Shelley Conn
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Shelly Conn on the set of Heartbeat in 2016
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| Born |
21 September 1976 Basingstoke, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse(s) | Jonathan Kerrigan |
| Children | Oscar (b. 2012) |
Shelley Conn (born 21 September 1976) is a British actress of mixed heritage including British, Portuguese, Burmese and Indian. She was born to Anglo-Indian parents.
Conn was born in London, England.
She attended Queen Mary's College in Basingstoke and Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Conn trained at Bretton Hall. She was a student at Cranbourne School, Basingstoke Hampshire.
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 now developed her roles between all three media (television, film and theater), with a series of leading roles in various small budget European as well as British films; 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.
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