Yasmin Finney (born 30 August 2003) is an English actress and internet personality. She is known for her role as Elle Argent in the Netflix series Heartstopper (2022–present), for which she received a Children's and Family Emmy Award nomination. She also had a recurring role as Rose Noble in the BBC series Doctor Who (2023–2025). Her films include LifeHack (2025).
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Early life
Finney was born on 30 August 2003 to a Jamaican mother and an English father of Irish and Italian descent. She and her half-sister were raised on a council estate in Trafford, Manchester by her single mother.
Finney attended Ashton-on-Mersey School, which was part of The Dean Trust. She participated in a number of local theatre productions growing up, including in the University of Manchester's Sackville Theatre, the Royal Exchange Theatre, and the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre. She studied performing arts at The Manchester College.
Career
Starting in 2019, Finney initially gained a following through her TikTok videos documenting her experiences as a Black British teenage trans woman.
At the age of 17 in April 2021, Finney was cast as Kelsa in the Billy Porter film Anything's Possible and Elle Argent in the Netflix series Heartstopper, the latter of which premiered in 2022. She had to pull out of Anything's Possible due to COVID-19 travel restrictions impacting her ability to get a United States work visa, leading her to be replaced by Eva Reign. She appeared on GLAAD's second annual 20 Under 20 list.
In August 2022, it was announced that Finney would star in the upcoming short film Mars as the character Charlie Acaster. The film premiered in October of the same year at the London Film Festival. On 30 August 2023, it was also announced that she would appear as a guest judge during the fifth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK set to begin broadcasting in autumn 2023. In November 2023, she starred as Rose Noble, the trans daughter of former companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate), in the 60th anniversary specials of the BBC series Doctor Who.
