Naomi Russell

Naomi Russell moves through the corridors and common rooms of Truham and Higgs as part of the wider circle of friends around Tara and Darcy, present at parties and lunch tables. She is easy company, quick with a joke, and comfortable slotting into whatever group scene the show needs her for.

Heartstopper's warmth depends on its background feeling lived-in rather than decorative, and Naomi is one of the faces that makes the friend group read as an actual social world. Bel Priestley plays her with unforced ease, the kind of naturalistic presence that lets a crowded scene feel like real teenagers rather than extras.