Abigail Thorn, an up and coming British actress and YouTuber, has appeared in BBC’s Ladhood and runs an educational YouTube channel, Philosophy Tube, aiming to make higher education more accessible.

Thorn has over one million subscribers on her channel, which she started in 2013 following the increase in tuition fees in Britain. The 29 year old, who publicly came out as transgender last year in a YouTube video, also recently penned and starred in The Prince at Southwark Playhouse.