Shelley Conn | |
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Born | Shelley Deborah Conn 21 September 1976 Barnet, North London, England |
Education | Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art (BA) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2000–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Shelley Deborah Conn (born 21 September 1976) is a British actress. She portrayed Lady Mary Sharma in the second season of Bridgerton , Isabella in the film Love Sarah , Dr Elizabeth Shannon in the Spielberg series Terra Nova , Beelzebub in the second season of Neil Gaiman's Good Omens , and Indira Shetty in the first season of The Boys spin-off series Gen V .
Conn was born in Barnet in north London to Anglo-Indian parents. She is of mixed heritage, being of Portuguese, Burmese, and Indian descent. [1] [2] She attended Queen Mary's College in Basingstoke and Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. [3] Conn trained at Bretton Hall. She was a student at Cranbourne School in Basingstoke.
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 appeared television, film and theatre, with a series of leading roles in various small budget European as well as British films namely 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 2008 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. [4] In 2014, Conn appeared in a US TV series called The Lottery . [5]
Conn starred as Mary Sharma in the second series of the Netflix romance period drama Bridgerton based on Julia Quinn's second novel in her Bridgerton series, The Viscount Who Loved Me . [6] The series was released in March 2022.
Conn starred as Beelzebub in the second series of Neil Gaiman's Good Omens , [7] and Indira Shetty (a stand-in for Billy Butcher in-adaptation of We Gotta Go Now and The Bloody Doors Off ) in the first season of The Boys spin-off series Gen V , both for Amazon Prime Video. [8]
Conn lives in London and is married to fellow actor Jonathan Kerrigan; they have a son together, born in 2012.
She ran in the 2006 London Marathon. [9]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Maybe Baby | Nurse 2 | |
2002 | Possession | Candi | |
2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Princess Pondicherry | |
Ripley Under Ground | Honey | ||
2006 | L' Entente cordiale | Punam | |
Nina's Heavenly Delights | Nina Shah | ||
2007 | Love Story | Sara | Short film |
2008 | New Town Killers | Julie Stewart | |
2010 | How Do You Know | Terry | |
2012 | Catalyst | Mia | Short film |
2014 | Film: The Movie | Preea Vasami | |
2018 | Malevolent | Professor Samantha Harlow | |
2020 | Love Sarah | Isabella | |
2021 | Fellow Creatures | The Stranger | Short film |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | The Last Musketeer | Uzma | TV movie |
City Central | Naz | Episode: "No Direction Home" | |
Attachments | Carrie Knowles | Episode: "Just Upgraded" | |
2000—2002 | Casualty | Daljit Ramanee | 3 episodes |
2001 | Hawkins | Sharim Raziq | TV movie |
Mersey Beat | PC Miriam Da Silva | Recurring; 10 episodes | |
2002 | Man and Boy | Jasmin | TV movie |
Bodily Harm | Tanika | Episode: "#1.1" | |
2003 | Second Generation | Amba | TV movie |
2005 | Down to Earth | Kerry Jamil | Recurring; 9 episodes |
Transit | Asha | TV movie | |
2006 | Blue Murder | Emily Saunders | Episode: "Make Believe" |
2006- 2007 | The Innocence Project | Dr Eve Walker | Recurring; 8 episodes |
2007 | Party Animals | Ashika Chandiramani | Recurring; 8 episodes |
2008–2010 | Mistresses | Jessica Fraser | Recurring; 16 episodes |
2008 | Trial & Retribution | Neelah Sahjani | Episode: "Kill the King: Part 1" |
The Palace | Miranda Hill | 4 episodes | |
10 Days to War | Eesha | Episode: "A Simple Private Matter" | |
Raw | Tanya | 6 epsidoes | |
Dead Set | Claire | 3 episodes | |
2010 | The Persuasionists | Tamsin | Episode: "Diet Stuff" |
Strike Back | Danni Prendiville | 5 episodes | |
2011 | Marchlands | Nisha Parekh | 5 episodes |
Terra Nova | Dr. Elisabeth Shannon | 13 episodes | |
2012 | Silent Witness | DI Connie James | 2 episodes |
2013 | Heading Out | Eve | 6 episodes |
By Any Means | Jessica Jones | 6 episodes | |
2014 | 24: Live Another Day | Helen McCarthy | Episode: "Day 9: 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m." |
The Lottery | Gabrielle Westwood | Main role; 10 episodes | |
2015 | W1A | Azia Zamani | Episode: "#2.4" |
2016 | Heartbeat | Millicent Patel | Main role; 10 episodes |
2017 | Back | Annie | Episode: "#1.4" |
2017–2020 | Liar | DI Vanessa Harmon | 11 episodes |
2018 | Sky Comedy: Sindhu Vee's Live and Let Love | Gita | Mini series |
2019 | Death in Paradise | Marina Shepherd | Episode: "Muder Most Animal" |
Deep State | Nicole Miller | 4 episodes | |
Four Weddings and a Funeral | Liz | Episode: "Hounslow" | |
The Rook | Danielle Wulff | 4 episodes | |
2020 | The Deceived | Ruth | 4 episodes |
2021 | Star Stable: Mistfall | Sigry Varanger | 2 episodes |
McDonald & Dodds | Hilary O'Doyle | Episode: "We Need to Talk About Doreen" | |
The Irregulars | Dion Cross | Episode: "Chapter Three: Ipsissimus" | |
Dodo | Headmistress / Mrs Sidiqui | 7 episodes | |
Four Lives | Nadia Persaud | Episode: "#1.2" | |
2022 | Bridgerton | Lady Mary Sheffield Sharma | Main role (season 2); 8 episodes |
2023 | Good Omens | Beelzebub | Main role (season 2); 4 episodes |
2023 | Gen V | Indira Shetty | Main role (season 1); 8 episodes |
2024 | Alex Rider | Laura Kellner | 6 episodes |
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