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Kassius Nelson | |
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| Born | 24 June 1997 Islington, London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, playwright |
| Years active | 2012–present |
Kassius Hope A. Nelson (born 24 June 1997) is an English actress and playwright. She won two British Soap Awards for her role in Hollyoaks (2015–2017) on Channel 4. She has since appeared in the Netflix series White Lines (2020) and Dead Boy Detectives (2024), and the film Pirates (2021).
Early life
[edit]Nelson was born in Islington, North London. She was a performing arts student at City and Islington Sixth Form College.[1]
Career
[edit]Nelson first appeared on screen in the independent film Lone Rivers. She was 18[2] when she made her television debut in 2015 and began playing Jade Albright in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks.[3] She and Richard Linnell won Best On-Screen Partnership and Scene of the Year at the 2017 British Soap Awards.
With Islington Community Theatre and the charitable Company Three theatre company, Nelson helped to put on a number of productions, including Brainstorm at the National Theatre. In 2018, Nelson wrote and co-directed Moon-stained at the Gerry's Stronger Than Fear Festival.[4]
Nelson joined the recurring cast of the Netflix adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events for its third and final season as Fiona Widdershins.[5] She then played a younger version of Angela Griffin's character Anna Connor in White Lines the following year, also on Netflix.[6]
In 2021, Nelson made her feature film debut when she appeared in Edgar Wright's Last Night in Soho[7] and starred in Reggie Yates' Pirates. She was cast as Crystal Palace in the DC Universe series Dead Boy Detectives, also on Netflix, taking over the role from Doom Patrol's Madalyn Horcher.[8]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Lone Rivers | Heather | |
| 2015 | Out of Body | Eimar | Short film |
| 2019 | Bush | Frida | Short film |
| 2021 | Last Night in Soho | Cami | |
| Pirates | Sophie | ||
| 2022 | Re-Live | Amy | Short film |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–2017 | Hollyoaks | Jade Albright | 106 episodes |
| 2017 | Casualty | Chloe Robinson | Episode: "One"[9] |
| 2019 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Fiona Widdershins | 3 episodes |
| 2020 | White Lines | Young Anna | 9 episodes |
| 2024 | Dead Boy Detectives | Crystal Palace | 8 episodes |
Stage
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | In All the Minutes Ever | Brianne | The Platform |
| 2013 | Mostly Like Blue | Rosemary Branch Theatre, London | |
| 2014 | Astronauts | The Platform | |
| Housed | Haringey | Old Vic, London | |
| 2015–2016 | Brainstorm | Various | Park Theatre and National Theatre |
| 2018 | Moon-stained | Writer, director Gerry's Studio |
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | British Soap Awards | Best On-Screen Partnership | Hollyoaks | Won | [a][10] |
| Scene of the Year | Won | ||||
| Inside Soap Awards | Best Exit | Nominated |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Shared with Richard Linnell.
References
[edit]- ^ City and Islington Sixth Form College Performing Arts (18 September 2014). "Exciting news for two of our students! Kassius Nelson and Segan Yosife..." Retrieved 13 February 2023 – via Facebook.
- ^ Fletcher, Harry (16 September 2015). "Hollyoaks newcomer Kassius Nelson: 'Jade will have a big storyline'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ "Kassius Nelson joins Hollyoaks". Female First. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ "Moon-stained: a collection of conversations - Gerry's Studio". Theatre Royal Stratford East. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ Debnath, Neela (7 January 2019). "A Series of Unfortunate Events season 3 cast: Who plays Fiona Widdershins?". Daily Express. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ Shakhnazarova, Nika (21 May 2020). "White Lines viewers realise where they've seen Kassius Nelson before". Mirror. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ "(l-r.) Rebecca Harrod stars as Ashley, Jessie Mei Li as Lara, Synnøve Karlsen as Jocasta and Kassius Nelson as Cami in Edgar Wright's Last Night in Soho". Focus Features. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ Otterson, Joe (2021-11-22). "'Dead Boy Detectives' HBO Max Pilot Sets Main Cast (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ Dainty, Sophie (27 July 2017). "Ex-Hollyoaks star Kassius Nelson will be appearing in Casualty's big one-shot episode". Digital Spy. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ "British Soap Awards 2017: Full list of winners". Belfast Telegraph. Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
External links
[edit]- Kassius Nelson at IMDb
- Kassius Nelson at Conway van Gelder Grant