Yasmin Finney

Yasmin Finney (born 30 August 2003) is an English actress and internet personality. She is known for her role as Elle Argent in the Netflix series Heartstopper (2022–present), for which she was nominated for a Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance. She also plays Rose Noble in the BBC series Doctor Who (2023–present).

Yasmin Finney
Born	(2003-08-30) 30 August 2003 (age 21)
Education	Ashton-on-Mersey School
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2021–present
TikTok information
Page	yazdemand
Followers	1.9M
Likes	25.5M
Last updated: 29 April 2024

Early life

Finney was born on 30 August 2003,^[1] to a Jamaican mother and an English father of Irish and Italian descent.^[2][3] She went Ashton-on-Mersey School, which was a part of The Dean Trust when she attended. She and her half-sister were raised in Manchester by her single mother.^[4][5] She participated in a number of local theatre productions while growing up,^[6] including in the University of Manchester's Sackville Theatre,^[7] the Royal Exchange Theatre, and the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre.^{[8][non-primary source needed]} She studied performing arts at college.^[9] Before her acting breakthrough, she initially gained a following through her TikTok videos about her experiences as a Black British teenage trans woman.^[3][5]

Career

At the age of 17 in April 2021, Finney was cast as Kelsa in the Billy Porter film Anything's Possible and Elle Argent in the Netflix series Heartstopper, the latter of which premiered in 2022.^[10][11] 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.^[12] She appeared on GLAAD's second annual 20 Under 20 list.^[4]

In November 2023, Finney starred as Rose Noble, the daughter of Donna Noble (Catherine Tate), in the 60th Anniversary Specials of the BBC series Doctor Who.^[13][14][15] On 30 August 2023, it was also announced that Finney would appear as a guest judge during the fifth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK set to begin broadcasting in autumn 2023.^[16] In August 2022, it was announced that Finney 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.^[17]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
TBA	Mars †	Charlie Acaster	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022–present	Heartstopper	Elle Argent	Main role	[18]
2023	RuPaul's Drag Race UK	Herself	Guest judge; Episode: "Purr-fect Looks"	[19]
2023–present	Doctor Who	Rose Noble	Recurring (4 episodes)	[20]

Theatre

Production	Role	Venue	Ref.
Page to Stage	Rose	Royal Exchange, Manchester	[8]
Tie	Paris	Sackville Theatre, University of Manchester
Antigone	Ismone	Waterside, Sale
Port	Christine	Sackville Theatre, University of Manchester
DNA	Leah

Accolades

Award	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Children's and Family Emmy Awards	2022	Outstanding Supporting Performance	Heartstopper	Nominated	[21]
Gay Times Honours	2022	On Screen Trailblazer	Heartstopper	Won	[22]
Soho House Awards	2022	Breakthrough Actress	Heartstopper	Won	[23][24]
Rose d'Or Awards	2022	Emerging Talent	Heartstopper	Won	[25]
Queerty Awards	2023	Badass	Herself	Nominated	[26]

References

1. @yazdemand (30 August 2022). "19 Today" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
2. O'Malley, Katie (9 May 2022). "Yasmin Finney on Heartstopper, Trans Representation and Authenticity". Elle. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
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4. Harvey, Spencer (22 June 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. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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8. "Curtis Brown". www.curtisbrown.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
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10. N'Duka, Amanda (12 April 2021). "Newcomer Yasmin Finney to Star in Billy Porter's Directorial Debut Feature What If? From Orion Pictures". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
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12. D'Alessandro, Anthony (19 July 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 Hollywood. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
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15. "Doctor Who Confirms Yasmin Finney character". TVZoneUK. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
16. Lewis, George (30 August 2023). "Drag Race UK confirms series 5 guest judges – including Yasmin Finney". Digital Spy. (Hearst Magazines UK). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
17. Maskell, Emily (31 August 2022). "Heartstopper's Yasmin Finney to lead Yungblud Short Film, Mars". Attitude. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
18. Kanter, Jake (26 April 2021). "Netflix Rounds out Cast for Heartstopper with What If? Star Yasmin Finney & Seven Others". Deadline. Archived from the original on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
19. Lewis, George (30 August 2023). "Drag Race UK confirms series 5 guest judges, including Yasmin Finney". www.digitalspy.com. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
20. Vlessing, Etan (16 May 2022). "Yasmin Finney Joins BBC's Doctor Who as Rose". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
21. Matt Webb, Mitovich (1 November 2022). "Emmys: Mysterious Benedict Society, Sneakerella, Heartstopper, Sweet Tooth Lead Children's & Family Nominees". TVLine. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
22. Clark, Conor (25 November 2022). "GAY TIMES HONOURS 2022: Here are all your winners". Gay Times. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
23. "Soho House | Meet the winners of Soho House Awards 2022". www.sohohouse.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
24. Malkin, Marc (2 September 2022). "John Boyega, Evan Mock and Paapa Essiedu Honored at Inaugural Soho House Awards". Variety. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
25. McLaughlin, Charlotte (28 November 2022). "Succession actor Brian Cox wins lifetime achievement award at Rose d'Or". The Independent. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
26. "Badass Nominees". The Queerties. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.

External links

• Yasmin Finney at IMDb 
• Yasmin Finney on Instagram
• Yasmin Finney on Twitter