Annabelle Davis

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Annabelle Davis
Born (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 27)
Education Sawtry Village Academy
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present
Height104 cm (3 ft 5 in)
Parent Warwick Davis (father)
Relatives Peter Burroughs (grandfather)

Annabelle Davis (born 28 March 1997) [2] is a British actress. She portrayed Sasha Bellman in the CBBC series The Dumping Ground from 2015 to 2022, and from 2023, she began to play Lacey Lloyd in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks . She is the daughter of Warwick Davis and Samantha Davis.

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Early life and education

Annabelle Davis is the only daughter of Samantha (née Burroughs) and actor Warwick Davis. She has a younger brother, born in 2003. She also had an older brother Lloyd, who died in infancy at nine days old. Davis inherited spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita from her father. [3]

Davis attended Sawtry Village Academy, where she took A-Levels in Media, Textiles, Art and IT. [4] [5] In June 2018, she was announced as a patron for the Young People Counselling Service. She is the namesake of their first community hub. [6]

Career

In 2011, Davis appeared in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 as a Naughty Goblin. She then joined the CBBC series The Dumping Ground as Sasha Bellman in 2015. [7] She reprised the role of Sasha in spin-off series The Dumping Ground: I'm... , a webisode series. [8] She has also appeared in two Star Wars films alongside her father. [9] In 2022, Davis joined the cast of the Disney+ series Willow , a sequel to the 1988 film of the same name, as Mims, the daughter of the titular character played by Davis' father. After the series was cancelled in March 2023, [10] Davis said the show "was the most magical adventure." [11] The series was later removed from Disney+ on May 26, 2023. [12] After her final appearance on The Dumping Ground had aired in 2022, it was announced that Davis had been cast as Lacey Lloyd in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks . She made her debut appearance in 2023. [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Naughty GoblinUncredited role
2013 Jack the Giant Slayer Extra
2015Modern TimesHerself
Piers Morgan's Life Stories
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Creature Performer [14]
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Dodibin

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015–2022 The Dumping Ground Sasha BellmanMain role (seasons 3–9)
2016–2021 The Dumping Ground: I'm... Main role
2017–2018, 2022 Saturday Mash-Up! Herself4 episodes
2022–2023 Willow Mims Ufgood2 episodes
2023–2024 Hollyoaks Lacey Lloyd 70 episodes
2023 The Witcher Warrior Walking with Pitch PorkEpisode: "Shaerrawedd"

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2018 Royal Television Society NTEB Awards 2018Performance of the YearThe Dumping GroundWon [15]

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