Tuesday 17 May 2022 02:04 AM Doctor Who casts transgender actress Yasmin Finney to play Billie Piper's ... trends now
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Doctor Who has cast transgender actress Yasmin Finney as Rose after Billie Piper was the first to take on the role when the BBC show was rebooted.
The 18-year-old recently shot to fame with an iconic role in Netflix's gay teen romance Hearstoppers where she plays a trans character, Elle Argent.
It was revealed by the BBC on Monday she will be named Rose echoing Ms Piper's stint as the beloved companion to both David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston generations of the doctors.
Ms Finney is not the first trans actor to be on Doctor Who with actress Rebecca Root playing a companion and Bethany Black appearing on the show.
She will also be joined by fellow Netflix alum Ncuti Gatwa as the doctor when the show airs in 2023.
Yasmin Finney, pictured at the GQ Style magazine relaunch party in Shoreditch in April, is overjoyed to be taking on the iconic
