# Jasmine Jobson

Jasmine Jobson (born 9 May 1995) 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

Jasmine Jobson was born 9 May 1995 in Hayes, West London, England. Her mother is of Irish and Greek-Cypriot heritage, her father is Jamaican. From a very young age (around six), Jobson showed talent singing by mimicking television stars, so her mother enrolled her in "Paddington Arts", a Youth Arts organisation dedicated to developing talent and creativity in London’s young people, where Jobson honed her talents.
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. The results prevailed in adulthood though, Jobson taught herself how to channel that aggression and emotions into her acting. 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.
After completing her GCSEs, she joined the Big House Theatre 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. Maggie Norris, chief executive of Big House, described Jobson as an extraordinary talent.

## Career

Jobson began her acting career in theatre, performing in plays such as Phoenix: A Girl on Fire and Wild Diamonds at the Hackney Down Studios in 2013. 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 an episode of Suspects. Since then, she has made minor appearances in The Break, Five by Five and Dark Heart, before landing a main character role in the Channel 4 (later Netflix) television crime drama series Top Boy. In 2019, Jobson was nominated for and won the Best Emerging Talent at the Movie and Video Awards (MVISA).
In 2020, Jobson starred as Lily in feature film Surge, which premiered in January 2020 at the Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City. 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.
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.
In 2023, Jobson took the protagonist role in the ITV1 psychological thriller Platform 7, alongside actors Phil Davis and Toby Regbo.
Also in 2023, Jobson voiced a talking baby in an advert for Prostate Cancer UK.

## Filmography
### Film

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

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2016 | The Break | Lisa | Episode: "Match Girl" |
| 2016 | 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 |
| 2025 | MobLand | Zosia | |

## Awards and nominations

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