Kassius Nelson

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 and Dead Boy Detectives (2024), and the film Pirates (2021).

Early life Nelson was born in Islington, North London. She was a performing arts student at City and Islington Sixth Form College.

Career Nelson first appeared on screen in the independent film Lone Rivers. She was 18 when she made her television debut in 2015 and began playing Jade Albright in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. 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.

Nelson joined the recurring cast of the Netflix adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events for its third and final season as Fiona Widdershins. She then played a younger version of Angela Griffin's character Anna Connor in White Lines the following year, also on Netflix.

In 2021, Nelson made her feature film debut when she appeared in Edgar Wright's Last Night in Soho 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.

Filmography Film 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 Year Title Role Notes 2015–2017 Hollyoaks Jade Albright 106 episodes 2017 Casualty Chloe Robinson Episode: "One" 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 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, directorGerry's Studio

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Ref. 2017 British Soap Awards Best On-Screen Partnership Hollyoaks Scene of the Year Inside Soap Awards Best Exit