Yasmeen Fletcher

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Yasmeen Fletcher
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Yasmeen Tori Fletcher

Occupation(s)Actress, musician
Years active2019–present

Yasmeen Tori Fletcher is an American actress and musician. She is best known for her role as Nakia Bahadir in the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel (2022). [1]

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Early life

Fletcher was born in Orange County, California to parents Troy, a pool contractor and Maysoun, a defense attorney. [2] She is of Lebanese descent on her mother's side. [3] [4] From the age of three, she grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, with her younger sister. After commuting between Las Vegas and California for 12 years, the family officially relocated to La Crescenta, California, at the end of 2018. [5] [6]

Career

Fletcher made her debut in 2019 with roles in the film Ham on Rye and as Kaitlin, Buffy's (Sofia Wylie) basketball teammate in season 3 of the Disney Channel comedy-drama Andi Mack . Fletcher then played Chandra in the Disney Channel Original Movie Upside-Down Magic , an adaptation of the Scholastic book series of the same name, [7] and Carly in the family sci-fi Let Us In . [8]

In December 2020, it was revealed Fletcher had joined the main cast of the 2022 Disney+ Marvel series Ms. Marvel as Nakia Bahadir, a school friend of the titular character, also known as Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani). [9]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Ham on Rye Yasmeen [8]
2019 Andi Mack Kaitlin2 episodes [10]
2020 Upside-Down Magic Chandra Disney Channel Original Movie [7]
2021 Let Us In Carly [8]
2022 Ms. Marvel Nakia Bahadir [9]
2023 The Graduates Romie [6]
TBAAmerican SpiritMelody [11]

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