BirthDecember 171998

Jasmine Armfield

Jasmine Armfield, English actress

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When
Thursday, December 17 199828 years ago
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Era
20th century · 1990s
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Person
Jasmine Armfield

At a glance

Born 1998-12-17.

Known as: actor. Citizenship: United Kingdom.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Jasmine Armfield, English actress

Early life

Educated at: The King John School.

Early life Armfield was born on 17 December 1998 in Southend-on-Sea , Essex . [ 1 ] She attended The King John School in South Benfleet , Essex [ 2 ] and became a student at the Wickford's Pauline Quirke Academy for the Performing Arts when it opened in September 2010. [ 3 ] ^ "Jasmine Armfield age and career including EastEnders role as Bex Fowler" . Metro . Retrieved 20 January 2025 . ^ "The King John School - Gifted and Talented" . The King John School . 2014.

Path and career

Career In 2013, Armfield was cast in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Bex Fowler , making her first appearance on 15 January 2014. [ 1 ] Her storylines on EastEnders included her relationship with Shakil Kazemi ( Shaheen Jafargholi ), being bullied, losing her virginity, dealing with the grief of Shakil being murdered, getting into the University of Oxford and attempting suicide. [ 2 ] In 2017, she was nominated for Best Soap Actress at the TV Choice Awards . [ 3 ]

Why this date

Jasmine Armfield appears on our December 17 calendar for 1998 as a birth entry.

December 17 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

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  5. 2005World Trade Organization
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  7. 2009MV Danny F II
  8. 2010Arab Spring
  9. 2010Mohamed Bouazizi
  10. 2014Cuba–United States relations
  11. 20162016 Irkutsk mass methanol poisoning

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