Shelley Conn

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Early life and education

Shelley Deborah ConnScript error: No such module "Unsubst". was born in London, England. The family moved around military bases, so growing up, she lived in Germany and Gibraltar with her parents and two older sisters, before settling back in London. She acted in school plays.[1]

She attended the sixth form college Queen Mary's College in Basingstoke and later the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.[2]

Career

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.[3] In 2014, Conn appeared in a US TV series called The Lottery.[4]

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.[5] The series was released in March 2022.

Conn starred as Beelzebub in the second series of Good Omens,[6] 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.[7]

Personal life

Conn ran in the 2006 London Marathon.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
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

Television

Year Title Role Notes
Template:Dts The Last Musketeer Uzma TV movie
City Central Naz Episode: "No Direction Home"
Attachments Carrie Knowles Episode: "Just Upgraded"
Template:Dts—2002 Casualty Daljit Ramanee 3 episodes
Template:Dts Hawkins Sharim Raziq TV movie
Mersey Beat PC Miriam Da Silva Recurring; 10 episodes
Template:Dts Man and Boy Jasmin TV movie
Bodily Harm Tanika Episode: "#1.1"
Template:Dts Second Generation Amba TV movie
Template:Dts Down to Earth Kerry Jamil Recurring; 9 episodes
Transit Asha TV movie
2006 Blue Murder Emily Saunders Episode: "Make Believe"
Template:Dts- 2007 The Innocence Project Dr Eve Walker Recurring; 8 episodes
Template:Dts Party Animals Ashika Chandiramani Recurring; 8 episodes
Template:Dts–2010 Mistresses Jessica Fraser Recurring; 16 episodes
Template:Dts 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
Template:Dts The Persuasionists Tamsin Episode: "Diet Stuff"
Strike Back Danni Prendiville 5 episodes
Template:Dts Marchlands Nisha Parekh 5 episodes
Terra Nova Dr. Elisabeth Shannon 13 episodes
Template:Dts Silent Witness DI Connie James 2 episodes
Template:Dts Heading Out Eve 6 episodes
By Any Means Jessica Jones 6 episodes
Template:Dts 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
Template:Dts W1A Azia Zamani Episode: "#2.4"
Template:Dts Heartbeat Millicent Patel Main role; 10 episodes
Template:Dts Back Annie Episode: "#1.4"
Template:Dts–2020 Liar DI Vanessa Harmon 11 episodes
2018 Sky Comedy: Sindhu Vee's Live and Let Love Gita Mini series
Template:Dts 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
Template:Dts 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 (voice) 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
2025 Wisting Detective Harriet Dunn 1 episode

References

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