Yasmin Finney facts for kids

Yasmin Finney (born 30 August 2003) is an English actress. She is known for her role as Elle Argent in the Netflix series Heartstopper (2022–present), for which she was nominated for a Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance. She joined the cast of Doctor Who in 2023.

Early life

Finney was born in 2003 and grew up in Manchester. She was brought up alongside her half-sister by her Jamaican single mother. She is of Italian and Irish descent on her paternal side. Finney participated in a number of local theatre productions growing up, including in the University of Manchester's Sackville Theatre, The Royal Exchange Theater and The Aylesbury Waterside Theatre. She went to college to study performing arts.

Career

At the age of 17 in April 2021, Finney was cast as Kelsa in the Billy Porter film Anything's Possible and Elle Argent in the Netflix series Heartstopper, the latter of which premiered in 2022. She had to pull out of Anything's Possible due to COVID-19 travel restrictions impacting her ability to get a United States work visa, leading her to be replaced by Eva Reign. She appeared on GLAAD's second annual 20 Under 20 list.

On 16 May 2022, it was announced that Finney would join the cast of Doctor Who as a character called Rose for the 60th anniversary in 2023. Like Finney, Rose is transgender. On 30 August 2023, the BBC confirmed that Finney would be playing Donna Noble's (Catherine Tate) daughter, Rose Noble. On the same day, it was also announced that Finney would appear as a guest judge during the fifth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK set to begin broadcasting in autumn 2023. In August 2022, it was announced that Finney would star in the upcoming short film Mars as the character Charlie Acaster. The film premiered in October of the same year at the London Film Festival.

Filmography

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Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
TBA	Mars	Charlie Acaster	Short film

Television

Theatre

Accolades