Jacobi Jupe
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Jacobi Jupe | |
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.jpg) Jupe in 2025 at the Toronto International Film Festival | |
| Born | 8 April 2013 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2020–present |
| Relatives | Katy Cavanagh (mother) Noah Jupe (brother) |
Jacobi Jupe (born 8 April 2013) is a British child actor. He gained recognition by being cast in the titular role of Hamnet Shakespeare in Chloé Zhao's award-winning film Hamnet (2025), which was based on the novel by Maggie O'Farrell with the same name.
Jupe is the son of filmmaker Chris Jupe and actor Katy Cavanagh, and the brother of actor Noah Jupe.[1]
Career
In March 2021, Jupe was cast as Michael Darling in the Disney+ film Peter Pan & Wendy.[2] In January 2024, he was cast in the Apple TV+ miniseries Before.[3] He is best known for playing the titular role in Chloé Zhao's Hamnet,[4] for which he won the Astra Film Award for Best Young Performer,[5] and received nominations for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer,[6][7] and the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Breakthrough Performance.[8]