Headshot of tansy smethurst. Tansy is a black mixed race female between the ages of 18-20. She has brown hair and is wearing a V neck top

Photography: Simon Annand

Tansy Smethurst

Tansy is a bubbly, fun loving, neurodiverse performer. Tansy has Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), which means she has atypical neurological patterns of thought - In her words “basically sh'e wired slightly differently! “ The physical representation is that Tansy  has numerous lumps and bumps and 'café au lait' pigments on my limbs and torso.


Tansy played the lead role in the short film Hedgehog (2024) and was nominated for Best Actress in a Short Film at I Will Tell FF and the Emerging Actor Award at Greenwich FF.