# Yasmin Seky
**Yasmin Seky** (born 1998) is an Irish actress best known for her role as Nikita Murphy in the RTÉ crime drama *Kin* (2021–2023), her first significant acting role, which she landed while working at a bank[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12413720/) • [2](https://evoke.ie/2021/09/12/entertainment/yasmin-seky-unexpectedly-landed-part-in-gritty-new-drama-kin). She later competed in the eighth season of Ireland's *Dancing with the Stars* and appeared in the Channel 5 mystery series *[The Puzzle Lady](https://www.edgepedia.org/murder-most-puzzling)* (also titled *Murder Most Puzzling*)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12413720/).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1998, Ireland[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/323304/yasmin-seky) |
| Breakout role | Nikita Murphy, girlfriend of Eric "Viking" Kinsella, in RTÉ's *Kin*, 16 episodes, 2021–2023[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12413720/) • [2](https://evoke.ie/2021/09/12/entertainment/yasmin-seky-unexpectedly-landed-part-in-gritty-new-drama-kin) |
| Award | RTS Ireland Television Award for Best Newcomer for *Kin*[4](https://about.rte.ie/ie/2024/12/16/2005395/) |
| Other television | Lawyer Becky Baidwan in Channel 5's *The Puzzle Lady* / *Murder Most Puzzling* (2025)[5](https://www.tvguide.co.uk/articles/murder-most-puzzling-channel-5-cast-list-cosy-crime-phyllis-logan-alistair-brammer/) |
| *Dancing with the Stars* | Season 8 (2025), professional partner Simone Arena; eliminated 16 February 2025 after losing a dance-off[10](https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2025/02/16/dancing-with-the-stars-i-improved-week-after-week-a-heartbroken-yasmin-seky-exits-show-after-losing-dance-off/) |
| Background | Grew up in Cabra, Dublin; worked as a bank salesperson before and during her early acting career[2](https://evoke.ie/2021/09/12/entertainment/yasmin-seky-unexpectedly-landed-part-in-gritty-new-drama-kin) |
## Early life and casting in Kin
Seky grew up in Cabra in [Dublin](https://www.edgepedia.org/dublin) and dabbled in acting in short films as a teenager. She first met casting director Louise Kiely, whose credits include an Emmy nomination for casting the young leads of *Normal People*, when she was 13 or 14 and got her first acting gig; as her teenage years went on, her family encouraged her toward what they called a real job and college[2](https://evoke.ie/2021/09/12/entertainment/yasmin-seky-unexpectedly-landed-part-in-gritty-new-drama-kin).
**The audition.** At the start of the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, while working as a bank salesperson, Seky received a Facebook message from Kiely saying she had a role that might suit her. Because of lockdown restrictions, the first audition was an improvised self-tape recorded by her boyfriend, followed by a Zoom audition; a week later Kiely called to say the production wanted her for the part[2](https://evoke.ie/2021/09/12/entertainment/yasmin-seky-unexpectedly-landed-part-in-gritty-new-drama-kin). Seky later said the role had taken a while to cast and that she had felt strong imposter syndrome going into the audition, wondering if she was the last person they could find for the job[7](https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41093890.html).
*Kin* follows a fictional Dublin crime family drawn into a gangland war with an international cartel, and its cast includes [Aidan Gillen](https://www.edgepedia.org/aidan-gillen), Maria Doyle Kennedy, Emmett Scanlan, Clare Dunne, Ciarán Hinds, and Sam Keeley[2](https://evoke.ie/2021/09/12/entertainment/yasmin-seky-unexpectedly-landed-part-in-gritty-new-drama-kin). Seky played Nikita Murphy, the girlfriend of Eric "Viking" Kinsella (Sam Keeley), the volatile son of the family's head[2](https://evoke.ie/2021/09/12/entertainment/yasmin-seky-unexpectedly-landed-part-in-gritty-new-drama-kin). She kept her bank job after filming wrapped, returning to the office the Monday after shooting finished[2](https://evoke.ie/2021/09/12/entertainment/yasmin-seky-unexpectedly-landed-part-in-gritty-new-drama-kin).
## Kin and the role of Nikita
Seky described her character as having a sartorial flair inspired by the Kardashians while stressing that Nikita was more than a typical gangster girlfriend[2](https://evoke.ie/2021/09/12/entertainment/yasmin-seky-unexpectedly-landed-part-in-gritty-new-drama-kin). In interviews around the second season she said she had been conscious of not letting the character come across as gimmicky, wanting her to feel like a real person rather than a caricature[8](https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0330/1366982-kins-yasmin-seky-reveals-her-deal-breaker/). She said season two showed Nikita weighing her moral compass more heavily and becoming more vulnerable after Viking was imprisoned[7](https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41093890.html).
The RTÉ show has been streamed by over 2 million viewers, and Seky won the RTS Ireland Television Award for Best Newcomer for the role[7](https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41093890.html) • [4](https://about.rte.ie/ie/2024/12/16/2005395/). A third season remained uncertain after the show's production company went bankrupt; in 2025 Seky said she would not say no to returning to the role[6](https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0215/1496586-dwtss-yasmin-seky-feels-like-a-weight-has-been-lifted/). IMDb lists one further *Kin* episode dated 2027[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12413720/).
