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 (age 28) Peterborough, England[1]
Education	Sawtry Village Academy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2011–present
Height	104 cm (3 ft 5 in)
Parent(s)	Warwick Davis (father) Samantha Davis (mother)
Relatives	Peter Burroughs (grandfather)

Early life and education

Davis is the only daughter of Samantha Davis (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.^{[citation needed]} In 2022, Davis joined the cast of the Disney+ series Willow, a sequel to the 1988 film of the same name, as Mims, the daughter of the titular character played by Davis' father. ^[9] After the series was cancelled in March 2023,^[10] Davis said the show "was the most magical adventure."^[11] The series was later removed from Disney+ on 26 May 2023.^[12] After her final appearance on The Dumping Ground had aired in 2022, 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.^[13]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Naughty Goblin	Uncredited role
2013	Jack the Giant Slayer	Extra
2015	Modern Times	Herself
	Piers Morgan's Life Stories
	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Creature Performer[14]
2017	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	Dodibin

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015–2022	The Dumping Ground	Sasha Bellman	Main role (seasons 3–9)
2016–2021	The Dumping Ground: I'm...		Main role
2017–2018, 2022	Saturday Mash-Up!	Herself	4 episodes
2022–2023	Willow	Mims Ufgood	2 episodes
2023–2024	Hollyoaks	Lacey Lloyd	70 episodes
2023	The Witcher	Warrior Walking with Pitch Pork	Episode: "Shaerrawedd"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2018	Royal Television Society NTEB Awards 2018	Performance of the Year	The Dumping Ground	Won	[15]