Mia McKenna-Bruce

McKenna-Bruce was born in London and was raised in Chislehurst, Bromley.[5][1][6][7][8] McKenna-Bruce took dance classes at Liz Burville Performing Arts Centre in Bexley and was a student at Belcanto London Academy.[6][1] McKenna-Bruce attends Sapphire Dance Academy in Bexleyheath.[9] She attended Maidstone Grammar School for Girls.[10]

McKenna-Bruce's first role was a ballet girl in the West End production of Billy Elliot.[11][12] Her first TV role was the minor role of Ester in the TV short, Small Dark Places.[13] She then starred in Holby City as Abi Taylor for one episode.[14] McKenna-Bruce then appeared in EastEnders as Penny Branning.[9] 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.[15] She then moved on to Doctors for three episodes.[16]

Later in 2009, McKenna-Bruce starred in her first film role, The Fourth Kind, playing Ashley Tyler.[17][18][19] Her next role was as main character Tee Taylor in Tracy Beaker Returns from 2010 to 2012.[3] In 2011, McKenna-Bruce appeared in the TV series Spy for 1 episode[20] and in 5 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.[4] 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]

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