Corinna Brown is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Tara Jones in the Netflix series Heartstopper (2022–present).

Life and career

Brown was born in the East London Borough of Waltham Forest. She began performing as a child, enrolling in Saturday dance and later musical theatre classes at the local Anna Fiorentini Theatre and Film School. Through this, she performed in variety shows at the Hackney Empire and was signed to their agency books. Brown also performed with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art's youth company. She acted in commercials and made her television debut in the 2012 BBC Three film My Murder with John Boyega. She also appeared in the Disney Channel spin-off Even More Evermoor.^[1][2]

Brown enrolled at East 15 Acting School, graduating in 2020.She specialised in acting and stage combat. After studying at East 15, she was signed to MacFarlane Chard.^[1]

After graduating from drama school, Brown played Swanhilde in Coppélia at the New Vic Theatre. She then returned to television when she was cast in the main role of Tara Jones in the Netflix adaptation of Alice Oseman's Heartstopper.^[2] The first season aired in 2022 and the second season aired in 2023.^[3] She also made a guest appearance as Chelsea Craig in an episode of the British medical soap opera Doctors.^[4]

Filmography

Stage