Biography

Yasmin Kassim is an Australian actor, comedian, and writer of South Asian descent. Credits include Anaconda opposite Jack Black and Paul Rudd, HBO Max's Sex Lives of College Girls, Spa Weekend with Isla Fisher and Michelle Buteau and Fing! opposite Taika Waititi (premiering at Sundance 2026). She stars in the upcoming romantic comedy You Always opposite Adrian Grenier, where she also served as the script's comedy pass writer. Prior to this, she starred in Jungle opposite Daniel Radcliffe and was on the long-standing Australian soap opera Neighbours. Yasmin was the first Australian selected for the CBS Comedy Diversity Showcase. She has received scholarships to both UCB and Groundlings, is currently in the Groundlings Writing Lab, and has performed with South Asian AF at UCB. She recently completed a sold-out Australian tour with Brown Women Comedy at Adelaide Fringe and Melbourne Film Festival and was one of the eight official comedians for the 2025 Mardi Gras Gay and Lesbian parade, where she performed to a sold-out crowd of 1,700, hosted by Alok.
- IMDb mini biography by: AAM

In 1996 Michael Jackson saw Yasmin on security footage of fans waiting for autographs in his hotel and asked to meet her, leading to her being a part of his 'HIStory' tour.

Yasmin is a certified yoga instructor.

Is of Malay-Indian descent.

Yasmin was accepted into the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts for both Bachelor of Classical Voice and Certificate of Musical Theatre and chose to pursue acting.