Jazzy de Lisser

Jasmine Francesca C. de Lisser (born 3 August 1991) is an English actress, model, fashion designer 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.

Through her mother, she is a descendant of the Lee family of Virginia.

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.

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.

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. and the T. Schreiber Theater and Acting Studio in New York.

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.

The film won a shorts competition organised by the Media Trust for works by 15 to 19-year-olds.

De Lisser later participated in the World Health Organization World Hepatitis Summit 2015, as a patient representative. 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.

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 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. 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.

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 and the Swedish historical film Hilma.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2009 My Story with C Short film; writer 2011 to.get.her Ana Frost The Last Birthday Tatiana Romanova Short film 2018 Abigail Falls Abigail 2019 First Person: A Film About Love Catherine Hurt by Paradise Lori 2020 Project Power Candy / Frozen Woman Netflix film 2022 Hilma Thomasine

Television

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