Mimi Keene

Mimi Keene (born 5 August 1998) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Cindy Williams on the BBC One soap opera EastEnders (2013–2015) and Ruby Matthews on the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education (2019–present). Keene was born Mimi Roshan Saeed on 5 August 1998 in the London Borough of Redbridge. She lived in Woodford Green and attended Churchfields Junior School. She trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts from 2009 to 2014. 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 and Inside Soap Award nominations. She voiced Eurayle, 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.