Jasmine Armfield (born 17 December 1998) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Bex Fowler in the BBC soap opera ''

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...

'' from 2014 to 2020.

Early life

Armfield was born in

Southend Southend-on-Sea (), commonly referred to as Southend (), is a coastal city and unitary authority area with borough status in southeastern Essex, England. It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary, east of central London. It is bordered ...

Essex Essex () is a Ceremonial counties of England, county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the Riv ...

. She attended

The King John School The King John School, often abbreviated to King John, is a secondary academy school with a sixth form in South Benfleet, Essex, England. It is named after King John of England (1166–1216). The main school building was opened in 1949: contrary t ...

South Benfleet South Benfleet is a town and former civil parish, now in the unparished area of Benfleet, in the Castle Point district of Essex, England, 30 miles east of London. It is adjacent to the village of North Benfleet. The Benfleet SS7 post town includ ...

and became a student at the Wickford's Pauline Quirke Academy for the Performing Arts when it opened in September 2010.

Career

In 2014, Armfield was cast in the BBC soap opera ''

'' as Bex Fowler, making her first appearance on 15 January 2014. Her storylines on ''EastEnders'' included her relationship with

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(

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), being bullied, losing her virginity, dealing with the grief of Shakil being murdered, getting into the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

and attempting suicide. In 2017, she was nominated for Best Soap Actress at the ''TV Choice'' Awards. She departed on 6 March 2020. In May 2021, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'' as Layla Roberts. Then in June 2022, Armfield appeared in an episode of the BBC medical drama series '' Casualty''.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Armfield, Jasmine 1998 births Living people Actresses from Essex English television actresses English soap opera actresses English child actresses People from Southend-on-Sea