Yasmine Al-Bustami


Yasmine Al-Bustami is an American actress. She is most known for her roles on The Originals, NCIS: Hawaiʻi, and The Chosen.
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Early life

Yasmine Al-Bustami was born in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to a Palestinian-Jordanian father and Filipina mother, but moved with her family to Texas at the age of three. After receiving a degree in Finance, she decided to enter the world of entertainment, and improved her studies in Chicago, Illinois.

Career

In 2013, Al-Bustami made her television debut in The Originals as the recurring role of Monique Deveraux, a season one villain.
In 2014, she guest starred in a season 3 episode of Nashville playing the role of Delissa Birch.
In 2015, Al-Bustami guest starred in a season 4 episode of Switched at Birth.
In 2016-2017, she had a recurring role on season 2 of The Inspectors. In 2017, she appeared in the music video of John Legend's single, "Surefire." Al-Bustami also had a role in the feature film You Get Me. She was a series regular in the CW Seed series I Ship It playing Sasha.
In 2018, Al-Bustami was cast as a series regular in the Alpha streaming service live interactive sci-fi series Orbital Redux playing the role of Tommie.
In 2019, season 2 of I Ship It was released with Al-Bustami back as Sasha. The season premiered again on CW Seed, but also premiered this time on The CW.
In 2021, she reprised the role of Ramah in multiple episodes of The Chosens second season and third season, after appearing in a season one episode in 2019. She was also cast as a series regular in NCIS spin-off NCIS: Hawaiʻi playing the role of Special Agent Lucy Tara.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015NessyaneNourSeries Regular
2016–19I Ship ItSashaCW Seed Series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010UnimaginableRobinShort
2010The Neighbors Horror SagaKari-Tale of the PawnShort
2010FlowerGracShort
2011Road to PeshawarAnooshehShort
2012The Symphony of SilenceMonicaShort
2012The PackageGunsShort
2012Walking the HallsStudent
2013RebornIngrid
2013M15F1T5Preacher Boy
2013Ladies' Man: A Made Movie DahliaMTV Productions
2013When It's Your TimeAlanaShort
2013RRanaShort
2015SuperNovasAfsheenShort
2015UnimaginableRobin
2015Angie + ZahraZahra
2016You Get MeGrace