Mia Sasha McKenna-Bruce (born 3 July 1997) is an English actress. As a teenager, she played Tee Taylor in the Tracy Beaker franchise (2010–2018). For her performance in the film How to Have Sex (2023), she won a British Independent Film Award, the BAFTA Rising Star Award and was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actress. Her other films include Persuasion (2022) and The Fence (2025).
On television, McKenna-Bruce also appeared in the iPlayer series Get Even (2020) and the Peacock series Vampire Academy (2022), and she starred in the Netflix series Agatha Christie's Seven Dials (2026) as Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent.
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Early life
McKenna-Bruce was born in 1997 and was raised in Chislehurst, Bromley. She took dance classes at Liz Burville Performing Arts Centre in Bexley and was a student at Belcanto London Academy. McKenna-Bruce also attended the Sapphire Dance Academy in Bexleyheath, as well as the Maidstone Grammar School for Girls.
Career
McKenna-Bruce's first role was a ballet girl in the West End production of Billy Elliot the Musical. Her first TV role was the minor role of Ester, Small Dark Places. She then starred in Holby City as Abi Taylor for one episode. McKenna-Bruce then appeared in EastEnders as Penny Branning. She had a two-episode guest stint in January 2008 and then a three-episode guest stint in April 2008. McKenna-Bruce next starred in The Bill in 2009 as Keira Curtis for one episode. She then moved on to Doctors for three episodes.
