Brooke Burfitt

Brooke Burfitt (born 23 December 1988) is an English actress and radio presenter.

Brooke Burfitt
Brooke Burfitt at the Bermuda International Film Festival 2017
Born
Brooke India Burfitt

(1988-12-23) December 23, 1988
NationalityBritish, New Zealander
OccupationActor, Producer
Spouse(s)
Rhys Williams
(
m. 2014)
Children1
Websitewww.brookeburfitt.com

Early years and family

Brooke Burfitt (aka Brooke Burfitt-Dons) is the daughter of Louise Burfitt-Dons who set up the children’s anti-bullying charity Act Against Bullying and Donald, a retired Qantas captain. She has an Economics and Business with East European Studies degree from University College London. She currently lives in Bermuda with her husband and daughter.[1]

Career

Burfitt appeared in On The Ropes, as Joe Egan's girlfriend in a mockumentary about a behind the scenes look at the boxing world. In Death[2] she was directed by Martin Gooch which won at the Feel Good Film Festival in 2012. She has also featured in the comedy Pulp and the movie Soft Touch.

In 2014, Brooke worked with actor and film maker Stuart Brennan on a zombie apocalypse feature film 'Plan Z'[3] as supporting lead role, Irish girl Kate. The film went on to win Best Thriller at the National Film Awards UK [4]

Brooke Burfitt stars as the lead role in independent feature "By Any Means (2017 film)"[5] as "Mimi Wyatt". Radar Online says the film's storyline channels Kim Kardashian's paris robbery in 2016.[6] Burfitt won Best Actress award at the Wexford Film Festival,[7] where the film also went on to win Best Film. By Any Means (2017 film) won Best International Feature Film at the 2017 Polish International Film Festival.

At the start of 2017, Brooke starred alongside Kelly McGillis and Kate Mansi in female-led thriller "Mother Of All Secrets", which was entirely filmed in Bermuda.[8]

Most recently, Burfitt plays the lead alongside Dan Jeannotte in festive Television film "Christmas in the Highlands", released worldwide by Reel One Entertainment and due to air December 2020. [9]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2011 On the Ropes (2011 film) Sarah Cornerstone Media International
2012 After Death Sally Sneed TomCat Films
2013 Pulp (2012 film) Noreen Xbox Live
2014 The Catch Clare MWS Films
2016 Plan Z Kate Carnaby International
2017 By Any Means Mimi Wyatt Gravitas Ventures
2018 Mother Of All Secrets (film) Samantha Television Film
2020 Christmas in the Highlands Blair Henderson Television Film - Lead Role

References
  1. "Trash Talk Actress Reveals New Role". royalgazette.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  2. "Death The Movie". horrornews.net. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  3. "Plan Z". Eveningtelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  4. "National Film Awards UK". camdenmonthly.com. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  5. "By Any Means Movie". royalgazette.com. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  6. "Jonathan's New Movie Channels Kim's Paris Attack". radaronline.com. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  7. "Best Actress". chiswickherald.co.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  8. "Mother Of All Secrets Trailer Release". royalgazette.com. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  9. "Christmas in the Highlands". reeloneent.com. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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