Rose Leslie

Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie (born 9 February 1987) is a Scottish actress.[1] She was born in Aberdeen,[2] and attended Millfield School[3] before spending three years (2005–2008) at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art graduating with a BA Honours degree.[4]

Leslie made her debut in the 2009 TV film New Town, for which she won the Scottish BAFTA for Best Acting Performance - New Talent Award.[5][6] In September and October 2010 she appeared at the Globe Theatre in Nell Leyshon’s play Bedlam.[7][8] She appeared in the role of Gwen, a housemaid, in 2010 in the ITV series, Downton Abbey in all seven episodes of the first series. [9] In 2011, she was cast as the wildling Ygritte in the second season of the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones.[10]

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2008 Banged Up Abroad Kim TV series documentary (1 episode: "Lima")
2009 New Town Rhian BAFTA Scotland Award - New Talent
2010 Downton Abbey Gwen TV series (7 episodes)
2011 Case Histories Laura Wyre TV series
2012 Game of Thrones Ygritte TV series

References

  1. ^ Rose Leslie at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ^ Downton Abbey web-site
  3. ^ Old Millfieldian Society
  4. ^ LAMBDA web-site
  5. ^ "New Talent Awards in 2009". The BAFTA site: Scotland. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. http://www.bafta.org/scotland/awards/new-talent-awards-2009,1140,BA.html. 
  6. ^ "Awards and Nominations". LAMDA. The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. http://www.lamda.org.uk/development/press/awards.htm. 
  7. ^ "Rose Leslie CV". Hamilton Hodell. http://www.hamiltonhodell.co.uk/cv/client_rose-leslie_id_100050.htm. Retrieved 7 December 2011. 
  8. ^ "Charliebrown" (20 July 2010). "Downton Abbey - Rose Leslie". Enchanted Serenity of Period Films. Ottowa, Canada: Blogger.com. http://enchantedserenityperiodfilms.blogspot.com/2010/09/downton-abbey-rose-leslie.html. 
  9. ^ Downton Abbey web-site
  10. ^ Hibberd, James (10 October 2011). "'Game of Thrones' casts wild beauty Ygritte". EW.com. http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/10/10/game-of-thrones-rose-leslie/. Retrieved 11 October 2011.