Jasmine Jobson

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Jasmine Jobson
Born
Jasmine Jobson

(1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 28)
London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present

Jasmine Jobson (born 9 May 1995)[1][2] is a British actress best known for starring as Jaq in the 2019 Netflix 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 Sundance Film Festival.

Early life[edit]

Jasmine Jobson was born 9 May 1995[1][2] in Hayes, West London, England. Her mum is of Irish and Greek-Cypriot heritage, her dad is Jamaican.[3] From a very young age (around 6), Jobson showed talent singing by mimicking television stars, so her mother enrolled her to ‘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 GCSE's, 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[edit]

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 single episode of Suspects (TV series).[7] Since then she has made minor appearances in The Break (TV series) , Five by Five and Dark Heart (TV series) as Sally Watkins,[7] before landing a main character role in the 2019 Netflix British 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]

In 2020, Jobson was nominated for British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress[13]

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

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role
2014 A Generation of Vipers (Short) Mae
2014 Flea (Short) Naz
2016 The King (Short) Tanisha
2018 Collection Only (Short) Aliyah
2018 Carly (Short) Helen
2018 Obey Little M
2018 Little Shit (Short) Jasmine
2019 Lie Low Michelle
2020 Good Thanks, You? Amy
2020 Surge Lily
2020 Clearing (Short) Kaila
2024 Bird Peyton

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2016 The Break Match Girl 1 episode
2016 Suspects Kia Hopkins 1 episode - The Enemy Within: Part 3
2017 Five by Five Jigga 2 episodes
2018 Dark Heart Sally Watkins Episode 1.1
2019-2023 Top Boy Jaq 24 episodes
2022 Noughts + Crosses Cara Imega Series 2
2023 Platform 7 Lisa Main role - all 4 episodes [14]

Awards and nominations[edit]

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 2020 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 2023 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated [16]
9th National Film Awards UK Best Actress in a TV Series 2023 Nominated [17]

References[edit]

  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. Retrieved 17 May 2023.

External links[edit]

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