Louisa Sarah Anne Connolly-Burnham (born 23 June 1992) is an English actress and filmmaker. She is best known for her roles as Shannon Kelly in the
CBBC
CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the bran ...
series ''
Wolfblood
''Wolfblood'' is a fantasy teen drama television series targeted at a young audience. Created by Debbie Moon, it is a co-production between CBBC and ZDF/ZDFE. The television series revolves around the life of the species known as wolfbloods. Th ...
'' (2012–2014) and Willow Jenks in the
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Group. It ...
series ''
House of Anubis
''House of Anubis'' is a mystery television series developed for Nickelodeon based on the Dutch–Belgian television series '' Het Huis Anubis''. The series was created by Hans Bourlon and Gert Verhulst and premiered on Nickelodeon on 1 Janu ...
'' (2013). She made her directorial debut with the short film ''The Call Centre'' (2020).
Early life
Connolly-Burnham was born in
Solihull
Solihull (, or ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in West Midlands County, England. The town had a population of 126,577 at the 2021 Census. Solihull is situated on the River Blyth ...
, West Midlands and grew up in Buckinghamshire with her two brothers. She attended
Wycombe High School
Wycombe High School is a girls' grammar school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire taking girls from the age of 11 to 18. The school became an academy in 2011, and in 2020 had 1,308 pupils.
History
The school was the first state grammar school for ...
. Her father enrolled her in Saturday classes at Jackie Palmer Stage School. She went on to train at
Arts Educational School, Tring Park.
Career
Connolly-Burnham made her debut with small roles in the 2007 TV movie ''Coming Down the Mountain'' and the crime drama series ''
Midsomer Murders''. In 2012, Connolly-Burnham got her breakthrough in the
BAFTA nominated
CBBC
CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the bran ...
hit drama ''
Wolfblood
''Wolfblood'' is a fantasy teen drama television series targeted at a young audience. Created by Debbie Moon, it is a co-production between CBBC and ZDF/ZDFE. The television series revolves around the life of the species known as wolfbloods. Th ...
'' as Shannon Kelly in which she starred alongside
Bobby Lockwood
Bobby Lockwood is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Mick Campbell in ''House of Anubis'' and as Rhydian Morris in ''Wolfblood''. In 2021, he appeared in the BBC medical drama series ''Casualty'' as Leon Cook.
Career
In 2006, ...
,
Aimeé Kelly and
Kedar Williams-Sterling. She left the show at the end of season three in 2014.
In 2013, Connolly-Burnham played Willow Jenks in the third season of the
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Group. It ...
series ''
House of Anubis
''House of Anubis'' is a mystery television series developed for Nickelodeon based on the Dutch–Belgian television series '' Het Huis Anubis''. The series was created by Hans Bourlon and Gert Verhulst and premiered on Nickelodeon on 1 Janu ...
.'' In 2014, she starred in the short film ''Beneath Water'' in which she was subsequently nominated for Best Actress at the Queens World Film Festival in 2015. Since then, she has appeared as Avril Fox in the 2014 Christmas special of the
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''. She has also had roles in ''
'' (2016).
Connolly-Burnham made her stage debut playing a leading role in the 2017 theatre production ''Tribes'' at the ''
''. She has also starred in the stage production ''Beirut'' in 2018 at
. In 2019, Connolly-Burnham founded her own production company Thimble Films, and made her directorial debut with the short film ''The Call Centre'' (2020), which amassed over 1.5 million views on