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Shauna Shim
Born (1979-03-28) 28 March 1979 (age 45)
Miami, Florida, United States
Occupation Actress
Years active 1997–present

Shauna Shim (born 28 March 1979) is an American-born English actress.

Early life

Shim was born in Miami, Florida, United States to her African-American mother and Chinese father. She is of African-American and Chinese descent. When Shim was 10 years old, her family moved from United States to England in 1989. Shim was raised in Nottingham, England, and trained at the Carlton Television Workshop alongside other actors such as Samantha Morton, Toby Kebbell, Vicky McClure and award-winning director, Julian Kemp. Her brother, Andrew Shim, is also an actor, whom she has been quoted as saying she would "love to work with".

Career

Having worked extensively in film, television and on the West End stage, Shim has appeared alongside many world-renowned actors such as Nicole Kidman, Simon Pegg, David Schwimmer, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Paul Bettany, Sam Rockwell, Freema Agyeman, James Caan, Donald Sutherland and Lauren Bacall. Her film work has covered various genres including horror (An American Haunting, 2005), comedy (Big Nothing, 2006), Independent Arthouse (Dogville, 2003).

Shim has also appeared in numerous television series and dramas, including the British drama series A Thing Called Love, with Paul Nicholls; the US TV series The Embassy; the Irish drama-series Legend, with Padraic Delaney and Miss Drill in a children's TV series (The Worst Witch, 2017–20).

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Wit Student Television film
2003 This Little Life Nurse Janey Television film
Octane Paramedic
Dogville June
2004 Piccadilly Jim Pett House Main
2005 An American Haunting Anky
2006 Big Nothing Melanie #1
2011 Blind Date Bartender Short film
Naughty Gluttony Short film
Silver Lining Emma Short film
Cardinal Hen Short film
2013 Echo Shauna Short film
2019 County Lines Briony
2021 Growing Pains Mrs. Johnson Short film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1997–1998 Coping with... Mel Series regular; 6 episodes
1999–2000 Microsoap Lisa Recurring role; 9 episodes
2001 The Savages Holly Recurring role; 5 episodes
2002 The American Embassy Gwen Episode: "China Cup"
2003 Crossroads Philomena Wise Recurring role; 3 episodes
2004 Doctors Joanna Parks Episode: "Hasty Hearts"
A Thing Called Love Chantelle Staple Series regular; 6 episodes
2005 Holby City Ruth Evans Episode: "Patience"
2006 Legend Victoria Episode: "Episode 1"
2011 Waterloo Road DS Mitchell Episode: "Series 7, Episode 1"
2017 Episodes Waitress Episode: "Series 5, Episode 3"
W1A Donna Fredericks Episode: "Series 3, Episode 3"
2017–2020 The Worst Witch Miss Dimity Drill Series regular; 51 episodes
2021 Finding Alice School Counsellor Episode: "Episode 3"
2021–2022 Biff & Chip Mrs. Page Recurring role; 10 episodes
2022 The Capture Shadow Home Secretary Episode: "Imposter Syndrome"
Somewhere Boy Siobhan Recurring role; 2 episodes
2023–present Waterloo Road Valerie Chambers Series regular

Stage

  • Worker's Writes – Royal Court Theatre
  • Cadillac Ranch – Soho Theatre
  • Splash Hatch On The E Going Down – Donmar Warehouse Theatre
  • Four – Royal Court Theatre
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