Shalom Brune-Franklin is a British-Australian actress. On television, she is known for her roles in the Nine Network series Doctor Doctor (2016–2017), the BBC series Our Girl (2017–2018), Line of Duty series 6 (2021) and The Tourist (2022), the Channel 4 series The State (2017), the Binge series Love Me (2021–2023) and the HBO series Dune: Prophecy (2024–). She was named a 2026 Brit to Watch by Variety.
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Early life and education
Shalom Brune-Franklin was born in St Albans in England to a Mauritian mother and Thai-born English father.
When she was a teenager, she moved with her parents and her younger brother, Siam, to Perth, Western Australia. She holds both British and Australian citizenship.
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. 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.