Driven to escape her cheating lover and familial responsibilities, Julia Brown’s character in World On Fire finds a wartime role that exploits her remarkable singing talent. Luckily, Brown herself is a gifted vocalist and sang much of the soundtrack that accompanies the episodes. In earlier work, she has performed a host of supporting roles on prominent TV series. 2018 saw her as a recurring character in the fourth season of the critically acclaimed mystery crime drama Shetland, playing a misunderstood teenager. In the same year, she was seen as Ecgywn, future Queen consort of Wessex, in BBC America’s popular The Last Kingdom, based on Bernard Cornwell’s stirring Saxon Stories. Brown was previously best known for her 2014 portrayal of Keri Summers in CBBC’s M.I. High, a whimsical action series following the exploits of four children fighting criminals on behalf of the fictional spy agency MI9. She re-teamed with CBBC in 2015 for the TV series Eve.
In 2020 we will see her appear in Netflix’s The Alienist sequel; The Angel Of Darkness.
