Kizzy Edgell (born 15 August 2002) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Darcy Olsson in the

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teen series '' Heartstopper'' (2022–present).

Early life

Edgell was born on 15 August 2002 and is from

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. He attended Orleans Park School and studied psychology before going into acting.

Career

Edgell made his television debut starring as Darcy Olsson, a lesbian character, in the

teen series '' Heartstopper'', an adaptation of the comic by

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. His character is the romantic interest of Corinna Brown's character Tara Jones. The first season premiered in 2022. Edgell was featured, with other leading cast members of ''Heartstopper'', on the cover of ''

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''.

Personal life

Edgell formerly identified as

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and used exclusively

they/them Singular ''they'', along with its inflected or derivative forms, ''them'', ''their'', ''theirs'', and ''themselves'' (also ''themself'' and ''theirself''), is a gender-neutral third-person pronoun derived from plural they. It typically occu ...

pronouns. In 2023, he

came out Coming out of the closet, often shortened to coming out, is a metaphor used to describe LGBTQ people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity. This is often framed and debated as a privacy issue, ...

transmasculine A transgender (often shortened to trans) person has a gender identity different from that typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth. The opposite of ''transgender'' is ''cisgender'', which describes persons whose gender ...

and

queer ''Queer'' is an umbrella term for people who are non-heterosexual or non- cisgender. Originally meaning or , ''queer'' came to be used pejoratively against LGBTQ people in the late 19th century. From the late 1980s, queer activists began to ...

, and uses

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, they/them and he/they pronouns.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Edgell, Kizzy 2002 births 21st-century English LGBTQ people Male actors from London English non-binary actors English transgender actors English male television actors English transgender men English queer people Living people British queer actors People educated at Orleans Park School Actors from the London Borough of Wandsworth Transgender male actors Transgender non-binary people People from Wandsworth