Swann was born in
Leicestershire, and spent her early years living in
Stratford-upon-Avon where she attended
Bromsgrove School until the age of 13. Swann later attended
Cheltenham College for her A-Levels before a 3-year Acting Diploma at the
Oxford School of Drama, graduating in 2005 when she landed her first screen leading role opposite Jesper Christanson as Alice in an Independent Feature Shaking Dreamland. In 2006, she landed a 3 part series,
Dream Team 80s for Sky TV before playing a semi-regular role for
BBC Scotland's
River City. In 2007, Swann landed leading role Sophie in Shine Productions Dis/connected directed by
Tom Harper, as part of the
BBC 3 pilot season. Swann played
Mark Addy's daughter for ITV's
Bike Squad. Swann had a small role in an episode of Demons which screened in February 2009, and also appeared in independent film, Shoot on Sight directed by Jag Mundhra starring
Brian Cox and
Greta Scacchi about the 7/11 bombings in London. In 2010, she was cast in the award-winning
The Great Game: Afghanistan at the
Tricycle Theatre, a British series of short plays on the history of Afghanistan and foreign intervention there, from the First Anglo-Afghan War to the present day, directed by
Nicolas Kent and
Indhu Rubasingham. Swann played six different characters from a young Afghan girl in
Black Tulips to
Simon Stephens'
Canopy of Stars as a wife confronting her sergeant husband about returning to war. The success of the US tour resulted in a return to
Washington D.C. in early 2011 for two exclusive performances at the Pentagon. Prior to this, Swann guested in many TV shows. She appeared in the Multi Million Rowntrees Randoms Campaign playing a random primary school teacher which was aired across the UK. Other company commercials in which Swann has appeared include telecommunications company Orange, Vageta and the Co-op. She starred in a stage production of
Of Mice and Men at the
Dukes Theatre in Lancaster. In September 2011, she completed filming
Real Playing Game, a thriller. ==Selected filmography==