Anna Leong Brophy

Anna is one of the stars of Netflix's wildly popular fantasy series Shadow and Bone, playing warrior Tamar Kir-Bataar as part of the main cast in Season 2. She appeared as Bryony in series 2 of Channel 4’s Back, alongside David Mitchell and Robert Webb, and in Netflix’s The Billion Dollar Code. Other television includes BBC 1's Last Tango in Halifax and The Girl Before, Traces and Ragdoll for Alibi, and spy series Berlin Station alongside Ashley Judd.

Her theatre credits include Henry VI Part One (Royal Shakespeare Company), Pitcairn (Chichester Festival Theatre/Shakespeare’s Globe), and In the Night Time (Before the Sun Rises) (Orange Tree Theatre). In feature films, Anna starred as reporter Olivia Tan in Paradise War, which opened the 2019 Zurich Film Festival. She was the voice of Jin in 2021's Shaun the Sheep Christmas Special: The Flight Before Christmas.

Anna is one half of comedy duo EGG, who graced the cover of Fest magazine amid rave reviews for their 2018 Edinburgh Fringe show Richard Pictures. In 2019 they were returning guests on Channel 4’s Harry Hill’s Clubnite. Their BBC Radio 4 Comedy Special Scrambled EGG, about the mixed race experience, was comedy of the week. EGG also host the podcast Still Legit, where they gleefully examine the films and TV shows they grew up with and ask if they’re still legit today. EGG currently have scripted projects in development with Kudos.

Anna has written for CBBC’s Class Dismissed and the upcoming Aardman Animation series Lloyd of the Flies for CITV. She is a founding member of award winning improv group BattleActs.