Jasmine Jobson (born 9 May 1995) 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).
Early life Jasmine Jobson was born 9 May 1995 in Hayes, West London, England. Her mother is of Irish and Greek-Cypriot heritage; her father is Jamaican. From a very young age (around six), Jobson showed talent singing by mimicking television stars, so her mother enrolled her in "Paddington Arts" (a Youth Arts organisation dedicated to developing talent and creativity in London's young people), where Jobson honed her talents.
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. Jobson taught herself how to channel her emotions into her acting. 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.
After completing her GCSEs, she joined the Big House Theatre, which provides drama-based workshops and training on building teams, managing challenges, and developing confidence. The theatre focuses on helping young people who have been through the UK's care system. Maggie Norris, chief executive of Big House, described Jobson as an extraordinary talent.
Career Jobson began her acting career in theatre, performing in plays such as Phoenix: A Girl on Fire and Wild Diamonds at the Hackney Down Studios in 2013. 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. Since then, she has made minor appearances in The Break, Five by Five and Dark Heart, before landing a main character role in the Channel 4 (later Netflix) television crime drama series Top Boy. In 2019, Jobson was nominated for and won the Best Emerging Talent at the Movie and Video Awards (MVISA).
In 2020, Jobson starred as Lily in feature film Surge, which premiered in January 2020 at the Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City. 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. 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.
In 2023, Jobson took the protagonist role in the ITV1 psychological thriller Platform 7, alongside actors Phil Davis and Toby Regbo. Also in 2023, Jobson voiced a talking baby in an advert for Prostate Cancer UK.
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;
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes2014 A Generation of VipersMaeShort filmFleaNaz2016The KingTanisha 2018 Collection OnlyAliyah CarlyHelen ObeyLittle M Little ShitJasmine Short film 2019 Lie LowMichelle2020Good Thanks, You?AmySurgeLilyClearingKailaShort film2024BirdPeyton2025HamletFortinbrasTBAIn the ShadowsRamla AliIn production
Television Year Title Role Notes 2016 The BreakLisaEpisode: "Match Girl"SuspectsKia Hopkins Episode: "The Enemy Within: Part 3" 2017 Five by Five Jigga 2 episodes 2018 Dark HeartSally Watkins Episode: "Suffer the Children: Part 1" 2019–2023Top BoyJaq 24 episodes 2022 Noughts + CrossesCara ImegaEpisode: "#2.1" 2023 Platform 7Lisa EvansMain role; 4 episodes 2025–presentMobLandZosiaMain role; 9 episodes
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 2019 Movie & Video Screen Awards (MVISA) Best Emerging Talent Outstanding Career contribution 2020 British Academy Television Awards BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress Top Boy 2022 MOBO Awards Best Performance In a TV Show/Film 2023 British Academy Television Awards BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress 9th National Film Awards UKBest Actress in a TV Series 2024 British Academy Television Awards BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress 2024 Royal Television Society Programme Awards Leading Actor: Female
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