Background
She was born to Anglo-Indian parents. Conn was born in London, England.
She was born to Anglo-Indian parents. Conn was born in London, England.
She attended Queen Mary"s College in Basingstoke and Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Artist
She is related to actress Merle Oberon (Oberon was cousin to Conn"s grandfather). Conn trained at Bretton Hall. She was a student at Cranbourne School, Basingstoke Hampshire.
After drama school, Conn had a series of small roles in various British films, before coming to prominence when she starred as Ashika Chandiramani in the British Broadcasting Corporation series Party Animals.
In 2001, she picked up the role of Personal Computer Miriam Da Silva in BBC1"s Mersey Beat and an irregularly recurring role in Casualty. In 2002, Conn made her West End theatre stage debut in three plays in December 2002, after transferring from Stratford-upon-Avon in the Royal Shakespeare Company"s Jacobean Season at the Gielgud Theatre - The Island Princess, Eastward Ho! and The Roman Actor.
Conn has now developed her roles between all three media (television, film and theater), with a series of leading roles in various small budget European as well as British films. British Broadcasting Corporation character dramas such as The Innocence Project.
And occasional returns to the Royal Society of Chemistry . Conn joined Series Five of the popular British Broadcasting Corporation One series Down to Earth in 2004.
In early 2008, Conn starred as Miranda Hill in The Palace, as Jessica in Mistresses and as Neela Sahjani in Trial & Retribution. In 2009 she appeared as Claire in Dead Secretariat. In 2010 she played Danni Prendiville in the television series Strike Back.
She was chosen by Steven Spielberg to be one of the leads in the $150 million television series Terra Nova, which premiered on 26 September 2011.
In 2014, Conn will appear in a United States television series called The Lottery.