Yasmin Finney is a British actress. She portrays Elle Argent in the Netflix adaptation of Heartstopper.
Biography[]
She was born and grew up in Manchester, England to a Jamaican mother and a British father of Irish and Italian descent.[1][2] She and her half-sister were raised by her single mother.[3][4] She participated in a number of local theatre productions while growing up,[5] including in the University of Manchester's Sackville Theatre,[6] the Royal Exchange Theatre, and the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre.[7] She studied performing arts at college. Before her acting breakthrough, she initially gained a following through her TikTok videos about her experiences as a Black British teenage trans woman.[2][4]
At the age of 17 in April 2021, she was cast as Kelsa in the Billy Porter film Anything's Possible.[8] She had to pull out of Anything's Possible due to COVID-19 travel restrictions impacting her ability to get a United States work visa, leading her to be replaced by Eva Reign.[9] She appeared on GLAAD's second annual 20 Under 20 list.[3]
In November 2023, she starred as Rose Noble, the daughter of Donna Noble (Catherine Tate), in the 60th Anniversary Specials of the BBC series Doctor Who.[10][11][12] On August 30, 2023, it was also announced that she would appear as a guest judge during the fifth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK set to begin broadcasting in autumn 2023.[13] In August 2022, it was announced that she would star in the upcoming short film Mars as the character Charlie Acaster. The film premiered in October of the same year at the London Film Festival.[14]
References[]
- ↑ O'Malley, Katie (May 9, 2022). "Yasmin Finney on Heartstopper, Trans Representation and Authenticity". Elle.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mukhtar, Amel (November 2, 2022). "Yasmin Finney's Casting In Doctor Who? "It Will Change The World"". British Vogue.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harvey, Spencer (June 22, 2021). "GLAAD releases its second annual 20 Under 20 list, featuring JoJo Siwa, mxmtoon, Ve'ondre Mitchell, Stella Keating, Ewok, Yasmin Finney, and more". GLAAD.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Williams, K-Ci (May 2, 2022). "Yasmin Finney, Who Plays Elle in “Heartstopper,” Talks Black Trans Icons, Vibes, and More". Teen Vogue.
- ↑ "Rising Stars: Yasmin Finney". The Media Eye (June 24, 2021).
- ↑ Bulbul, Nuray (April 26, 2022). "Who plays Elle Argent in Heartstopper on Netflix and has she been in any other TV shows?". Manchester Evening News.
- ↑ "Yasmin Finney". Curtis Brown.
- ↑ N'Duka, Amanda (April 12, 2021). "Newcomer Yasmin Finney To Star In Billy Porter’s Directorial Debut Feature ‘What If?’ From Orion Pictures". Deadline.
- ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 19, 2021). "Eva Reign, Abubakr Ali and Renee Elise Goldsberry To Star In Billy Porter’s ‘What If? for Orion Pictures; Courtnee Carter, Kelly Lamor Wilson, and Grant Reynolds Also On Board". Deadline.
- ↑ "Yasmin Finney joins Doctor Who cast". Doctor Who (May 16, 2022).
- ↑ MTV UK (September 8, 2022). "Heartstopper’s Yasmin Finney on joining Doctor Who as ‘trans icon’ Rose | Queerpiphany". YouTube.
- ↑ "Doctor Who Confirms Yasmin Finney character". TVZoneUK (August 30, 2023).
- ↑ Lewis, George (August 30, 2023). "Drag Race UK confirms series 5 guest judges – including Yasmin Finney". Digital Spy.
- ↑ Maskell, Emily (August 31, 2022). "Heartstopper’s Yasmin Finney to lead Yungblud Short Film, Mars". Attitude.