“Heartstopper” arrived on Netflix at the end of April and it didn’t take long for it to become a new youth streaming phenomenon. The sweetness and sensitivity with which this British series tells the friendship and subsequent romance between Charlie, an unpopular young man from an English secondary school, and Nick, the leader of the rugby team, has not only earned him millions of fans, but also the critical acclaim.
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And while the series gains more followers in streaming, its protagonists, most of them new talents who debut in this story, see how their popularity grows on social networks, where their new followers want to know more regarding their lives. In this note we tell you a little more regarding them, what other roles they have played, what their real ages are and what couples are in the cast of “Heartstopper”:
| Actor | Character | Age | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Locke | Charlie Spring | 18 years | He has no known partner |
Joe Locke, the protagonist of the series, has sparked rumors of a real-life romance with Sebastian Croft, who plays Ben Hope in “Heartstopper.” The actors have shared several photos together on social networks; however, he has not publicly commented on whether they are more than just friends.
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Locke has given several interviews in which he has been very emphatic regarding his position on the need for real representation of the LGBTQ community in fiction. The actor, who identifies as queer, told the magazine “Attitude” who, unlike his “Heartstopper” character, was not a victim of bullying at school. He also concluded regarding the message of the series: “I think it’s very important to push the idea that no matter who you are, how you identify or what your sexuality is, you deserve to be happy.”
| Actor | Character | Age | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kit Connor | Nick Nelson | 18 years | He has no known partner |
Kit Connor began his career as a child actor. In fact, his talent led him to be part of big productions before the success of “Heartstopper”. We saw him on the CBS series “Rocket’s Island” as Archie Beckles and also playing the child version of Elton John in the movie “Rocketman”. If something has characterized his career in these years, it is having kept his personal life off camera, so there is no information regarding his current or past sentimental life.
In “Heartstopper,” Kit Connor’s character identifies as bisexual. In real life, the actor has not spoken in interviews regarding his sexuality.
| Actor | Character | Age | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yasmin Finney | She Money | 18 years | He has no known partner |
Like her character on “Heartstopper,” Yasmine Finney is a transgender woman. In several interviews offered during the promotional stage of the arrival of the series on Netflix, the young Manchester native spoke regarding how she was able to identify with many things that her character lives and what she went through at school.
“In my first and second year of school I suffered bullying, I was the only queer person in my school and they saw me as an ‘outsider’. When we see Elle in her new school, several emotions awoke in me, memories of when I also changed schools, “said the actress in”Attitude”.
| Actor | Character | Age | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Gao | Tao Xu | 19 years | He has no known partner |
This young British actor of Chinese descent discovered his artistic vocation at an early age. He studied theater and currently, in addition to acting, he is also a model and musician. He has a band called Wasiaproject with his sister, Olivia Branch, with whom he often shares many photos on social media. About his personal life, outside the family, there is no more information.
| Actor | Character | Age | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Croft | Ben Hope | 20 years | He has no known partner |
Croft began his career at a very young age. One of his most remembered roles is that of the child version of Eddard Stark in “Game of Thrones”. Although it was a small role, the young artist has been adding little by little more appearances, among them in the video of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” by Michael Bublé and Idina Menzel.
In his social networks, Croft shares many photos with the cast of “Heartstopper”, especially with Joe Locke, which has led to rumors of romance. The actor has not commented on his sentimental life.
| Actor | Character | Age | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corinna Brown | Tara Jones | 23 years | He has no known partner |
In addition to acting, Corinna is dedicated to dance and music. Her character in “Heartstopper” has allowed her to gain more popularity and she already has more than 290 thousand fans on Instagram.
In the series, her character, Tara, identifies as a lesbian and discovers that she likes girls when she falls in love with her best friend, Darcy.
The actress does not have information regarding her personal life on her Instagram account, nor has she spoken regarding her love life in interviews.
| Actor | Character | Age | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kizzy Edgell | Darcy Olsson | 19 years | He has no known partner |
Unlike her other colleagues on the series, this role represents the acting debut of Kizzy Edgell, who identifies as gender non-binary. On her Instagram, she explains that she uses the pronoun “they”, but there is no further information regarding her private life.
In interviews to announce the premiere of “Heartstopper” on Netflix, Edgell said he was proud of a production like this and the LGBTQ+ representation it offers. “I feel very lucky to be able to talk regarding this topic, regarding female lesbian and queer representation, which is something that is lost on a lot of LGBT+ shows,” Kizzy said.
| Actor | Character | Age | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhea Norwood | Imogen Heaney | 20 years | He has no known partner |
The British actress, like many of her young colleagues in “Heartstopper”, has had her most important role in this production. Although the young woman has done plays, this is her first television role for her.
About her personal life, the actress does not publish anything on social networks, although she uses this platform to talk regarding a topic that interests her a lot: climate change.
| Actor | Character | Age | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|
| To you donovan | Isaac Henderson | 19 years | He has no known partner |
The actor who plays one of Charlie’s best friends is one of the debutants in “Heartstopper”. On his social media, he posts a lot of pictures regarding fashion and style, but not much regarding his personal life.
The actor, who has also had musical training, like other of his colleagues in the cast, identifies as gay. In an interview with youtuber “The Permanent Rain”, Donovan said he was excited to see LGBTQ+ representation in recent productions, such as “Eternals”. “It made me think: I can be a superhero too,” referring to the character of Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry).