Yasmin Finney

Yasmin Finney is a transgender British actress who came out as a trans girl to her mother at age 12 and has been publicly trans throughout her career. She rose to international prominence playing Elle Argent, a trans high schooler navigating friendship, romance, and identity, in Netflix's Heartstopper (2022) -- a role that made her one of the most visible young trans actresses in the world and that she has described as personally meaningful for its joyful, tender portrayal of a trans girl whose transness is not a source of drama but simply part of who she is. Finney subsequently joined the cast of the BBC's Doctor Who (2023) in a recurring role as Rose Noble, becoming one of the franchise's most prominent trans characters. She has spoken about the importance of trans youth seeing themselves represented on screen -- particularly in stories where trans characters are not defined by their transition or by suffering but by friendship, love, and adventure. Finney has been an outspoken advocate for trans young people, speaking publicly about the hostile political and media climate for trans people in the United Kingdom and about the responsibility of visibility to counter that hostility with affirmation and joy.