## Dancing with the Stars
In December 2024, RTÉ announced Seky as one of eleven celebrities for the eighth season of *Dancing with the Stars*, which began on 5 January 2025[4](https://about.rte.ie/ie/2024/12/16/2005395/) • [9](https://about.rte.ie/ie/2025/01/06/ta-tus-spleodrach-curtha-le-2025-ag-dancing-with-the-stars/). Paired with professional dancer Simone Arena, she scored 25 points from the judges for her first dance, a samba[9](https://about.rte.ie/ie/2025/01/06/ta-tus-spleodrach-curtha-le-2025-ag-dancing-with-the-stars/). During Dedicated Dance Week she performed a rumba dedicated to youth club workers from Cabra For Youth, whom she credited with encouraging her performing career[6](https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0215/1496586-dwtss-yasmin-seky-feels-like-a-weight-has-been-lifted/). She was eliminated on 16 February 2025 after losing a dance-off to former Miss Universe Ireland Aishah Akorede[10](https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2025/02/16/dancing-with-the-stars-i-improved-week-after-week-a-heartbroken-yasmin-seky-exits-show-after-losing-dance-off/). She said she had entered the competition to gain performance experience and to help with her nervousness, describing herself as more of an introverted person[6](https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0215/1496586-dwtss-yasmin-seky-feels-like-a-weight-has-been-lifted/).
## The Puzzle Lady and later work
Seky plays lawyer Becky Baidwan in *The Puzzle Lady* (broadcast as *Murder Most Puzzling*), a three-part Channel 5 crime series starring [Phyllis Logan](https://www.edgepedia.org/phyllis-logan) as puzzle-columnist detective Cora Felton; the series began on 19 June 2025 and was filmed in [Northern Ireland](https://www.edgepedia.org/northern-ireland)[5](https://www.tvguide.co.uk/articles/murder-most-puzzling-channel-5-cast-list-cosy-crime-phyllis-logan-alistair-brammer/) • [4](https://about.rte.ie/ie/2024/12/16/2005395/). Trade press described it as her second television role[5](https://www.tvguide.co.uk/articles/murder-most-puzzling-channel-5-cast-list-cosy-crime-phyllis-logan-alistair-brammer/). She is represented by 42 [Management](https://www.edgepedia.org/management) & Production[11](https://www.42mp.com/talent/yasmin-seky).
In 2026 she said she had paused auditioning after learning she was pregnant and welcomed her first child, a daughter named Cúshla, with her boyfriend, businessman Luke Joyce; she said she hoped to return to acting and to try comedy or presenting[12](https://evoke.ie/2026/05/31/entertainment/kin-yasmin-seky-badass-roles). Joyce had been a visible supporter during her *Dancing with the Stars* run, attending every show[6](https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0215/1496586-dwtss-yasmin-seky-feels-like-a-weight-has-been-lifted/).
## References
1. [Yasmin Seky, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12413720/)
2. [How bank worker Yasmin Seky landed life-changing role in RTÉ's gritty new drama Kin, EVOKE (12 September 2021)](https://evoke.ie/2021/09/12/entertainment/yasmin-seky-unexpectedly-landed-part-in-gritty-new-drama-kin)
3. [Yasmin Seky, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/323304/yasmin-seky)
4. [An chéad chúigear cáiliúil eile a bheidh ar Dancing with the Stars fógartha, About RTÉ (16 December 2024)](https://about.rte.ie/ie/2024/12/16/2005395/)
5. [Murder Most Puzzling on Channel 5: Cast list of cosy crime, TV Guide UK](https://www.tvguide.co.uk/articles/murder-most-puzzling-channel-5-cast-list-cosy-crime-phyllis-logan-alistair-brammer/)
6. [DWTS's Yasmin Seky feels like a weight has been lifted, RTÉ Entertainment (15 February 2025)](https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0215/1496586-dwtss-yasmin-seky-feels-like-a-weight-has-been-lifted/)
7. [Kin's Yasmin Seky: 'I was really anxious – I had imposter syndrome', Irish Examiner (18 March 2023)](https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41093890.html)
8. [KIN's Yasmin Seky: 'I didn't want Nikita to be a gimmick', RTÉ Entertainment (30 March 2023)](https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0330/1366982-kins-yasmin-seky-reveals-her-deal-breaker/)
9. [Tá tús spleodrach curtha le 2025 ag Dancing with the Stars!, About RTÉ (6 January 2025)](https://about.rte.ie/ie/2025/01/06/ta-tus-spleodrach-curtha-le-2025-ag-dancing-with-the-stars/)
10. [Dancing with the Stars: heartbroken Yasmin Seky exits show after losing dance-off, The Irish Times (16 February 2025)](https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2025/02/16/dancing-with-the-stars-i-improved-week-after-week-a-heartbroken-yasmin-seky-exits-show-after-losing-dance-off/)
11. [Yasmin Seky, 42 Management & Production](https://www.42mp.com/talent/yasmin-seky)
12. [KIN star wants to play more of these roles after secretly welcoming first baby, EVOKE (31 May 2026)](https://evoke.ie/2026/05/31/entertainment/kin-yasmin-seky-badass-roles)
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