Jasmine Jobson (born 9 May 1995) is an

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actress best known for starring as Jaq in the 2019

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British television crime drama series '' Top Boy'', for which she was nominated for a BAFTA, and for playing Lily in feature film '' Surge'', which premiered at the 2020

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Early life

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

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. Her mum is of Irish and Greek-Cypriot heritage, her dad is Jamaican. From a very young age (around 6), Jobson showed talent singing by mimicking television stars, so her mother enrolled her to ‘Paddington Arts’, a Youth Arts organisation dedicated to developing talent andcreativity 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 ''Top Boy'' 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. Jobson 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 a single episode of '' Suspects (TV series). '' Since then she has made minor appearances in '' The Break (TV series) '', ''Five by Five '' and '' Dark Heart (TV series) '' as Sally Watkins, before landing a main character role in the 2019

British television crime drama series '' Top Boy. '' 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 '' Surge,'' 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. In 2020, Jobson was nominated for

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Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

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