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).
Kassius Nelson
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| Born | (1997-06-24) 24 June 1997 (age 27)
Islington, London, England
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| Occupation(s) | Actress, playwright |
| Years active | 2012–present |
Nelson was born in Islington, North London. She was a performing arts student at City and Islington Sixth Form College.[1]
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]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 | Main cast |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2017 | British Soap Awards | Best On-Screen Partnership | Hollyoaks | Won | [a][10] |
| Scene of the Year | Won | ||||
| Inside Soap Awards | Best Exit | Nominated |