| Intro | English actress, model and campaigner born 1991 |
| A.K.A. | Jasmine Francesca C De Lisser |
| Is | Actor |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type | Film, TV, Stage & Radio |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 3 August 1991, London, UK |
| Age: | 28 years |
| Star sign | Leo |
Jasmine Francesca C De Lisser known professionally as Jazzy De Lisser (born 3 August 1991) is an English actress, model and campaigner. As a teenager, she made an award winning-film about her life as someone with Hepatitis C, and later acted in films nominated for awards at several international film festivals.
Early life
De Lisser’s father was Robert De Lisser, born in Jamaica, and her mother is Serena Bute, a designer whose label has been worn by Kate Moss, Emma Watson and Adwoa Aboah. The former Grand Prix competitor Johnny Dumfries is her stepfather.
She 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.
At 13, De Lisser started at Bryanston School, leaving after her GCSE’s to study for her A levels at the Hampstead College of Fine Arts & Humanities, London, which enabled her to attend medical appointments in London.
Hepatitis C Activism
Whilst still 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.
The film won a shorts competition organised by the Media Trust for works by 15 to 19-year-olds. 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.
De Lisser later participated in the World Health Organization World Hepatitis Summit 2015, as a patient representative.
Lady Garden Campaign
In 2015, De Lissser 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.
Skinny Bitch Collective controversy
De Lisser was one of the members of the Skinny Bitch Collective, an invitation-only workout group that was criticised for its sexualisation of women working out, and for being exploitative and degrading.
Acting career
De Lisser attended the William Esper Studio, a drama school in New York, and trained at the T.Schreiber Theater and Acting Studio in New York.
In 2011 she starred in To.Get.Her as one of a group of five girls who spend a night together, following which four of them will die. The film won the Best of NEXT!: Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
She had a minor role in the popular series Game of Thrones as Tansy, a character chased and killed by Ramsay Bolton’s dogs.
She has appeared in a number of other roles (see below), including Abigail Falls, for which she was nominated for Best Lead Actress at the Madrid International Film Festival 2018.
Film and TV credits
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Hurt by Paradise | Lori | Nominated for The Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film, Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019 |
| 2019 | First Person: A Film About Love | Catherine | |
| 2018 | Abigail Falls | Abigail | Nominated for Best Lead Actress, Madrid International Film Festival 2018. Nominated for Best Film, Milan International Film Festival. |
| 2017 | The Last Birthday | Tatiana Romanova | Short |
| 2017 | Thumper | Gina | |
| 2014 | Game of Thrones | Tansy | TV. Episode: The Lion and the Rose |
| 2012 | Random Acts of Violence | Unsung Murder Victim | |
| 2011 | To.Get.Her | Ana Frost | The Best of NEXT!: Audience Award winner at the Sundance Film Festival. |