Caroline Lesley (born in Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian TV and film actress based in New York City.[1] She is a well known voice actor having voiced hundreds or radio and TV commercials. She is currently the voice of Yoplait Light and has been voicing several commercials for Yoplait since 2007. She also voiced the character Kam Kamazaki, an evil boy genius, on the Medabots anime TV series. She is the voice of Lidda on the Dungeons and Dragons movie: Scourge of Worlds. Caroline is also the sultry intermission voice of the Basketball Jones podcast.([1])
Lesley is a comedic actress and has performed at the UCB in New York City. She also performed her comedic one woman show she wrote, "Doppelganger Joe", at the New York International Fringe Festival. She writes performs sketch videos on Funny or Die with fellow improv performers from the UCB. She appeared in sketches on Details.com and EW.com. She will appear on TV this Fall on The Onion News Network on IFC.
Lesley also has an extensive hosting resume and was a host on the CBC show The X in Canada.
Lesley was a red carpet correspondent for Entertainment Weekly's online site www.ew.com from 2006-2009. She covered red carpets for EW parties, film festivals (including Sundance and TIFF) and Emmy and Oscar parties. She interviewed many celebrities, including Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Lopez, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Al Gore.
Lesley covered the red carpet for the opening of "Billy Elliot" on Broadway and appeared in the "Finding Billy" documentary produced by Universal along with Elton John. She also covered the Tony Awards red carpet. She hosted two internet-only shows called Simple Do's and Don'ts [2] and "The Captain Humphrey's Project."
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Lesley was born in Toronto, Ontario. She was raised in Richmond Hill, Ontario where she began performing. She went on to attend the prestigious Ryerson University's Theatre School in Toronto, where she received her BFA with honors. She played Queen Isabella in her graduate production of Richard II directed by John Neville.
After Lesley left theater school she began working in voice overs almost immediately. She voiced for radio on Toronto's urban FLOW 93.5 and she lent her voice to numerous radio and TV commercials. She also voiced the character Kam Kamazaki, an evil boy genius, on the Medabots anime TV series on FOX KIDS and YTV. She voiced the lead voice of Lidda on the Dungeons and Dragons movie: Scourge of Worlds. Lesley continued her work in theater and performed improv shows all over Ontario with The Canadian Improv Showcase. She also appeared in shows at the Summerworks Festival in Toronto and the Toronto Fringe Festival. She performed the role of Wendy in Matt Austin's play IN BETWEEN at The Centre for the Arts in Toronto and received glowing reviews from critics She ventured into Television and appeared in 13 episodes on Rogers cable doing "Whose Line is it Anyway?" style of improv with The Canadian Improv Showcase. She had a guest appearance on the highly successful TV show Soul Food on Showtime and BET. Lesley also appeared on TV as the host of "The Rollin X" on CBC show The X in Canada. She also appeared in a number of short films and TV commercials for Bud Light and Bell.
Lesley moved to NYC in 2006 where she currently resides. She continued her work in television and appeared in a couple of episodes of the CBS daytime soap opera "As The World Turns" as the waitress. She also continued her work in voice overs and booked a large contract with Yoplait Light. She has voiced over 10 TV commercials for Yoplait since 2007 and continues to be the voice of Yoplait Light. She also continued to work in film and booked her first feature film. She played the lead, "Hayley", in the indie film: "Sister Blister."
Lesley also moved into writing, producing and directing. She wrote, produced and directed her own short film, "Audio Guide", which screened at the NYC Downtown Short Film Festival and the Long Island International Film Festival. It can currently be seen on OpenFilm: Audio Guide She also penned a one woman comedic show called "Doppelgangner Joe" which premiered at the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival. She continued her comedy and appeared in video sketches for Details and Entertainment Weekly as well as several sketches she wrote on Funny or Die.
Lesley pursued her hosting work as well and was a red carpet correspondent for Entertainment Weekly's online site www.ew.com from 2006-2009. She covered red carpets for EW parties, film festivals (including Sundance and TIFF) and Emmy and Oscar parties. She interviewed many celebrities, including Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Lopez, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Kate Winslet, Sean Penn and Al Gore.
Lesley covered the red carpet for the opening of "Billy Elliot" on Broadway and appeared in the "Finding Billy" documentary produced by Universal along with Elton John. She also covered the Tony Awards red carpet. She hosted two internet-only shows called Simple Do's and Don'ts [3] and "The Captain Humphrey's Project."
Lesley was the face of "Farmland Dairies" milk ad seen in Shape magazine and billboards across NYC and NJ. She is a singer/songwriter as well and released her single "The Rainbow" in 2010. THE RAINBOW 1
Lesley recently shot a TV commercial for Anderson Cooper's new daytime talk show: ANDERSON. She will appear in a print ad for "Aden + Anais" with her baby, and will voice TV ads for Yoplait Light and many other products. She will appear on TV this fall on The Onion News Network on IFC.
Lesley was married to Jonathan Erlichman on November 16, 2007. The ceremony took place in a gazebo on the beach in Mexico. The couple was surrounded by their closest family and friends. They had a baby girl on Oct. 23, 2010.