Shalom Brune-Franklin is a British and Australian actress. She is 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 starred as DC Chloe Bishop in all seven episodes of BBC One's Line of Duty, series six (2021) and played one of the lead roles in The Tourist on BBC One (2022).
Shalom Brune-Franklin was born in St Albans in England to a Mauritian mother and Thai-born English father.[1]
When she was a teenager, she moved with her parents and her younger brother, Siam, to Mullaloo, Western Australia.[1][2] She holds both British and Australian citizenship.[3]
During her studies at Ocean Reef Senior High School, Brune-Franklin took up drama, and then won the school's drama award for high achievement.[2] She 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.[2]