Saffron Hocking

Saffron Hocking
Born
Saffron Olivia Hocking

(1994-01-05) 5 January 1994 (age 31)
Greenwich, Greater London, England
Alma materAcademy of Live and Recorded Arts
Years active2014–present

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.[1]

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[2] and going on tour with Out of Joint.[3] 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.[4]

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,[5][6] 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"[7] and appeared in the ITVX drama Riches and the first episode of the Disney+ series Moon Knight.[8] Hocking has an upcoming role in the second series of the Amazon Prime thriller The Devil's Hour.[9]

Personal life

Hocking is an ambassador for Refuge,[10] having reached out to the charity when seeking to portray her Top Boy character's domestic abuse storyline.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2018 Strangeways Here We Come Sian
TBA Hedda † TBA Post-production
Fuze † TBA Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Top Boy Lauryn (uncredited) Episode #2.1
2015 Doctors Emily Cruz Episode: "Slipping Through the Cracks"
Partners in Crime Teller Miniseries; episode: "N or M? Part 1"
2016 Smalltown Lima Miniseries; 3 episodes
All About the McKenzies Annika Episode: "Karma"
2017 White Gold Emma Lyndsey 4 episodes (Series 1)
2019 London Kills Eleanor Kemp 2 episodes
2019–2023 Top Boy Lauryn Lawrence Recurring role (series 3); main cast (series 4–5)
2022 Moon Knight Dylan Miniseries; episode: "The Goldfish Problem"
Riches Sasha Bailey 5 episodes
2024 Peacock Kara 5 episodes
The Devil's Hour Sam Boyd Main cast (series 2)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2023 Royal Television Society Programme Awards Actress – Female Top Boy Nominated
British Academy Television Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated

References

  1. ^ Heller, Karolina (14 August 2016). "August Spotlight - Saffron Hocking". Heller Headshots. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  2. ^ Barnes, Kelsey (19 March 2022). "Saffron Hocking". 1883 Magazine. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  3. ^ Brady, Louisa (15 July 2014). "World Premiere of Richard Bean's Pitcairn to Be Performed at Chichester Festival Theatre". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  4. ^ Parker, Katie (4 April 2022). "Who plays Lauryn in Top Boy? Meet Saffron Hocking". Daily Express. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  5. ^ Hunter, Sakaynah (31 March 2022). "'Top Boy' Actors Saffron Hocking, Jasmine Jobson And Adwoa Aboah On Meeting Rihanna And Drake And More". Elle. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Jasmine Jobson, Saffron Hocking And Beabadoobee For Superdry". Clash. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  7. ^ Armstrong, Megan (14 October 2022). "Stormzy And 'Top Boy' Actress Saffron Hocking Get Cozy In The Video For 'Hide & Seek,' His Emotive New Single". Uproxx. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  8. ^ Lyus, Jon (17 March 2022). "Moon Knight Premiere Interviews – Oscar Isaac, May Calamawy, Saffron Hocking & more on Marvel's darkest show yet". HeyUGuys. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  9. ^ Ravindran, Manori (21 March 2023). "Prime Video's 'Devil's Hour' Season 2 Casts 'Top Boy' Star Saffron Hocking (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Ranvir Singh and Saffron Hocking named Refuge ambassadors". The Media Eye. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  11. ^ Padin, Malvika (18 March 2022). "Saffron Hocking: Empathy and Humanity". Notion. Retrieved 22 March 2023.