Riann Steele is an English actress born in New York. After studying at Arts Educational Schools, London, and graduating with a First, she appeared in various Royal Shakespeare Company productions including
Hamlet (2009) alongside
David Tennant and
Patrick Stewart. In 2010, Riann made her debut screen performance opposite Aiden Gillen in
Treacle Jr. (2010) (winner of the Golden Hitchcock award at the Dinard British Film Festival) and went on to play nurse Lauren Minster as a regular in the television series
Holby City (1999). Various television roles followed, including Queen Nefertiti in
Dr Who (2012). Riann is most known for playing Suzanne in
Crazyhead (2016) and Sydney Halliday in
NCIS: New Orleans (2014).