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Ronald "Ron" Mustafaa (born December 3, 1989) is a young Bangladeshi Canadian actor. He played Abbud Siddiqui on the MTV television teen drama Skins .
Ron Mustafaa is of Bengali origins. He is currently attending the University of Toronto as an undergrad student majoring in International law and Political Science.[citation needed]
Ron Mustafaa originally wanted to become a lawyer, but his mother wanted him to become an actor. His mother grew up in Bangladesh and was an aspiring actress, but never gained success. He often states that his mother is living her dream through him.
Prior to Skins, he was best known for his role as Roy Jackson in Team Epic.
In 2010, Ron was cast as Abbud Siddiqui in the MTV adaptation of the British teen drama Skins. There he plays Abbud in Skins, who defies his parents conventional wishes and prefers a lifestyle involving girls, drugs, party and alcohol.
His character is based on the character Anwar Kharral from the original Skins UK show.
Ron Mustafaa was 6 years old when his family moved from Bangladesh to Oshawa, ON. Ron's hobbies include acting, playing basketball, watching movies, strumming the guitar and hanging out with friends. While he hopes that he will pursue a career in film and television, he is also very academic and aspires to attend law school in the future. Ron's favorite actors include Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, and his favorite movie is Raging Bull. During the filming of the final episode of Season One of Skins, Ron turned 20.[citation needed] Mustafaa is currently single.
James Milo Newman (born James Myron Newman; January 22, 1992) is an American actor. He played Tony Snyder on the MTV television teen drama Skins. Newman's first acting experience was auditioning for Skins. He had previously planned to fight in the Golden Gloves boxing tournament (he had once boxed with Yuri Foreman).
Newman was raised in Greenwich Village, New York. He is the son of actress Antonia Beresford Dauphin and producer Peter Ross Newman. His maternal grandmother, Ruda Dauphin (née Podemska), was the president of film production company Odeon International.
His maternal grandfather was English novelist Marc Brandel, the son of writer J. D. Beresford. His parents had a Jewish wedding.
Sofia Black D'Elia (born December 24, 1991) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Bailey Wells in All My Children and as Tea Marvelli in Skins. She is of Jewish and Italian descent.
Growing up in North Jersey, Sofia Black-D'Elia started acting at the age of 5 and signed up for dancing classes at Broadway Bound. When she was 17, she was cast in her first major gig on the soap opera All My Children as the recurring character Bailey. In 2010, she booked the role of Tea on the MTV adaptation of the hit British teen drama Skins. where she plays an openly lesbian teenager. She is featured in Hoodie Allen's music video for "The Chase is On" and plays Allen's love interest in the video. As of Fall 2011, Black-D'elia had begun classes at The William Esper Studio as well as landing the role of Mina in Vicky Jewson's Born of War. This is her first film role.