Ashley Romans | |
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 Romans in 2018 | |
| Born | December 28, 1992 New York, United States |
| Alma mater | Pace University School of Performing Arts |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2011–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.
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]
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.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Slave Girls on the Moon | P. Grier | |
| 2016 | TV Junkie | Karen | Short |
| August Ninth | Zora | Short | |
| 2017 | Christmas Crime Story | Heather Harrington | |
| 2019 | The Devil Lives in Clarksville County | Trish Walker | Short |
| Finding Johnny | Janelle | TV movie | |
| 2020 | Salt in the Wound | Simone | Short |
| First-Rounders | Shy Girl | Short | |
| 2021 | Lulu | Lulu | Short |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | Hermione Granger and the Quarter Life Crisis | Hermione Granger | Main cast |
| 2018 | I'm Dying Up Here | Alvira | Recurring cast: season 2 |
| Shameless | Alex | Recurring cast: Season 9 | |
| 2019 | Insignificant Other | Ella | Episode: "Aging, etc." |
| 2019–20 | NOS4A2 | Tabitha Hutter | Recurring cast: season 1, main cast: season 2 |
| 2021 | Y: The Last Man | Agent 355 | Main cast |
| 2023 | Mrs. Davis | Joy | Episode 8: "The Final Intercut: So I'm Your Horse" |
| The Hurt Unit | Nora | ABC Pilot | |
| 2024 | Genius (American TV series) | Ella Mae | Recurring |
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