Jasmine Jobson (born 9 May 1995) is a

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actress. She is best known for portraying Jaq in the television crime drama series ''

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'' (2019–2023), and for portraying Lily in the feature film ''

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'' (2020). Other credits include '' Noughts + Crosses'' (2022), '' Platform 7'' (2023), ''

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'' (2024), and ''

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'' (2025).

Early life

Jasmine Jobson was born 9 May 1995 in Hayes, West London,

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. Her mother is of Irish and

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heritage, her father is Jamaican. From a very young age (around six), Jobson showed talent singing by mimicking television stars, so her mother enrolled her in "Paddington Arts", a Youth Arts organisation dedicated to developing talent and creativity in London’s young people, where Jobson honed her talents. As a child, Jobson had asked to be separated from her mother by social services and placed into foster care, living in

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for five years. The results prevailed in adulthood though, Jobson taught herself how to channel that aggression and emotions into her acting. When asked by the casting director for ''

'' to show some anger in her audition, Jobson threw a chair across the room, nearly hitting a window, securing her the role in the production. After completing her

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, she joined the Big House Theatre which provides drama-based workshops and training on team building, challenges management and confidence development and focuses on helping young people who have been through the UK’s care system. Maggie Norris, chief executive of Big House, described Jobson as an extraordinary talent.

Career

Jobson began her acting career in theatre, performing in plays such as ''Phoenix: A Girl on Fire'' and ''Wild Diamonds'' at the Hackney Down Studios in 2013. From 2014, Jobson performed in several short films ''Flea'', ''A Generation of Vipers'' and ''The King'', before debuting on television in 2016 as Kia Hopkins in an episode of '' Suspects''. Since then, she has made minor appearances in '' The Break'', ''Five by Five'' and '' Dark Heart'', before landing a main character role in the

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(later

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) television crime drama series ''

''. In 2019, Jobson was nominated for and won the ''Best Emerging Talent'' at the Movie and Video Awards (MVISA). In 2020, Jobson starred as Lily in feature film ''

,'' which premiered in January 2020 at the

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. Jobson purported to be comfortable in an airport environment, the setting for ''Surge'', as she once worked as a bartender in

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's Terminal 2. Between 2020 and 2024, Jobson was nominated three times for the

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for her role in ''Top Boy'', winning in 2024. In 2023, Jobson took the protagonist role in the

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psychological thriller '' Platform 7'', alongside actors Phil Davis and

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. Also in 2023, Jobson voiced a talking baby in an advert for

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. In 2025, she stars as Zosia, working for the shows protagonist criminals 'the Harrigans', led by

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's Conrad Harrigan in the

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London gangster series ''

'' (2025), directed by

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; Part of a cast which also includes Tom Hardy, Dame Helen Mirren,

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, and

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Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

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