Born in Coventry, raised in Leicester, Jassa came to prominence as Rocky in the hit BBC Three series Some Girls, followed by starring roles in Unforgotten, Ripper Street and Peaky Blinders.
In 2019, Jassa created the hashtag #BothNotHalf to explore mixed identity in light of his own British-Indian heritage. His TEDx talk has clocked up over 250k views and his BBC One documentary Am I English? won an Asian Media Award in 2022.
His debut book, Both Not Half: A Radical New Approach to Mixed Heritage Identity, was published in 2024, for which Jassa won Best Narrator at the Audio Production Awards.
“Both Not Half is a brilliant, fresh and moving memoir.”
William Dalrymple
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Jassa is a leading voice on issues of mixed identity and social change. He has appeared on radio, TV, and at live events internationally.
His TEDx talk has over 250k views. He gave the keynote address at the inaugural Festival of Education in Thailand. And in 2025, Jassa delivered the Sir Mota Singh Memorial Lecture at Lincoln’s Inn.
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