Jazmine Franks (born 20 February 1992) is a British actress and powerlifter best known for playing Esther Bloom in Hollyoaks[1] from 2011 to 2018.

She has also appeared as Jane Morris on the ITV miniseries The Second Coming, on the Channel 4 comedy-drama series Shameless and on the BBC One drama The Street.

Whilst in Hollyoaks, Franks was involved in a highly publicised storyline where her character was bullied by her classmates.

In 2018, Franks opted to leave the serial and Esther departed on 30 April 2018.

[6] In 2019, at the EPF European Classic Bench Press Championships,[b] she finished in 4th place finish for the open bench press discipline, in the 52 kilograms (115 lb) weight class.