Mimi Keene facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Mimi Keene
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Mimi Keene in June 2016
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Mimi Roshan Saeed
5 August 1998 London, England
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| Years active | 2010–present |
Mimi Roshan Saeed (born on 5 August 1998), known by her stage name Mimi Keene, is an English actress. She is famous for playing Cindy Williams in the BBC TV show EastEnders from 2013 to 2015. She also played Ruby Matthews in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education from 2019 to 2023. More recently, she appeared as Nathalie in the 2023 film After Everything.
Growing Up and Training
Mimi Roshan Saeed was born in the Redbridge area of London on 5 August 1998. Her mother, Alexis Keene, is English, and her father, Hassan Saeed, is British Pakistani. Mimi lived in South Woodford and went to Churchfields Junior School.
Later, she moved to Hertfordshire and attended Divine Saviour Roman Catholic School. After that, she moved to Barnsbury to study acting. She trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts from 2009 to 2014, which is a well-known performing arts school.
Acting Career
Mimi Keene started acting when she was a child. Her first professional role on stage was playing Janey in a play called Kin. This play was shown at The Royal Court Theatre in London from November to December 2010.
In 2013, Mimi appeared in two TV shows. She was Brandy May Lou in CBBC's Sadie J and Jade Dawes in Our Girl. From 2013 to 2015, she became a regular cast member in the popular TV soap opera EastEnders. In this show, she played the character of Cindy Williams. For her role in EastEnders, she was nominated for awards like the British Soap Award and the Inside Soap Award.
Mimi also used her voice for video games. She voiced characters like Euryale, Stheno, and Medusa in the 2013 video game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate and its sequel Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 in 2014.
In 2016, she appeared in an episode of the TV show Casualty as Lana Westmore. The next year, in 2017, she played Megan in a short film called The Escape.
A big step in her career came in 2019. She played a younger version of Edith Tolkien in the film Tolkien. Also in 2019, she started playing Ruby Matthews in the hit Netflix series Sex Education. This role made her very well-known. In the same year, she also appeared in the film Close. Most recently, in 2023, Mimi Keene was seen in the film After Everything.
See also
In Spanish: Mimi Keene para niños
