Ashley Romans (born December 28, 1992) is an American actress, known for playing

Agent 355 355 (died after 1780) was the code name of a female spy during the American Revolution, part of the Culper Ring. She was one of the first spies for the United States, but her real identity is unknown. The number 355 could be decrypted from the sy ...

in ''Y: The Last Man'',

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in '' Hermione Granger and the Quarter Life Crisis'', and Tabitha Hutter on ''NOS4A2''.

Early life

Romans was originally inspired to pursue acting while watching her older sister play Ruth in her high school production of ''

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''. She studied theater at

Pace University Pace University is a private university with its main campus in New York City and secondary campuses in Westchester County, New York. It was established in 1906 by the brothers Homer St. Clair Pace and Charles A. Pace as a business school. Pac ...

, graduating in 2015.

Career

In 2017, she won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Lead Performance in the play ''Rotterdam'', in which she plays a character undergoing

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in conjunction with a partner who is struggling with coming out to her parents as a

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. In 2020, Romans replaced

Lashana Lynch Lashana Lynch (born 27 November 1987) is a British actress. She is best known for playing the role of Rosaline Capulet in the ABC period drama series '' Still Star-Crossed'' (2017), Maria Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films '' C ...

in the lead role of Agent 355 in the television adaptation of the comic book series '' Y: The Last Man''. The series premiered in 2021.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* 1992 births Living people African-American actresses American television actresses 21st-century American actresses Pace University alumni {{US-theat-actor-1990s-stub