Bronwyn James

Born: 1994-07-24

Bronwyn James (born 1994) is a British actress. She has appeared in television shows such as Wild Bill, Ghosts, Outlander, and Harlots. James attended CAPA College, a performing arts school in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. In 2015, James graduated from the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts with a Bachelor of Arts degree in acting. That same year, she made her professional debut, originating the role of Shirley in the Martin McDonagh play Hangmen. James had a recurring role as Fanny Lambert in the ITV Encore series Harlots from 2017 to 2019. She made her feature film debut in the 2017 drama Apostasy, directed by Daniel Kokotajlo. In 2018-2020, James appeared in the film Peterloo and the television series The ABC Murders, Sandylands, Ghosts, Outlander, and Call the Midwife. James also starred in a lead role opposite Rob Lowe in Wild Bill in 2019. Her next film roles were in the 2021 period dramas The Dig and The Colour Room. She had recurring roles on Cheaters and Lockwood & Co. in 2022 and 2023, respectively. In December 2022, James was cast as ShenShen, a friend of Glinda, in the film adaptation of the Stephen Schwartz musical Wicked. Her role in the live-action adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon as Ruffnut Thorston was announced in 2024. She is currently represented by Piers Nimmo Management and Authentic Management. In 2023, James married Katherine-Alice, founder of the Yorkshire-based nonprofit Hearts Collective, which promotes accessibility in the arts. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bronwyn James, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Wicked

as Shenshen
Released: 2024-11-20

In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room...

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Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked

as Self
Released: 2024-11-16

A behind-the-scenes look at the highly-anticipated two-part film adaptation of the hit Broadway...

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Wicked: For Good

as ShenShen
Released: 2025-11-20

Follows Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good...

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How to Train Your Dragon

as Ruffnut Thorston
Released: 2025-06-11

On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations,...

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as Ellen Mckenzie
Released: 2021-01-14

As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on...

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The Palace

as Magnolia
Released: 2023-09-28

A comedy set on New Year’s Eve 1999 in a luxurious hotel in the Swiss Alps where the lives of...

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Peterloo

as Wigan Man's Sister
Released: 2018-11-01

An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a...

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Apostasy

as Chloe
Released: 2017-09-29

A faithful Jehovah's Witness is forced to shun her own sister because of a religious...

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The Colour Room

as Betty
Released: 2021-11-12

A pioneering ceramic artist Clarice Cliff rises to prominence in the 1920s while working in...

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The Queen and I

as WPC Ludlow
Released: 2018-12-24

A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and...

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National Theatre Live: Hangmen

as Shirley
Released: 2016-03-03

In his small pub in the northern English town of Oldham, Harry is something of a local...

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Sometimes Chinese

as Roz
Released: 2016-01-01

A short film from Leo Leigh, starring Oliver Maltman, Jessica Gunning and Bronwyn James.

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Cindy

as Cindy
Released: 2020-03-14

Cindy’s first drag performance isn’t exactly a success; when a filmed wardrobe malfunction...

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Outlander

as Fanny Beardsley
First aired: 2014-08-09

The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in...

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Slow Horses

as Young Mum
First aired: 2022-04-01

Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson...

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Call the Midwife

as Mavis Holler
First aired: 2012-01-15

Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of...

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Silent Witness

as Hannah Robson
First aired: 1996-02-21

Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology...

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Masters of the Air

as Susie
First aired: 2024-01-25

During World War II, airmen risk their lives with the 100th Bomb Group, a brotherhood forged by...

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Ghosts

as Sam
First aired: 2019-04-15

A cash-strapped young couple inherits a grand country house, only to find it is both falling...

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Lockwood & Co.

as Sergeant Wade
First aired: 2023-01-27

A girl with extraordinary psychic abilities joins two gifted teen boys at a small ghost-hunting...

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This Is Going to Hurt

as Teri
First aired: 2022-02-08

The unvarnished truth of life as a doctor working in obstetrics and gynaecology.

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Harlots

as Fanny Lambert
First aired: 2017-03-27

Brothel owner, Margaret Wells, struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.

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The ABC Murders

as Megan Barnard
First aired: 2018-12-26

1933. Hercule Poirot, older and greyer, receives letters threatening murder. The sender signs...

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Cheaters

as Natalie
First aired: 2022-02-08

A chance meeting after a cancelled flight leads to an unlikely night of drunken airport-hotel...

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Wild Bill

as DC Muriel Yeardsley
First aired: 2019-06-12

U.S. police chief Bill Hixon lands in the British town of Boston, Lincolnshire, with his...

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Meet the Richardsons

as Pest Investigator
First aired: 2020-02-27

Stand-up comedians Richardson and Beaumont play exaggerated versions of themselves as viewers...

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Compulsion

as Ellie Gartree
First aired: 2022-04-12

After surviving a tragedy, paramedic Jenny Challoner struggles with PTSD. Concealing her...

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