Rose Leslie

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Rose Leslie
Rose Leslie (March 2013) (headshot).jpg
Leslie in 2013
Born
Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie

(1987-02-09) 9 February 1987 (age 34)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Alma materLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2018)​
Children1

Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie[a][1] (born 9 February 1987)[1] is a Scottish actress. After winning a Best Acting Performance for her role in New Town, she rose to fame as Gwen Dawson in the ITV drama series Downton Abbey and as Ygritte in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones. She starred as Maia Rindell for three seasons of the CBS All Access legal and political drama The Good Fight.

Early life and ancestry[]

Leslie was born in Aberdeen, Scotland,[2] and raised at Lickleyhead Castle in Aberdeenshire, her family's 15th-century ancestral seat, where she lived until the age of 10.[3] Her father, Sebastian Arbuthnot-Leslie, is the Aberdeenshire Chieftain of Clan Leslie. Her mother is Candida Mary Sibyl "Candy" Leslie (née Weld) of Clan Fraser of Lovat, whose maternal great-grandfather was Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat and a descendant of King Charles II.[4] Another great-grandfather of Candy Leslie was Frederick Weld, the sixth prime minister of New Zealand. Her family currently lives at the 12th-century Wardhill Castle in Old Rayne.[5][6][7] Her great-great grandfather was Guillermo Landa y Escandón, who served as mayor of Mexico City.[8] Leslie's ancestors include Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps De Lisle, politician Charles March-Phillipps and MP James Grimston, 3rd Earl of Verulam.

She was educated at Rayne North School in Aberdeenshire and then Millfield in Street, Somerset,[9] before spending three years at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[10]

Career[]

Leslie worked for BBC Radio narrating The British Slave Trade: Abolition, Parliament and People. She won a BASSC certificate in stage combat and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in 2008.[10]

Her leading on screen debut came at age 21 in the television film New Town (2009), for which she won the Scottish BAFTA for Best Acting Performance – New Talent Award.[11][12]

In September and October 2010, she became the lead in Nell Leyshon's infamous play Bedlam held at Globe Theatre.[13] Based on the Bethlem Royal Hospital, representative of the worst excesses of asylums in the era of lunacy reform, Leslie portrayed May, a beautiful country girl driven mad by lost love.[14] The Daily Telegraph's Charles Spencer praised her performance, commenting, "Leslie proves genuinely poignant."[15] Her break-through role came as Gwen Dawson, a housemaid, in the first series (2010–11) of the ITV television drama Downton Abbey.[16] In 2011, while on Downton Abbey, Leslie briefly appeared in two episodes of the British drama series Case Histories.[17][18]

Leslie in 2013 for Game of Thrones Comic-Con panel

In 2012, she was cast in seasons two, three and four of the popular HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones as the wildling Ygritte.[19] The A.V. Club's Rowan Kaiser stated: "As Ygritte, [Rose] is both dangerous and flirtatious, and it's fun to watch."[20] Den of Geek's David Crow exclaimed, "A complicated character [...] Rose Leslie devours the screen."[21] In 2013, Vox.com's Emily VanDerWerff (under The A.V. Club) review for "The Climb" episode, "(In the books) Ygritte is a means to an end... (but) on screen, as embodied by Rose Leslie, she becomes something more,"[22] whilst The Atlantic's Christopher Orr summed up her portrayal in 2014's episode "The Watchers of the Wall" by concluding: "Rose Leslie has been one of a handful of performers on the show who’ve really elevated their characters above what they were in the books."[23]

While on Game of Thrones, Leslie appeared in the 2012 drama film Now Is Good[24] and in episodes of ITV detective television series Vera,[25] Channel 4 conspiracy drama Utopia[26] and BBC One's comedy series Blandings.[27]

From October to November 2014, she appeared in the four-part mini-series The Great Fire.[28] She then starred in the horror film Honeymoon.[29] She has since played DS Emma Lane in the BBC detective drama Luther with positive response[30] and starred in the 2015 action adventure/fantasy film The Last Witch Hunter.[31][32] In 2016, she portrayed the character of Athena in Sticky Notes.[33]

In 2016, Leslie was cast in The Good Fight, a CBS All Access legal drama and spin off of The Good Wife. She plays Maia Rindell, a new lawyer who just passed the bar and whose family is involved in a financial scam, destroying her reputation. The first episode aired in February 2017.[34] In July 2019, it was revealed that Leslie would not return for the show's fourth season.[35]

