Jasmine Burke

Burke was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and studied theatre and business at Kennesaw State University. She began her acting career appearing in small parts in films Daddy's Little Girls (2007), The Secret Life of Bees (2008), and Mississippi Damned (2009). On television, she has appeared in Making The Band 3,The Vampire Diaries, Drop Dead Diva, and Army Wives, and well as VH1 film Drumline: A New Beat. She played the leading role in the 2015 independent drama film Skinned directed by LisaRaye McCoy. In 2016, Burke was cast alongside Vanessa Bell Calloway, Gloria Reuben and Clifton Powell in the Bounce TV prime time soap opera, Saints & Sinners. The series was the first original drama produced by the African-American-oriented television network Bounce TV and was a ratings success, running for six seasons. Burke also was featured in the 2021 spin-off movie Saints & Sinners Judgment Day. The series ended in 2022. From 2016 to 2017, Burke also had a recurring role in the Fox musical drama series, Star. In 2020 she also starred in the first season of Urban Movie Channel drama series, Double Cross. In 2021, Burke starred opposite Taryn Manning in the crime-thriller film, Karen, it received negative reviews from critics and five Golden Raspberry Awards nominations. Later that year she starred in the drama film Don't Waste Your Pretty alongside Keri Hilson, Deborah Joy Winans and Kaye Singleton, and the drama film Entanglement opposite Omar Gooding. The following year she starred in the second season of Allblk horror anthology series, Terror Lake Drive. In 2023, Burke starred in the Christmas romantic comedy film, Christmas Holidate, and starred and directed the romantic comedy film, Shamed.