Mimi Keene
Mimi Keene (born Mimi Saeed, 5 August 1998) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Cindy Williams on the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2013–2015) and Ruby Matthews on the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education (2019–present).

Early life
Keene was born Mimi Saeed on 5 August 1998 in London. She lived in South Woodford and attended Churchfields Junior School. She then moved to Hertfordshire and attended Divine Saviour Roman Catholic School in Abbots Langley. Later she moved to Barnsbury to train full-time at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts from 2009 to 2014.

Career
Keene began her career as a child actress on stage, making her professional debut playing Janey in Kin at The Royal Court Theatre from 19 November to 23 December 2010. In 2013, she appeared in CBBC's Sadie J as Brandy May Lou and in Our Girl as Jade Dawes. Between 2013 and 2015, she was a series regular in EastEnders, playing Cindy Williams. For her role, she earned British Soap Award and Inside Soap Award nominations. She voiced Euryale, Stheno, and Medusa in the 2013 video game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate and its 2014 sequel Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. In 2016, she appeared in an episode of Casualty as Lana Westmore, and played Megan in a short film, The Escape, in 2017. In 2019, she portrayed the younger version of Edith Tolkien in Tolkien, began playing Ruby Matthews in the Netflix series Sex Education, and appeared in the film Close. In 2023, Keene will appear in the film After Everything.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

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1998 births
21st-century English actresses
Actresses from Hertfordshire
Alumni of the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
English child actresses
English soap opera actresses
English television actresses
Living people