Ashley Romans facts for kids
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Ashley Romans
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Romans in 2018
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| Born | December 28, 1992 New York, United States
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| Alma mater | Pace University School of Performing Arts |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2011–present |
Ashley Romans (born December 28, 1992) is an American actress, known for playing Agent 355 in Y: The Last Man, Hermione Granger in Hermione Granger and the Quarter Life Crisis, and Tabitha Hutter on NOS4A2.
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Early life
Romans was originally inspired to pursue acting while watching her older sister play Ruth in her high school production of A Raisin in the Sun. She studied theater at Pace University, 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 gender transition in conjunction with a partner who is struggling with coming out to her parents as a lesbian. In 2020, Romans replaced Lashana Lynch 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.
Selected Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2014 | Slave Girls on the Moon | P. Grier | |
| 2016 | August Ninth | Zora | Short |
| 2017 | Christmas Crime Story | Heather Harrington | |
| 2019 | The Devil Lives in Clarksville County | Trish Walker | Short |
| Finding Johnny | Janelle | TV movie | |
| 2020 | Salt in the Wound | Simone | Short |
| First-Rounders | Shy Girl | Short | |
| 2021 | Lulu | Lulu | Short |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2017–18 | Hermione Granger and the Quarter Life Crisis | Hermione Granger | Main cast |
| 2018 | I'm Dying Up Here | Alvira | Recurring cast: season 2 |
| Shameless | Alex | Recurring cast: Season 9 | |
| 2019 | Insignificant Other | Ella | Episode: "Aging, etc." |
| 2019–20 | NOS4A2 | Tabitha Hutter | Recurring cast: season 1, main cast: season 2 |
| 2021 | Y: The Last Man | Agent 355 | Main cast |
| 2023 | Mrs. Davis | Joy | Episode 8: "The Final Intercut: So I'm Your Horse" |
| The Hurt Unit | Nora | ABC Pilot | |
| 2024 | Genius (American TV series) | Ella Mae | Recurring |
