Shalom Brune-Franklin

Shalom Brune-Franklin (born 18 August 1994) is an English-born Australian actress known for playing Private Maisie Richards in the BBC series Our Girl, Umm Khulthum in The State, Ella in “Love Me” and Aoife in the Australian series Doctor Doctor. She stars as DC Chloe Bishop in all seven episodes of BBC One's Line of Duty, series six (2021) and plays one of the lead roles in The Tourist on BBC One (2022). Biography Shalom Brune-Franklin was born in St Albans in England to a Mauritian mother and Thai-born English father. When Brune-Franklin was 14, she moved with her parents and her younger brother, Siam, to Mullaloo, Western Australia. She holds both British and Australian citizenship. Early acting career During her studies at Ocean Reef Senior High School, Brune-Franklin took up drama then won the school's drama award for high achievement. Brune-Franklin enrolled to study journalism at the Edith Cowan University but after seeing the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) she decided on an acting career. Brune-Franklin auditioned at the WAAPA and then later that year was the most outstanding student.