the West End production of Billy Elliot the Musical . [9] [10] Her first TV role was the minor role of Ester, Small Dark Places. [11] She then starred in Holby City as Abi Taylor for one episode. [12] 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. [13] She then moved on to Doctors for three episodes. [14]
Later in 2009, McKenna-Bruce starred in her first film role, The Fourth Kind , playing Ashley Tyler. [15] [16] [17] Her next role was as main character Tee Taylor in Tracy Beaker Returns from 2010 to 2012. [18] In 2011, McKenna-Bruce appeared in the TV series Spy for one episode, [19] and in five 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 . [20] McKenna-Bruce played Tee Taylor in a The Dumping Ground spin-off, The Dumping Ground: I'm... , a webisode series. [21] She guest starred in another episode of Holby City as Asia Lucas, as well as guest starring in BBC Three's Josh . [22] [23] [24] McKenna-Bruce was cast as the lead in a feature film, The Rebels. [25] In 2020, she began portraying the role of Bree Deringer on the iPlayer teen thriller series Get Even . [26] In 2021, she appeared in an episode of Vera , [27] later being cast in the Netflix film Persuasion . [28] In August of that same year, she was cast as Mia Karp in the PeacockTV fantasy series Vampire Academy . [29]
In 2021, McKenna-Bruce successfully auditioned for the role of Tara in Molly Manning Walker's film How to Have Sex . Her performance as an inexperienced schoolgirl grappling with issues of consent while on holiday in Crete was widely praised [30] [31] [32] and led to her being identified as a Screen Star of Tomorrow by Screen Daily. [33] She was also nominated for Best European Actress at the 2023 European Film Awards, [34] and won Best Breakthrough Performer of the Year at the 2023 London Film Critics Circle Awards. [35] She also won the BAFTA Rising Star Award at the 77th British Academy Film Awards. [36] McKenna is also set to star in the upcoming Netflix series The Seven Dials Mystery in the role of Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent. [37]
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