Shauna Shim

Shauna Shim
Shauna Shim
Born	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".^[1]

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,^[2] 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).^[3]

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"
2004	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"
2017	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"
2022	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

References

^ Jared Wilson put some questions to Shauna Shim
^ BBC interview Archived 2010-01-28 at the Wayback Machine
^ The Worst Witch, Clare Higgins, Bella Ramsey, Raquel Cassidy, retrieved 28 February 2018{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

[1] Jared Wilson put some questions to Shauna Shim

[2] BBC interview Archived 2010-01-28 at the Wayback Machine

[3] The Worst Witch, Clare Higgins, Bella Ramsey, Raquel Cassidy, retrieved 28 February 2018{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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