Bracken Burns
- Actress
- Producer
Bracken Burns grew up in a small town in northern Alberta, Canada, called Peace River. From a young age, she was enthralled with the theatre which eventually led to her obtaining her Master of Arts(performance) at the prestigious Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She stayed in the UK for 8 years touring in stage shows such as Saturday Night Fever (English Theatre Frankfurt and No. 1 UK tour), Wasted Love, Clinton The Musical, and she spent several summers at the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. Bracken first dipped her toe into the world of cinema with HERO: Inspired by The Extraordinary Life and Times of Ulric Cross, Frankie Drake Mysteries, and Winston Rowntree's peopleWatching (Canadian Screen Award winner 2018) where she plays the singer-songwriter Flossy and co-wrote her original songs, which feature in the show. From there she fell in love with this new stage. Bracken now splits her time between London, UK, and Toronto working on both theatre and screen. She recently starred as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde The Musical and released her first single Just Kept Walking. In Toronto, Bracken worked with Viggo Mortenson on his Directorial debut Falling which premieres at Sundance 2020, she is also starring in two new pilots set to release late 2020.
As a producer, Bracken works with her own Production Company Blahzay Creative.