Elle Argent

Elle Argent starts the story navigating a fresh chapter: she's just transferred from Truham to Higgs, leaving her friends Charlie and Tao behind to find her footing at a girls' school. She's an artist, gentle and a little anxious, hoping to make new friends while holding onto the old ones.

Yasmin Finney plays Elle with such open warmth that her nervousness at a new school never tips into misery — she's resilient without the show having to insist on it. The writing lets her be an ordinary teenager first, worried about fitting in and drawing in her sketchbook, which makes her quietly groundbreaking presence feel entirely unforced.