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Asha Banks is the UK’s next big, multi-hyphenate superstar. With a global film (Prime Video’s My Fault: London) and hit TV show (Netflix’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder) under her belt, Banks is now setting her sights on a music takeover. Luckily, she’s already well on her way to accomplishing that.
For Banks, her love for both acting and singing are intertwined. At age 7, she started taking three-hour theater classes every weekend. An hour of each session was dedicated to either singing, acting, or dancing. The school was attached to an agency, so she jumpstarted her career early. She made her West End debut in Les Misérables as young Éponine and nabbed minor roles in established British TV series.
When she was 8, Banks started to learn guitar. She found an unlikely musical mentor in the bartender at Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, her local pub in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.
Putting herself out there has paid off well: her debut EP racked up over 7 million streams. She opened for Noah Kahan at his BST Hyde Park show this summer and will headline a show at Regents Park Open Air Theatre this fall, which sold out in under 24 hours.
The rest of Banks’ year is packed: she’ll be filming the first of two confirmed sequels to My Fault: London back in the UK before releasing How Real Was It? After releasing the EP this November, she’ll set out on her first headlining tour around the UK, EU and US. She’s balancing it all with ease and watching her passions fuse in unlikely ways, like her song “Feel the Rush” playing over the credits of her film.