Jasmine Jobson | Photo credit: @jasminejobson/Instagram
Bafta award-winning actress Jasmine Jobson will be seen in the biopic of female boxing champion Ramla Ali. The Hollywood Reporter.Its shooting began in London. in the shadowsJobson recently won a TV award for his role Top Boy,
She plays Ali, a woman who secretly pursues her dream of becoming the first Somali-British professional boxing champion. Finn Cole (Peaky Blinders, Last Breath) Playing Jobson’s husband, Richard Moore, while Gershwin Eustache Jr. (Endor, Small Axe, Perseverance) Moore plays Ali’s boxing teacher. The real-life couple, Ali and Moore, serve as executive producers.”
“At the heart of it, in the shadows “It is a unique love story woven into a rich family drama that charts the challenges and triumphs of Ramla and Richard, a mixed-race couple,” a plot synopsis reads. “As they overcome racial and cultural barriers, their shared strength and mutual support sets them apart as role models for a new generation.”
“It’s a huge honour for me to play the role of Ramla and to be trusted to help share her incredible story,” said Jobson. “To celebrate her talent, strength and determination not only as a boundary-breaking athlete – but also as an incredibly inspirational Somali woman who has overcome great adversity. Her experience of arriving in the UK as a refugee is significant and has the power to educate and empower people at a time of so much division. I’m thrilled to get started.”
Ali praised Jasmine’s acting talent. “After watching her incredible performance as Jack in Top Boy, I and everyone else fell in love with Jasmine. She understands more than anyone the true experience of growing up in London and struggling to find yourself and your place in this world. She brings with her an incredible amount of authenticity, rawness and real emotions that can’t be taught. I’m so excited to see her embody herself on screen.”
Ali was the first boxer, male or female, to represent Somalia at the 2020 Olympic Games and won the first ever professional female boxing match in Saudi Arabia. In 2023, she won her first professional IBF Intercontinental title at super bantamweight at Madison Square Garden and was later recognized as a. Time Magazine’s 2023 Woman of the Year.
in the shadows The film is directed by Emmy Award-winning and three-time BAFTA Award-winning documentary filmmaker Anthony Wonke, making his first narrative film. The screenplay is written by Ursula Rani Sarma.
The film’s executive producers are Ziggy Kamasa for True Brit Entertainment, Will Clarke, Andy Mason and Mike Rungle for Altitude, Anushka Shah for Civic Studios, Richard Fern and Jane Reid Fern for Effin Films, Natasha Mudhar, Anne Sheehan, Ali and Moore for The World We Want Studios. The film will be released in cinemas in the UK and Ireland in 2025.
