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Jasmine Jobson
Jobson at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival
Born (1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 29)
Hayes, London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present

Jasmine Jobson (born 9 May 1995)[1][2] is a British actress. She is best known for portraying Jaq in the television crime drama series Top Boy (2019–2023), and for portraying Lily in the feature film Surge (2020).

Early life

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Jasmine Jobson was born 9 May 1995[1][2] in Hayes, West London, England. Her mother is of Irish and Greek-Cypriot heritage, her father is Jamaican.[3] From a very young age (around six), Jobson showed talent singing by mimicking television stars, so her mother enrolled her in "Paddington Arts",[3] a Youth Arts organisation dedicated to developing talent and creativity in London’s young people,[4] where Jobson honed her talents.[3]

As a child, Jobson had asked to be separated from her mother by social services and placed into foster care, living in West Drayton for five years.[3] The results prevailed in adulthood though, Jobson taught herself how to channel that aggression and emotions into her acting.[2] 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.[5]

After completing her GCSEs, she joined the Big House Theatre[2] 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.[6] Maggie Norris, chief executive of Big House, described Jobson as an extraordinary talent.[2]

Career

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Jobson began her acting career in theatre, performing in plays such as Phoenix: A Girl on Fire and Wild Diamonds[7] at the Hackney Down Studios in 2013.[8] 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 episode of Suspects.[7] Since then, she has made minor appearances in The Break, Five by Five and Dark Heart,[7] before landing a main character role in the Channel 4 (later Netflix) television crime drama series Top Boy.[9] In 2019, Jobson was nominated for and won the Best Emerging Talent at the Movie and Video Awards (MVISA).[10][11]

In 2020, Jobson starred as Lily in feature film Surge, which premiered in January 2020 at the Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City.[12] Jobson purported to be comfortable in an airport environment, the setting for Surge, as she once worked as a bartender in Wetherspoons at Heathrow's Terminal 2.[5]

Between 2020 and 2024, Jobson was nominated three times for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Top Boy, winning in 2024.[13]

In 2023, Jobson took the protagonist role in the ITV1 psychological thriller Platform 7, alongside actors Phil Davis and Toby Regbo.[14]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2014 A Generation of Vipers Mae Short film
Flea Naz
2016 The King Tanisha
2018 Collection Only Aliyah
Carly Helen
Obey Little M
Little Shit Jasmine Short film
2019 Lie Low Michelle
2020 Good Thanks, You? Amy
Surge Lily
Clearing Kaila Short film
2024 Bird Peyton
TBA Hamlet Fortinbras Post-production
In the Shadows Ramla Ali In production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2016 The Break Lisa Episode: "Match Girl"
Suspects Kia Hopkins Episode: "The Enemy Within: Part 3"
2017 Five by Five Jigga 2 episodes
2018 Dark Heart Sally Watkins Episode: "Suffer the Children: Part 1"
2019–2023 Top Boy Jaq 24 episodes
2022 Noughts + Crosses Cara Imega Episode: "#2.1"
2023 Platform 7 Lisa Evans Main role; 4 episodes[14]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2019 Movie & Video Screen Awards (MVISA) Best Emerging Talent Outstanding Career contribution Won [10][11]
2020 British Academy Television Awards BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress Top Boy Nominated [13][15]
2022 MOBO Awards Best Performance In a TV Show/Film Nominated [15]
2023 British Academy Television Awards BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated [16]
9th National Film Awards UK Best Actress in a TV Series Nominated [17]
2024 British Academy Television Awards BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress Won [18]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Happy birthday Jasmine". twitter.com. 9 May 2020. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Foster care teenager transforms from 'hood rat' to potential Hollywood star". standard.co.uk. 28 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "Chuckie Online chats to Jasmine Jobson about 'Top Boy'". rwdmag.com. January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Paddington Arts". paddingtonarts.org.uk. 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018.
  5. ^ a b "'I'm a tough cookie, I have thick skin': Top Boy's Jasmine Jobson". msn.com. 27 July 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020.
  6. ^ "The Big House means business". thebighouse.uk.com. 2020.
  7. ^ a b c "Client Profile - Jasmine Jobson". cam.co.uk. 4 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Jasmine Jobson v Amazing Magazine". doritanissen.com. 2019.
  9. ^ "Top Boy season 3 cast: Who plays Jaq? Who is Jasmine Jobson?". gofashionideas.com. 18 September 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Best Emerging Talent Jasmine Jobson #iluvmvisas". twitter.com. 26 October 2019.
  11. ^ a b "MVISA 2019 Gallery - Best Emerging Talent Jasmine Jobson". vtelevision.co.uk. 2019.
  12. ^ "'Surge': Film Review - Sundance 2020". hollywoodreporter.com. 28 January 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Bafta TV Awards 2020: Nominees in full". bbc.co.uk. 4 June 2020.
  14. ^ a b Marland, Sean (26 January 2023). "Platform 7: potential release date, plot, cast and all we know about the haunting thriller". whattowatch.com.
  15. ^ a b "Jasmine Jobson Awards". imdb (index reference only). Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  16. ^ "BAFTA TV Awards 2023 - Full list of nominations". msn.com. 22 March 2023.
  17. ^ "Nominees for the 9th annual National Film Awards 2023 announced". National Film Awards. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  18. ^ Whittock, Jesse (12 May 2024). "BAFTA TV Awards Winners: Matthew Macfadyen, Netflix's 'Top Boy' Take Home Major Prizes; 'The Crown's Final Season Leaves Empty-Handed – Full List". Deadline. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
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