English actress Jessica Mei Li became well-known for playing Alina Starkov in the Netflix fantasy series Shadow and Bone, which debuted in 2021. She was born on August 27, 1995, in Brighton, East Sussex, to an English mother and a Chinese father who was brought up in Hong Kong.
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She has an elder brother who lived in Redhill, Surrey, her hometown. From 2010 to 2012, Li attended Reigate College before enrolling at the University of Sussex to study French and Spanish.
She ultimately made the decision to stop attending university, though. Li worked as a teaching assistant in a secondary school for over two years, supporting students with special needs.
Li enrolled in the National Youth Theatre in 2015, and from 2016 to 2017, she attended the Identity School of Acting on a part-time basis.
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She made her professional stage debut in February 2019 at the Noel Coward Theatre in the part of Claudia Casswell in the theatrical play All About Eve, which was directed and written by Ivo van Hove and included renowned actresses like Gillian Anderson and Lily James.
How did Jessie Mei Li start acting?
Li was born in Brighton in 1995 and is an English actress. She was raised in Redhill, Surrey, and later attended Reigate College before continuing her education at a university. After quitting school, Li pursued an acting career that eventually brought her on board the cast of “Shadow and Bone,” where she plays Alina Starkov.
Are Jessie Mei Li and Ben Barnes In a Relationship?
Fans are highly curious about Mei Li’s love connections because she is the star of the show. It appears that Mei Li is now single, despite some fans’ hopes that she and her co-star Ben Barnes are secretly dating (especially after a rather amorous exchange between the two was captured in a video uploaded on Instagram).
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