Jazzy de Lisser

Jasmine Francesca C. de Lisser (born 3 August 1991)[2] is an English actress, model and socialite. As a teenager, she made an award-winning-film about her life with Hepatitis C. She made her feature film debut in to.get.her (2011).

Jazzy de Lisser
Born
Jasmine Francesca C. de Lisser

(1991-08-03) 3 August 1991
Westminster, London, England
Occupation(s)Actress, model[1]
Years active2007–present

Early life and education

De Lisser was born in central London and grew up between London and Jamaica, where her father Robert de Lisser was born. Her mother is fashion designer Serena Bute, and her stepfather was the late Grand Prix competitor Johnny Dumfries.[3]

De Lisser was born with the chronic liver disease Hepatitis C. This was passed on from her mother, who had possibly become infected through intravenous drug use. When de Lisser was six, the family moved from Jamaica to London, and she started taking Interferon.[4]

At 13, de Lisser went to Bryanston School, and left after completing her GCSEs to take her A Levels at the Fine Arts College in Hampstead, enabling her to attend medical appointments in London.[5] De Lisser trained at the William Esper Studio[6] and the T. Schreiber Theater and Acting Studio in New York.[7][8]

Career

Campaigning

As a teenager, de Lisser made an award-winning short film, called My Story of C, about her experience of living with Hepatitis C. The film begins in October 2007, when she was 15. De Lisser started being treated by Prof. Giorgina Mieli-Vergani, an expert in the disease, at King's College Hospital. Prof. Mieli-Vergani estimated the chances of success at 40%, and treatment ultimately proved unsuccessful.[5]

The film won a shorts competition organised by the Media Trust for works by 15 to 19-year-olds.[4] De Lisser worked with the British Liver Trust to build an educational website, then raised funds to pay for Academy Award winning studio Passion Pictures to produce a short animated education film, Liver Good Life.[4][9]

De Lisser later participated in the World Health Organization World Hepatitis Summit 2015, as a patient representative.[10] In 2015, de Lisser took part in the Lady Garden Campaign for the Gynaecological Cancer Fund, posing in a "Lady Garden" sweater. The campaign's aim was to raise awareness about gynaecological cancers.[11][12]

De Lisser was one of the members of the Skinny Bitch Collective, an invitation-only workout group[13] that was criticised for its sexualisation of women working out, and for being exploitative and degrading.[14]

Acting

In 2011, de Lisser made her feature film debut in the thriller to.get.her as one of a group of five girls who spend a night together. The film won the Best of NEXT!: Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.[15] This was followed by de Lisser's television debut in 2014 with a minor role in the fourth season of the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones as Tansy, a servant chased and killed by Ramsay Bolton's dogs.[16]

De Lisser returned to acting in 2017, playing Gina Anderson in the film Thumper and Tatiana Romanova in the short film The Last Birthday. This was followed by roles in the films Abigail Falls as the titular character, for which she was nominated for Best Lead Actress at the Madrid International Film Festival in 2018, First Person: A Film About Love and Hurt by Paradise in 2019, and Project Power on Netflix in 2020. In 2022, de Lisser appeared in the Peacock series Vampire Academy as Sasha Tanner[17] and the Swedish historical film Hilma.[18]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2009 My Story with C Short film; writer
2011 to.get.her Ana Frost [19][15]
2012 Random Acts of Violence Victim
2017 Thumper Gina Anderson [20]
The Last Birthday Tatiana Romanova Short film[21]
2018 Abigail Falls Abigail [22]
2019 First Person: A Film About Love Catherine [23]
Hurt by Paradise Lori [24]
2020 Project Power Candy / Frozen Woman Netflix film
2022 Hilma Thomasine

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Game of Thrones Tansy Episode: "The Lion and the Rose"
2022 Vampire Academy Sasha Tanner 3 episodes

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2018 Madrid International Film Festival Best Lead Actress Abigail Falls Nominated [25]

References
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