Jasmyn Banks
{{short description|English actress (born 1990)}}
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Jasmyn Grace Banks (born 20 August 1990) is an English actress. She may be best known for her 19 month run (2012–13) portraying the character Alice Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Career
Banks trained at the Young Persons Theatre Company (RAaW London) and the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.{{cite web |title=Jasmyn Banks |url=http://www.yptc.co.uk/agency/cv/jas.pdf |work=RAW Young Talent Agency |access-date=24 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615140100/http://www.yptc.co.uk/agency/cv/jas.pdf |archive-date=15 June 2022 }} She appeared in various stage productions between 2005 and 2009, including The Wizard of Oz, Twelfth Night, 1963 They had a Dream and The Wind in the Willows. Banks first appeared on television in 2006. in an episode of the children's series My Parents Are Aliens. In 2011, Banks made guest appearances in two BBC productions for television: She played the role of Belinda Stuart in an episode of the daytime soap opera Doctors,{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 22/02/2011 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yz8qj|series-link=Doctors (2000 TV series)|series=Doctors|credits= Producer: Ella Kelly; Writer: Dominique Moloney|network=BBC |station=BBC One |airdate=22 February 2011}} and she played the role of Lauren in an episode of the sitcom Life of Riley entitled "Absent Friends".{{Cite episode |title=Absent Friends|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011clhl|series-link=Life of Riley (TV series)|series=Life of Riley|credits= Producer: Richard Boden; Writer: Daniel Peak, John Irwin, Georgia Pritchett, Kay Stonham|network=BBC |station=BBC One |airdate=22 May 2011}}
In April 2012, Banks was cast as Alice Branning, daughter of established character Derek Branning, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders; she was working in a bar when she received news of her casting.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a376419/eastenders-casts-derek-brannings-daughter-alice.html|title='EastEnders' casts Derek Branning's daughter Alice|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=14 April 2012|work=Digital Spy|publisher=Hearst Magazines UK|access-date=14 April 2012}}{{cite web|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|title='EastEnders' Jasmyn Banks: 'Derek is lovely with Alice'|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a380990/eastenders-jasmyn-banks-derek-is-lovely-with-alice.html|work=Digital Spy|publisher=Hearst Magazines UK|date=10 May 2012}} Banks said she was a long-time fan of EastEnders and that she was "thrilled" to be joining the soap opera as part of the Branning family. Banks made her first appearance as Alice in an episode broadcast on 10 May 2012.{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 10/05/2012 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hdz7k |series=EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Richard Lynn; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Nicholas Hicks-Beach|network=BBC |station=BBC One |airdate=10 May 2012}} Alice's character departed from the show on 24 December 2013, after being falsely charged for the murder of her lover, Michael Moon. Banks then toured with the theatre production One Man, Two Guvnors from 2014 until 2015.
Filmography
=Television=
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | My Parents Are Aliens | Sarah | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Little Crackers | Susan
|1 episode | |
| 2011 | Doctors | Belinda Stuart
|1 episode | |
| 2011 | Lauren
|1 episode | ||
| 2012 | Sadie J | Samantha
|1 episode | |
| 2012–13 | EastEnders | Alice Branning | Series regular |
| 2015 | Citizen Khan | Philippa Jenkins | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Call the Midwife | Judith Coleman | 1 episode |
| 2016
|Doctors |Elise Mulling |1 episode | |||
| 2018 | A Very English Scandal | Bridget | 1 episode |
| 2020 | Quiz | Nicola Howson | 3 episodes |
=Stage=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Ref(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Wind in the Willows | Ensemble | |
| 2009 | Twelfth Night | Viola | |
| 2009 | Wicked Witch of the West |
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
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Category:English television actresses
Category:English stage actresses
Category:English soap opera actresses
Category:Actresses from London
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Barnet