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Saffron Olivia Hocking (born 5 January 1994) is a British actress. She is known for her roles in the BBC series White Gold (2017) and the Netflix series Top Boy (2019–2023), the latter of which earned her a British Academy Television Award nomination.




Early life


Hocking is from Greenwich, South East London. She graduated from the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) in 2014.




Career


Upon graduating from ALRA, Hocking was cast in Richard Bean's 2014 play Pitcairn, which had its world premiere at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester before having a run at Shakespeare's Globe and going on tour with Out of Joint. The following year, Hocking made her television debut with guest appearances in the BBC one series Doctors and Partners in Crime.
Hocking played Lima in the 2016 Irish miniseries Smalltown and had a recurring role as Emma Lyndsey in the first series of the BBC Two sitcom White Gold in 2017. She also had a small role in the Acorn TV police procedural London Kills.
In 2019, Hocking joined the cast of Top Boy for its series 3 revival on Netflix in the recurring role of Lauryn Lawrence. She was promoted to the main cast for Top Boy's fourth series, and subsequently earned a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. In 2022, Hocking starred in the music video for Stormzy's "Hide & Seek" and appeared in the ITVX drama Riches and the first episode of the Disney+ series Moon Knight. Hocking has an upcoming role in the second season of the Amazon Prime thriller The Devil's Hour.




Personal life


Hocking is an ambassador for Refuge, having reached out to the charity when seeking to portray her Top Boy character's domestic abuse storyline.




Filmography






Awards and nominations






References






External links


Saffron Hocking at IMDb

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