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Jan 2, 2024 · Now, with Elle being a trans character, we can't help but ask: Is the actress who portrays her, Yasmin Finney, trans in real life? Here's what we know, including what the actress has said about the trans representation in Heartstopper.
Aug 3, 2023 · In the second season, Elle expresses her feelings toward Tao Xu, Charlie’s best friend. As the series explores Elle’s life as a trans person, the viewers must be wondering whether Yasmin Finney, who plays the character, is a transwoman. Let us provide the answer!
Oct 6, 2024 · Heartstopper’s Elle Argent experiences sex for the first time in season three. (Netflix) Heartstopper star Yasmin Finney explains how the latest season of the queer YA show gives audiences a “mature, fresh take” on both the gay and transgender experience – and this “challenged” her more so than previous seasons.
- Kit Connor – Nick Nelson
- Joe Locke – Charlie Spring
- Yasmin Finney – Elle Argent
- Sebastian Croft – Ben Hope
- William Gao – Tao Xu
- Corinna Brown – Tara Jones
- Kizzy Edgell – Darcy Olsson
- Rhea Norwood – Imogen Heaney
- Tobie Donovan – Isaac Henderson
Age: 18 Kit Connor plays Nick Nelson, the rugby boy who is called a “golden retriever” and whom everyone has fallen in love with. In Heartstopper Nick is year 11, making him 16 years old, but Kit is 18 in real life.
Age: 18 Heartstopper’s angsty main character Charlie Spring is played by Joe Locke. In the series we see Charlie celebrate his 15th birthday – with a bowling party naturally, because what else do 15-year-olds do? In real life Joe is 18 years old. His character Charlie is the year below Nick, but in real life Joe is actually a few months older than ...
Age: 18 Yasmin Finney is probably the coolest person on the planet, and plays Elle Argent. In real life Yasmin is 18 years old and mates with Tayce from Drag Race UK! Elle is the school year above Charlie, making her character 15 or 16 in the Heartstopper series.
Age: 20 One of the worst characters in Heartstopper is Charlie’s ex Ben Hope, played by Sebastian Croft who calls himself a member of the “Ben Hope hate club”, lol. Sebastian is 20 years old, much older than Ben who is 16, the year above Charlie.
Age: 19 William Gao plays Charlie’s film-obsessed mate Tao Xu. Tao is 15 in Heartstopper, in the same year as Charlie, but William is 19 in real life.
Age: 23 Tara Jones is an iconic character, she befriends Elle and says that kissing Nick Nelson helped her realise she’s a lesbian, lol. Tara is played by Corinna Brown, who is 23 in real life and graduated from East 15 acting school back in 2020. Tara is in the same year as Elle in Heartstopper, making her around 16.
Age: 19 Kizzy Edgell plays Tara’s girlfriend Darcy, who is SO confident and never cares what anyone thinks. Darcy is 16 like Tara and Elle, but in real life Kizzy is 19 years old.
Age: 20 Imogen Heaney, who fancies Nick and asks him on a date in Heartstopper, is played by Imogen Heaney. Imogen is year 11 in the show, making her 16, but in real life Rhea is 20 years old.
Age: 19 Tobie Donovan plays Isaac Henderson, who is friends with Charlie, Elle and Tao. Tobie is 19 in real life, but the character Isaac is in the same year as Tao and Charlie, so is 15 in the show. Heartstopper is available on Netflix now. For all the latest Netflix news, drops, quizzes and memes like The Holy Church of Netflix on Facebook.
May 2, 2022 · Growing up as a young Black trans woman in Manchester, England, Yasmin has gone from documenting her trans journey on TikTok, to portraying the journey of Elle Argent, a story focusing on...
Jul 16, 2021 · In 2004, when the movie is supposed to take place, the real Harvard Law School wasn’t as white as the one “Legally Blonde” depicted. As writer Ella Ceron points out, that year Harvard Law ...
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Mar 30, 2021 · So, even though there is no real Elle Woods who studied for months to get into a reputed law school to get back her boyfriend, much of what we see in the film is inspired by the real-life experiences of Amanda Brown at Stanford Law School.
