Mia Mckenna-Bruce is an English actress, born in London and raised in Chislehurst, Bromley.
Mckenna-Bruce's first role was a ballet girl in the West End production of Billy Elliot. Her first TV role was the minor role of Ester in the TV short, Small Dark Places. She then starred in Holby City as Abi Taylor for one episode. She then appeared in EastEnders as Penny Branning. She had a two-episode guest in January 2008 and then another three-episode guest stint in April 2008. She next starred in The Bill in 2009 as Keira Curtis for one episode. She then moved on to Doctors for three episodes.
Later in 2009, Mckenna-Bruce starred in her first film role, The Fourth Kind, playing Ashley Tyler. Her next role was as main character Tee Taylor in Tracy Beaker Returns from 2010 to 2012. In 2011, she appeared in the TV series Spy for one episode, and in five episodes of The Tracy Beaker Survival Guide. She reprised the role of Tee Taylor from 2013 until 2016 (and again as a guest in 2017 and 2018) in the spin-off series The Dumping Ground. Mckenna-Bruce played Tee Taylor in a The Dumping Ground spin-off, The Dumping Ground: I'm..., a web series. She guest-starred in another episode of Holby City as Asia Lucas, as well as guest-starring in BBC Three's Josh. In 2020, she began portraying the role of Bree Deringer on the BBC iPlayer teen thriller series Get Even. In 2021, she appeared in an episode of Vera, later being cast in the Netflix film Persuasion. In August of that same year, the actress was cast as Mia Karp in the Peacock fantasy series Vampire Academy, based on the best-selling book series by Richelle Mead.
