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Lewis Bridgeman
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Lewis Bridgeman (born 2007) is an English actor. At age 14, he joined the National Youth Theatre and performed in productions including The Wind in the Willows, Posh and Arcadia. In 2024, he joined the cast of the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Barney Mitchell. As well as acting, Bridgeman was accepted into Mensa at the age of 12.[2]
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Bridgeman was born in Maldon, Essex, where he attended Plume School. Since the age of six, he has had aspirations to become either a drama teacher or an actor.[3] At GCSE level, he achieved four grade 9s, two grade 8s, two grade 7s and one grade 6.[4] These exams included studying drama, which he also studied for his A-levels. He also attended the Chelmsford Drama Centre at weekends.[1] He is autistic and dyspraxic, which meant he struggled socially at school. His mother feared he would have a bad experience at Plume; however, she said they were "amazing" for him.[3] Aged 12, he took Mensa International's acceptance test and passed, meaning his IQ is above 132 and that he is in the top 2% of the general population in terms of intelligence, as measured by IQ.[2] His mother credited Mensa with instilling a confidence in him.[3]
In 2021, aged 14, Bridgeman joined the National Youth Theatre and is set to be a member until he is 26.[1] He has appeared in various theatre productions including The Wind in the Willows, Posh, Goodnight Mister Tom and Arcadia.[5] Despite struggling in social situations due to his autism, he was seen to be confident whilst performing.[2] In 2022, he read letters from radio archives for Forecast22, a digital artwork and interactive website celebrating the centenary of the first UK public radio broadcasts.[5] In 2024, he was cast in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.[6][7] He was cast as Barney Mitchell, a member of the established Mitchell family.[8][9] Bridgeman described his character as "introverted", contrasting the rest of the family, and was looking forward to developing the character.[10] During his first few weeks of filming, he was also sitting his A-level exams, which he passed.[11]
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