Annabelle Davis

Annabelle Davis (born 28 March 1997)[2] is a British actress. She portrayed Sasha Bellman in the CBBC series The Dumping Ground from 2015 to 2022, and from 2023, she began to play Lacey Lloyd in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. She is the daughter of Warwick Davis and Samantha Davis.

Annabelle Davis
Born (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England[1]
EducationSawtry Village Academy
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present
Height104 cm (3 ft 5 in)
Parent(s)Warwick Davis (father)
Samantha Davis (née Burroughs) (mother)
RelativesPeter Burroughs (grandfather)
Hayley Burroughs (aunt)
Lloyd Davis (older brother)
Harrison Davis (younger brother)

Early life and education

Annabelle Davis is the only daughter of Samantha (née Burroughs) and actor Warwick Davis. She has a younger brother, born in 2003. She also had an older brother Lloyd, who died in infancy at nine days old. Davis inherited spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita from her father.[3]

Davis attended Sawtry Village Academy, where she took A-Levels in Media, Textiles, Art and IT.[4][5] In June 2018, she was announced as a patron for the Young People Counselling Service. She is the namesake of their first community hub.[6]

Career

In 2011, Davis appeared in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 as a Naughty Goblin. She then joined the CBBC series The Dumping Ground as Sasha Bellman in 2015.[7] She reprised the role of Sasha in spin-off series The Dumping Ground: I'm..., a webisode series.[8] She has also appeared in two Star Wars films alongside her father.[9] In 2022, after her final appearance on The Dumping Ground had aired, it was announced that Davis had been cast as Lacey Lloyd in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. She made her debut appearance in 2023.[10]

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2Naughty GoblinExtra
2013Jack the Giant SlayerPantomime ExtraUncredited
2015Modern TimesHerselfDocumentary
2015Piers Morgan's Life StoriesHerselfDocumentary
2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensCreature Performer[11]
2015–2022The Dumping GroundSasha BellmanRegular role
2016, 2021The Dumping Ground: I'm...Guest appearances
2017Saturday Mash-Up!HerselfGuest
2017Star Wars: The Last JediDodibin
2022Willow MimsEpisode: "The High Aldwin"
2023HollyoaksLacey LloydRegular role

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2018 Royal Television Society NTEB Awards 2018 Performance of the Year The Dumping Ground Won [12]

References
  1. Craig, Jeananne (18 April 2014). "Interview: Warwick Davis escapes with the family in TV series". Peterborough Telegraph. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  2. "Annabelle Davis on Twitter". twitter.com.
  3. McGrath, Nick (31 March 2012). "Warwick Davis: My family values". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  4. Gurney, Alison (2015). "Meet the Cast The Bristol Hippodrome Panto Family". ATG Tickets. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  5. Bridgeman, David (25 June 2015). "Sawtry GCSE and A Level Art Exhibition". Sawtry Village Academy. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  6. Dennett, Simon (18 June 2018). "YPCS is proud to announce a new charity patron". YPCS Linked Inn. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  7. "Neil Morrissey and Charlie Brooks to star in series three of The Dumping Ground". BBC Media Centre. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  8. "The Dumping Ground I'm...Sasha". Radio Times. 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  9. Davids, Brian (2 December 2022). "'Willow' Star Warwick Davis Took Inspiration from Mark Hamill's 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Performance". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  10. Lewis, George (9 December 2022). "Hollyoaks cast Annabelle Davis as newcomer Lacey Lloyd". Digital Spy. (Hearst Communications). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  11. McPhee, Rod (21 December 2015). "The Force Awakens star Warwick Davis on 30 years of Star Wars and hanging out with Luke Skywalker". mirror.co.uk.
  12. "RTS NTEB Awards Performance of the Year winner". Royal Television Society. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
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