Jessica Amy Barden is an English actress. She began her career as a child actress. She is best known for her role as Alyssa Foley in the Channel 4 comedy-drama The End of the F***ing World (2017–2019). She received a British Independent Film Award nomination for her performance in Scarborough (2018). Barden's other films include Hanna (2011), The Lobster (2015), The New Romantic (2018), and Pink Skies Ahead (2020). On television, she has since starred in the Foxtel drama Lambs of God (2019), the Netflix thriller Pieces of Her (2022), and the ITV romantic comedy You & Me (2023).