Jasmine Jobson

Jasmine Jobson (born 9 May 1995)^[1][2] is a British actress. She is best known for portraying Jaq in the television crime drama series Top Boy (2019–2023), and for portraying Lily in the feature film Surge (2020). Other credits include Noughts + Crosses (2022), Platform 7 (2023), Bird (2024), and MobLand (2025).

Jasmine Jobson
Jobson at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival
Born	(1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 29) Hayes, London, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2013–present

Early life

Jasmine Jobson was born 9 May 1995^[1][2] in Hayes, West London, England. Her mother is of Irish and Greek-Cypriot heritage, her father is Jamaican.^[3] From a very young age (around six), Jobson showed talent singing by mimicking television stars, so her mother enrolled her in "Paddington Arts",^[3] a Youth Arts organisation dedicated to developing talent and creativity in London’s young people,^[4] where Jobson honed her talents.^[3]

As a child, Jobson had asked to be separated from her mother by social services and placed into foster care, living in West Drayton for five years.^[3] The results prevailed in adulthood though, Jobson taught herself how to channel that aggression and emotions into her acting.^[2] When asked by the casting director for Top Boy to show some anger in her audition, Jobson threw a chair across the room, nearly hitting a window, securing her the role in the production.^[5]

After completing her GCSEs, she joined the Big House Theatre^[2] which provides drama-based workshops and training on team building, challenges management and confidence development and focuses on helping young people who have been through the UK’s care system.^[6] Maggie Norris, chief executive of Big House, described Jobson as an extraordinary talent.^[2]

Career

Jobson began her acting career in theatre, performing in plays such as Phoenix: A Girl on Fire and Wild Diamonds^[7] at the Hackney Down Studios in 2013.^[8] From 2014, Jobson performed in several short films Flea, A Generation of Vipers and The King, before debuting on television in 2016 as Kia Hopkins in an episode of Suspects.^[7] Since then, she has made minor appearances in The Break, Five by Five and Dark Heart,^[7] before landing a main character role in the Channel 4 (later Netflix) television crime drama series Top Boy.^[9] In 2019, Jobson was nominated for and won the Best Emerging Talent at the Movie and Video Awards (MVISA).^[10][11]

In 2020, Jobson starred as Lily in feature film Surge, which premiered in January 2020 at the Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City.^[12] Jobson purported to be comfortable in an airport environment, the setting for Surge, as she once worked as a bartender in Wetherspoons at Heathrow's Terminal 2.^[5] Between 2020 and 2024, Jobson was nominated three times for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Top Boy, winning in 2024.^[13]

In 2023, Jobson took the protagonist role in the ITV1 psychological thriller Platform 7, alongside actors Phil Davis and Toby Regbo.^[14] Also in 2023, Jobson voiced a talking baby in an advert for Prostate Cancer UK.^[15]

In 2025, she stars as Zosia, working for the shows protagonist criminals 'the Harrigans', led by Pierce Brosnan's Conrad Harrigan in the Paramount+ London gangster series MobLand (2025), directed by Guy Ritchie;^[16] Part of a cast which also includes Tom Hardy, Dame Helen Mirren, Paddy Considine, and Joanne Froggatt.^[16]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	A Generation of Vipers	Mae	Short film
	Flea	Naz
2016	The King	Tanisha
2018	Collection Only	Aliyah
	Carly	Helen
	Obey	Little M
	Little Shit	Jasmine	Short film
2019	Lie Low	Michelle
2020	Good Thanks, You?	Amy
	Surge	Lily
	Clearing	Kaila	Short film
2024	Bird	Peyton
TBA	Hamlet	Fortinbras	Post-production
	In the Shadows	Ramla Ali	In production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	The Break	Lisa	Episode: "Match Girl"
	Suspects	Kia Hopkins	Episode: "The Enemy Within: Part 3"
2017	Five by Five	Jigga	2 episodes
2018	Dark Heart	Sally Watkins	Episode: "Suffer the Children: Part 1"
2019–2023	Top Boy	Jaq	24 episodes
2022	Noughts + Crosses	Cara Imega	Episode: "#2.1"
2023	Platform 7	Lisa Evans	Main role; 4 episodes[14]
2025	MobLand	Zosia	[17]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2019	Movie & Video Screen Awards (MVISA)	Best Emerging Talent	Outstanding Career contribution	Won	[10][11]
2020	British Academy Television Awards	BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress	Top Boy	Nominated	[13][18]
2022	MOBO Awards	Best Performance In a TV Show/Film		Nominated	[18]
2023	British Academy Television Awards	BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[19]
	9th National Film Awards UK	Best Actress in a TV Series		Nominated	[20]
2024	British Academy Television Awards	BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress		Won	[21]