Ashley Romans

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Ashley Romans
Ashley Romans for Skylight Theatre Company.jpg
Romans in 2018
Born (1992-12-28) December 28, 1992 (age 31)
New York, United States
Alma materPace University School of Performing Arts
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present

Ashley Romans (born December 28, 1992) [1] is an American actress, known for playing Agent 355 in Y: The Last Man, Hermione Granger in Hermione Granger and the Quarter Life Crisis , and Tabitha Hutter on NOS4A2.

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Early life

Romans was originally inspired to pursue acting while watching her older sister play Ruth in her high school production of A Raisin in the Sun . [2] She studied theater at Pace University, graduating in 2015. [3]

Career

In 2017, she won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Lead Performance in the play Rotterdam, [4] in which she plays a character undergoing gender transition in conjunction with a partner who is struggling with coming out to her parents as a lesbian. [5] In 2020, Romans replaced Lashana Lynch in the lead role of Agent 355 in the television adaptation of the comic book series Y: The Last Man . [6] The series premiered in 2021.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014Slave Girls on the MoonP. Grier
2016TV JunkieKarenShort
August NinthZoraShort
2017 Christmas Crime Story Heather Harrington
2019The Devil Lives in Clarksville CountyTrish WalkerShort
Finding JohnnyJanelleTV movie
2020Salt in the WoundSimoneShort
First-RoundersShy GirlShort
2021LuluLuluShort

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017–18 Hermione Granger and the Quarter Life Crisis Hermione GrangerMain cast
2018 I'm Dying Up Here AlviraRecurring cast: season 2
Shameless AlexRecurring cast: Season 9
2019Insignificant OtherEllaEpisode: "Aging, etc."
2019–20 NOS4A2 Tabitha HutterRecurring cast: season 1, main cast: season 2
2021 Y: The Last Man Agent 355 Main cast
2023 Mrs. Davis JoyEpisode 8: "The Final Intercut: So I'm Your Horse"
The Hurt UnitNoraABC Pilot
2024 Genius (American TV series) Ella MaeRecurring

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References

  1. "Ashley Romans - Actress". TV Insider. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  2. Ashley Romans talks about NOS4A2 on AMC and much more! , retrieved 2021-09-20
  3. Create, Black Girls (2019-02-01). "Ashley Romans". Black Girls Create. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  4. "The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards: 2017". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  5. "'Rotterdam' at Skylight Theatre". Paul Myrvold's Theatre Notes. 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  6. Hipes, Nellie Andreeva,Patrick; Andreeva, Nellie; Hipes, Patrick (2020-10-28). "'Y: The Last Man' Starts Production With Cast Changes As Ashley Romans & Olivia Thirlby Join FX On Hulu Series". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-09-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)