Yasmin Finney

Portrait of Finney (source)

Yasmin Finney (born 30 August 2003) is an English actress and internet personality. She appeared on GLAAD's second annual 20 Under 20 list. She is known for her role as Elle Argent in the Netflix series Heartstopper (2022), for which she was nominated for a Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance. She is set to join the cast of Doctor Who in 2023. Finney starred as Charlie Acaster in the short film *Mars*, by YUNGBLUD.

## 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

Finney initially gained prominence through her videos on TikTok about her experiences as a Black British transgender teenager.[citation needed] 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.

On 16 May 2022, it was announced that Finney would join the cast of Doctor Who for the 60th anniversary in 2023. Her character, Rose, is planned to be transgender.

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 2022 at BFI's London Film Festival.

## Accolades

* Gay Times Honours (On Screen Trailblazer)
* Rose d'Or Awards (Emerging Talent)
* Soho House Awards (Breakthrough Actress)

## External links

* Yasmin Finney on Instagram
* Yasmin Finney on Twitter

## References

1. ↑ PinkNews (@PinkNews) on Twitter — ""I love this so much. This is my first London Trans Pride: I feel so connected to my community more than ever. If the government is trying to eradicate us, we're all here and we're just duplicating." - #heartstopper's incredible Yasmin Finney (@yazdemand) at #LondonTransPride" Posted 9 July 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023. Archived
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yaz (@yazdemand) on Twitter — "19 Today" Posted 30 August 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023. Archived
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 GLAAD — "GLAAD releases its second annual 20 Under 20 list, featuring JoJo Siwa, mxmtoon, Ve’ondre Mitchell, Stella Keating, Ewok, Yasmin Finney, and more". Published 22 June 2021. Written by Spencer Harvey. Retrieved 16 February 2023. Archived
4. ↑ Teen Vogue — "Yasmin Finney, Who Plays Elle in Heartstopper, Talks Black Trans Icons, Vibes, and More". Published 2 May 2022. Written by K-CI Williams. Retrieved 16 February 2023. Archived
5. ↑ Elle — "Yasmin Finney on Heartstopper, Trans Representation and Authenticity". Published 9 May 2022. Written by Kate O'Malley. Retrieved 16 February 2023. Archived
6. ↑ The Media Eye — "Rising Stars: Yasmin Finney". Published 24 June 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2023. Archived
7. ↑ Manchester Evening News — "Who plays Elle Argent in Heartstopper on Netflix and has she been in any other TV shows? - Manchester Evening News". Published 26 April 2022. Written by Nuray Bulbul. Retrieved 16 February 2023. Archived
8. ↑ Curtis Brown — "Yasmin Finney - Curtis Brown". Retrieved 16 February 2023. Archived
9. ↑ Teen Vogue — "Heartstopper Star Yasmin Finney Wants to Play Trans & Cis Roles". Published 2 May 2022. Written by K-CI Williams. Retrieved 16 February 2023. Archived
10. ↑ Deadline Hollywood — "Newcomer Yasmin Finney to Star in Billy Porter's Directorial Debut Feature What If? From Orion Pictures". Published 12 April 2021. Written by Amanda N'Duka. Retrieved 16 February 2023. Archived
11. ↑ Deadline Hollywood — "Eva Reign, Abubakr Ali and Renee Elise Goldsberry to Star in Billy Porter's What If? for Orion Pictures; Courtnee Carter, Kelly Lamor Wilson, and Grant Reynolds also on Board". Published 19 July 2021. Written by Anthony D'Alessandro. Retrieved 16 February 2023. Archived
12. ↑ Doctor Who — "Yasmin Finney joins Doctor Who cast". Retrieved 16 February 2023. Archived
13. ↑   "Heartstopper’s Yasmin Finney On How Elle Argent Changed Her Life - Queerpiphany", uploaded to YouTube by MTV UK on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023. (archive)
14. ↑ Attitude Magazine — "Heartstopper's Yasmin Finney to lead Yungblud Short Film, Mars". Published 31 August 2022. Written by Emily Maskell. Retrieved 16 February 2023. Archived