Asha Banks is a British actress and singer-songwriter. She is best known for A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (2024) and The Magic Flute (2022).
Her birthday is on the 26th of November. She was born in 2003 in St Albans, England, making her 20 years old.
Quick Info
Real Name | Asha Alice Banks |
Age | 20 [as of August 2024] |
Birthplace | St Albans, England |
Education | N/A |
Height | 5 feet 8 inches [172 cm] |
Weight | N/A |
Ethnicity
Asha Banks is of Caucasian background. Her first name is quite common in India but there is no evidence regarding its relation to her heritage. Her parents are Duncan and Sophie Banks.
Duncan, her father, is a business executive. He has been working as Group Vice President of Global Customers at Arpa Industriale since 2019 per RocketReach. He previously worked in companies such as Formica Group, British Gas, and Royal Mail.
Her mother Sophie was a previous Thomas Cook employee who currently is the director of Loudbird PR and Communications.
Personal Life
Banks acted for the first time at age 8 in the musical Les Miserables in the West End. She used to go to a Saturday drama school and got this role after auditioning with the help of an attached agent.
I went to this Saturday drama school, and they had an agency attached, and I kind of auditioned for that, and joined the agency. My first audition was Les Mis – I remember getting it through, and my mum telling me, and telling me I’d have a day off school.
Asha Banks via Fabric Magazine
She gained tons of acting experience through stage appearances. As per her resume, she has eight stage credits including Charlie and The Chocolate Factory under Playful Productions.
Career
While appearing in a musical aged 8, Asha Banks made her acting debut through a cameo role in the British soap opera EastEnders in 2011 per Wikipedia. She also acted in one episode of the TV series Call the Midwife that year.
She acted in short films Confus[(ion) (ed)] and Blue in 2012 and 2014 respectively. After that, she spent the next eight years finishing schooling and receiving acting training.
She made her acting comeback in 2022 with the TV series Rebel Cheer Squad. She played Brooke in five episodes. That year, she also appeared as Princess Pamina in the film The Magic Flute.
In 2023, she was cast in the much-awaited British TV series A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. The show initially aired on July 2024 in the UK, followed by a US release via Netflix on 1 August 2024.
As a lead actor, she played Cara Ward and acted alongside acting personalities such as Emma Myers, Zain Iqbal, Yali Topol Margalith, and Henry Ashton. Her future projects include the film My Fault: London as Noah.
As a singer, she actively shared covers of various songs on her YouTube and Tiktok accounts. She also released a few original songs on her SoundCloud profile and was previously a part of a music band named Angels N’ Bandits.
Unknown Facts
- She is managed by the Independent Talent Group.
- She loves sushi.
Photo credit: @ashaabanks – Instagram.