Mimi Keene

Mimi Roshan Saeed (born 5 August 1998), better known as Mimi Keene, is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Cindy Williams on the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2013–2015), Ruby Matthews on the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education (2019–2023), and Natalie in the film After Everything.

Early life Keene was born Mimi Roshan Saeed in the Redbridge area of London on 5 August 1998. She is the daughter of Alexis Keene, whose mother is English, the daughter of Polish-German parents, and Hassan Saeed, a British man of Bulgarian-Pakistani descent. She lived in South Woodford and attended Churchfields Junior School. She then moved to Hertfordshire and attended Divine Saviour Roman Catholic School in Abbots Langley, before training in acting at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in Barnsbury from 2009 to 2014.

Career 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 Soap Award and Inside Soap Award nominations. She voiced Euryale, 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, also in 2019 she began playing Ruby Matthews in the Netflix series Sex Education, and appeared in the film Close. In 2023, Keene appeared in the film After Everything. She appeared in the BBC's 2025 adaptation of Agatha Christie's Towards Zero, as Kay Elliott-Strange.

Filmography Film Year Title Role NotesRef. 2017 The Escape Megan Short film 2019 Close Claire Tolkien Young Edith Bratt 2023 After Everything Natalie

Television Year Title Role NotesRef. 2013 School for Stars Herself Series 3; episodes 3 & 5 Sadie J Brandy May Lou Series 3; episode 6: "Dederama" Our Girl Jade Dawes Feature-length television pilot episode 2013–2015 EastEnders Cindy Williams Regular role. 127 episodes 2016 Casualty Lana Westmore Series 30; episode 27: "High Tide" 2019–2023 Sex Education Ruby Matthews Main role. Series 1–4; 24 episodes 2025 Towards Zero Kay Elliott-Strange Mini-series; episodes 1–3

Video games Year Title Role NotesRef. 2013 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate Eurayle / Stheno / Medusa Voice 2014 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Voice and motion capture

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Result 2014 British Soap Awards Best Young Performance 2014 Inside Soap Awards Best Young Actor 2015