In 2017 Leslie provided the voice for the female protagonist "En" in the video game Echo, a game by Copenhagen-based game developer Ultra Ultra.[36]

In October 2019 Leslie was cast as Louise Bourget in 20th Century Fox's adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel Death on The Nile, directed by Kenneth Branagh. The film is slated to be released on 11 February 2022.[37] In January 2020, Leslie joined the cast of BBC's and World Productions's upcoming series Vigil.[38]

Personal life[]

Leslie is fluent in French, having lived in France for three years. While working as an actress, she lived in Battersea, London, until moving to North London.[39] She often refers to missing Aberdeen, her hometown, having said: "I feel very much at peace in Scotland".[39]

In 2011, Leslie began dating Kit Harington, who had played her love interest, Jon Snow, on Game of Thrones. They married on 23 June 2018.[40] In September 2020, Leslie posed for a magazine photo shoot visibly pregnant.[41] Their son was born in 2021.[42]

Politics and other interests[]

Leslie supported Scotland remaining as part of the United Kingdom during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign.[43] At the 2015 UK general election, she campaigned with the Conservatives in her local constituency of Gordon.[44]

She is a runner and enjoys rock climbing, cooking,[45] skiing, archery, and tennis.[10]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012 Now Is Good Fiona [24]
2014 Honeymoon Bea [29]
2015 The Last Witch Hunter Chloe [31]
2016 The Last Dance Athena US title: Sticky Notes [33]
Morgan Amy Menser [46]
2022 Death on the Nile Louise Post-production [47]


Television[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2008 Banged Up Abroad Kim Episode: "Lima"
2009 New Town Rhian Television film [11]
2010, 2015 Downton Abbey Gwen Dawson Recurring role (season 1); guest role (season 6) [17]
2011 Case Histories Laura Wyre 2 episodes [17]
2012 Vera Lena Holgate Episode: "The Ghost Position" [25]
2012–2014 Game of Thrones Ygritte Recurring role (seasons 2–4) [19]
2014 Blandings Niagra Donaldson Episode: "Custody of the Pumpkin" [27]
Utopia Young Milner Episode #2.1 [26]
The Great Fire Sarah Farriner 4 episodes [28]
2015 Luther Emma Lane Series 4 [30]
2016 Revolting Rhymes Red Riding Hood (voice) 2 episodes
2017–2019 The Good Fight Maia Rindell Main role (seasons 1–3) [34][48]
2019 Saturday Night Live Herself Episode: "Kit Harington / Sara Bareilles" [49]
2021 Vigil Kirsten Longacre Miniseries
TBA The Time Traveler's Wife Clare Upcoming drama series [50]

Video game[]

Year Title Role Ref.
2017 Echo En [51]

Theatre[]

Year Title Venue / touring theatre Director Ref
2005–2015 Mixed Up North Touring
Wilton's Music Hall
Octagon Theatre 		Max Stafford-Clark [10]
Romeo and Juliet Love and Madness Company John Link
Can-Can LAMDA Anne Durham
Pericles Rodney Cottier
The Learned Ladies Jenny Lipman
The Caucasian Chalk Circle Touring
Out of Joint Theatre Company
MacOwan Theatre 		John Baxter
Breaking Barriers in Burnley Out of Joint Theatre Company Robin Soans & Clark
Uncle Vanya LAMDA Colin Cook
Antigone Mark Bell kings
The Children's Monologues Royal Court Theatre Danny Boyle
Bedlam Globe Theatre Nell Leyshon

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2009 British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards Best Acting Performance New Town Won
[11]
2013 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
(shared with the cast) 		Game of Thrones Nominated
[52]

Notes[]

  1. ^ This British person has the barrelled surname Arbuthnot-Leslie, but is known by the surname Leslie.

References[]

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  12. ^ "Awards and Nominations". LAMDA. The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012.
  13. ^ "Review of Nell Leyshon's Bedlam at the Shakespeare Globe Theatre in London 2010". www.londontheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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  27. ^ Jump up to: a b "Blandings, Series 2, Custody of the Pumpkin". BBC. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  28. ^ Jump up to: a b "ITV casting announcement of The Great Fire". ITV Press Centre. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
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  30. ^ Jump up to: a b "Luther series 4 episode 2 review". Den of Geek. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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