Jasmine Blackborow

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Jasmine Blackborow
Born
Jasmine Sky Blackborow

(1991-08-28) 28 August 1991 (age 32)
Hackney, London, England
Alma mater
OccupationActress
Years active2015–present

Jasmine Sky Blackborow (born 28 August 1991) is a British actress who began her career in theatre. She played Marie in the first season of the Netflix series Shadow and Bone and Jessica in the film Demon Mind. She appeared in the main cast of the Canal+ and BBC drama series Marie Antoinette . [1]

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Early life

Blackborow was born in Hackney, East London and grew up in North London. [2] She attended Enfield County School for Girls and then The Latymer School in Edmonton. [3] She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of East Anglia and later a Master of Arts in Classical Acting from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. [4]

Career

Blackborow made her debut as the doomed Lucy in Bram Stoker's Dracula as adapted by Theresa Heskins for the New Vic Theatre in 2015. [5] She then played Rosie in Rose Lewenstein's play Now This is Not the End at the Arcola Theatre. [6] [7] Her next role saw her play Maid Marion in Hood directed by Jack McNamara. [8] [9] In 2016, she played the younger Maya in Grey Man directed by Robin Winfield-Smith. [10] [11] Blackborow then played Frances in Rodney Ackland's After October. [12] [13] Blackborow took on the roles Ursula in Much Ado About Nothing and Desdemona in Othello at Pop-up Globe in 2017, touring in New Zealand and Australia. [14] She returned to London in 2018 to play Fanny Fairlove / Louisa in J.P. Wooler's rediscovered classics A Winning Hazard. [15]

Blackborow played Kaitlyn in Aamir, [16] a true short film about a boy in an unofficial refugee camp, which was nominated for a Best British Short Film at the BAFTAs. [17] [18] She played Georgie in a short comedy film, Dad Joke by David Abramsky, released in 2019. [19] She next appeared as Heather in Tosca Musk's The Protector. [20] Blackborow was cast as school matron Jane Crowther in School's Out Forever [21] [22]

Blackborow made her television debut as Marie, an Inferni in the first season of the Netflix adaptation of Shadow and Bone . [23] [24] She appeared in the film Daemon Mind. [25]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014The SwallowClaudia KentShort film
2017AamirKaitlynShort film
2019The ProtectorHeather
The InterpreterShort film
2020GutterwitchLibbyShort film
2021 School's Out Forever Matron
The Art of LoveClaire
2022Daemon MindJessica

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 Shadow and Bone Marie3 episodes
2022 Marie Antoinette Lamballe Main cast
2024 The Gentlemen Lady Charlotte "Charly" Horniman

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Dracula Lucy New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Now This is Not the EndRosie Arcola Theatre, London
HoodMaid Marion Theatre Royal, Nottingham
2016Grey ManYoung Maya Theatre503, London
After OctoberFrances Finborough Theatre, London
2017 Much Ado About Nothing Ursula Pop-up Globe
Othello Desdemona
2018A Winning HazardFanny Fairlove / LouisaFinborough Theatre, London
2022Super High ResolutionAnna Soho Theatre, London

Audio

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014Binary WitnessNarratorNovel by Rosie Claverton
2016Goldilocks and the Water Bears: The Search for Life in the UniverseNovel by Louisa Preston
The GiftNovel by Louise Jensen
2017A Monster by VioletNovel by Laura Wake
2018Four Funerals and Maybe a WeddingNovel by Rhys Bowen
Friends Like TheseNarrator [lower-alpha 1] Novel by Sarah Alderson
2019The HousemateNarrator [lower-alpha 2] Novel by CL Pattinson
What She SawNarratorNovel by Wendy Clarke
Love and Death Among the CheetahsNovel by Rhys Bowen
The Empty NestNovel by Sue Watson
2020The Fortunate OnesNovel by Catherine Hokin
The Last Mrs SummersNovel by Rhys Bowen
2021The Downstairs NeighborNovel by Helen Cooper
The Kitchen FrontNovel by Jennifer Ryan
Regency Buck Novel by Georgette Heyer
God Rest Ye, Royal GentlemenNovel by Rhys Bowen

Notes

  1. With Ellie Heydon.
  2. With Polly Edsell.

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