Jasmine Blackborow

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]

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]

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