Ashley Romans (born December 28, 1992) is an American actress, known for playing Agent 355 in Y: The Last Man, Hermione Granger in Hermione Granger and the Quarter Life Crisis, and Tabitha Hutter on NOS4A2.
Early life Romans attended Scotch Plains Fanwood High School in Union County, New Jersey.
She was originally inspired to pursue acting while watching her older sister play Ruth in her high school production of A Raisin in the Sun. She studied theater at Pace University, graduating in 2015.
Career In 2017, she won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Lead Performance in the play Rotterdam, in which she plays a character undergoing gender transition in conjunction with a partner who is struggling with coming out to her parents as a lesbian. In 2020, Romans replaced Lashana Lynch in the lead role of Agent 355 in the television adaptation of the comic book series Y: The Last Man. The series premiered in 2021.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2014 Slave Girls on the Moon P. Grier 2016 TV Junkie KarenShort August Ninth Zora 2017 Christmas Crime Story Heather Harrington 2019 The Devil Lives in Clarksville County Trish Walker Short Finding Johnny Janelle TV movie 2020 Salt in the Wound SimoneShort First-Rounders Shy Girl 2021 Lulu Lulu2024Step Back, Doors ClosingKesangAfraidSam
Television Year Title Role Notes 2017–2018 Hermione Granger and the Quarter Life Crisis Hermione Granger Main cast 2018 I'm Dying Up Here Alvira Recurring cast: season 2 Shameless Alex Recurring cast: Season 9 2019 Insignificant Other Ella Episode: "Aging, etc." 2019–2020 NOS4A2 Tabitha Hutter Recurring cast: season 1, main cast: season 2 2021 Y: The Last Man Agent 355 Main cast 2023Mrs. Davis JoyEpisode: "The Final Intercut: So I'm Your Horse" The Hurt Unit Nora ABC pilot2024Genius Ella Mae Recurring2025The Pitt Joyce St. Claire Recurring; 4 episodesThe Morning ShowTunde JohnsonEpisode: "Amari"2026 Nemesis Tessa Grant Episode: "Repercussions" Survival of the Thickest Imani 4 episodes
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