Shelley Conn

Shelley Conn
Conn on the set of Heartbeat in 2016
Born	Shelley Deborah Conn (1976-09-21) 21 September 1976 (age 48) Barnet, North London, England
Education	Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art (BA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000–present
Spouse	Jonathan Kerrigan ​ (m. 2011)​
Children	1

Shelley Deborah Conn (born 21 September 1976) is a British actress. She portrayed Lady Mary Sharma in the second season of Bridgerton, Isabella in the film Love Sarah, Dr Elizabeth Shannon in the Spielberg series Terra Nova, Beelzebub in the second season of Neil Gaiman's Good Omens, and Indira Shetty in the first season of The Boys spin-off series Gen V .

Early life and education

Conn was born in Barnet in north London to Anglo-Indian parents. She is of mixed heritage, being of Portuguese, Burmese, and Indian descent.^[1][2] She attended Queen Mary's College in Basingstoke and Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.^[3] Conn trained at Bretton Hall. She was a student at Cranbourne School in Basingstoke.

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.^[4] In 2014, Conn appeared in a US TV series called The Lottery.^[5]

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.^[6] The series was released in March 2022.

Conn starred as Beelzebub in the second series of Neil Gaiman's Good Omens,^[7] 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.^[8]

Personal life

Conn lives in London and is married to fellow actor Jonathan Kerrigan; they have a son together, born in 2012.

She ran in the 2006 London Marathon.^[9]

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
2000	The Last Musketeer	Uzma	TV movie
	City Central	Naz	Episode: "No Direction Home"
	Attachments	Carrie Knowles	Episode: "Just Upgraded"
2000—2002	Casualty	Daljit Ramanee	3 episodes
2001	Hawkins	Sharim Raziq	TV movie
	Mersey Beat	PC Miriam Da Silva	Recurring; 10 episodes
2002	Man and Boy	Jasmin	TV movie
	Bodily Harm	Tanika	Episode: "#1.1"
2003	Second Generation	Amba	TV movie
2005	Down to Earth	Kerry Jamil	Recurring; 9 episodes
	Transit	Asha	TV movie
2006	Blue Murder	Emily Saunders	Episode: "Make Believe"
2006- 2007	The Innocence Project	Dr Eve Walker	Recurring; 8 episodes
2007	Party Animals	Ashika Chandiramani	Recurring; 8 episodes
2008–2010	Mistresses	Jessica Fraser	Recurring; 16 episodes
2008	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
2010	The Persuasionists	Tamsin	Episode: "Diet Stuff"
	Strike Back	Danni Prendiville	5 episodes
2011	Marchlands	Nisha Parekh	5 episodes
	Terra Nova	Dr. Elisabeth Shannon	13 episodes
2012	Silent Witness	DI Connie James	2 episodes
2013	Heading Out	Eve	6 episodes
	By Any Means	Jessica Jones	6 episodes
2014	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
2015	W1A	Azia Zamani	Episode: "#2.4"
2016	Heartbeat	Millicent Patel	Main role; 10 episodes
2017	Back	Annie	Episode: "#1.4"
2017–2020	Liar	DI Vanessa Harmon	11 episodes
2018	Sky Comedy: Sindhu Vee's Live and Let Love	Gita	Mini series
2019	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
2020	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	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

References

1. Hahn, Katie (9 September 2011). "'Terra Nova' next stop on Conn's acting journey". Variety. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
2. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
3. "What Shelley Conn has to say about QMC". Destination Basingstoke. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
4. Adams, Guy (1 October 2010). "Spielberg picks new leading lady from wards of 'Casualty'". The Independent. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
5. "Lincolnshire actor Jonathan Kerrigan to star in BBC drama starting tonight". Lincolnshire Echo. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
6. Andreeva, Nellie (15 February 2021). "'Bridgerton': Simone Ashley Lands Female Lead In Season 2 Of Netflix Hit From Shondaland". Deadline. Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
7. Eddy, Cheryl (18 July 2023). "Good Omens' New Beelzebub on Her Demonic Transformation". Gizmodo. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
8. Arens, Brynna (30 October 2023). "Gen V: The Unnerving Similarities Between Dean Shetty and Butcher". Den of Geek. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
9. "Flora London Marathon 2006 – 07 Celebrities and Politicians – Celebrities Running in 2006" (PDF). London Marathon. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2014.

External links

• Shelley Conn at IMDb