Shauna Shim

Shauna Shim (born 28 March 1979) is an American-born English actress.

Shim was born in Miami, Florida, United States to her African-American mother and Chinese father. She is of African-American and Chinese descent. When Shim was 10 years old, her family moved from United States to England in 1989. Shim was raised in Nottingham, England, and trained at the Carlton Television Workshop alongside other actors such as Samantha Morton, Toby Kebbell, Vicky McClure and award-winning director, Julian Kemp. Her brother, Andrew Shim, is also an actor, whom she has been quoted as saying she would "love to work with".

Having worked extensively in film, television and on the West End stage, Shim has appeared alongside many world-renowned actors such as Nicole Kidman, Simon Pegg, David Schwimmer, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Paul Bettany, Sam Rockwell, Freema Agyeman, James Caan, Donald Sutherland and Lauren Bacall. Her film work has covered various genres including horror (An American Haunting, 2005), comedy (Big Nothing, 2006), Independent Arthouse (Dogville, 2003).

Shim has also appeared in numerous television series and dramas, including the British drama series A Thing Called Love, with Paul Nicholls; the US TV series The Embassy; the Irish drama-series Legend, with Padraic Delaney and Miss Drill in a children's TV series (The Worst Witch, 2017–20).