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'''Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie''' (born 9 February 1987),<ref name="tvg">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/rose-leslie/375661/|title=Rose Leslie|publisher=[[TV Guide|TVGuide.com]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913092919/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/rose-leslie/375661|archivedate=13 September 2015|deadurl=no|accessdate=4 April 2016}}</ref> known professionally as '''Rose Leslie''', is a Scottish actress. After winning a [[BAFTA Scotland|Scottish BAFTA for Best Acting Performance]] for her role in ''New Town'', she rose to fame as [[List of Downton Abbey characters#Gwen Dawson|Gwen Dawson]] in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] drama series ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' and as [[Ygritte]] in the [[HBO]] fantasy series ''[[Game of Thrones]]''. She currently stars as Maia Rindell in the [[CBS All Access]] legal and political drama ''[[The Good Fight]]''.
[https://frama.link/a5M7rfMF '''Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie''' (born 9 February 1987),]<ref name="tvg">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/rose-leslie/375661/|title=Rose Leslie|publisher=[[TV Guide|TVGuide.com]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913092919/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/rose-leslie/375661|archivedate=13 September 2015|deadurl=no|accessdate=4 April 2016}}</ref> [https://frama.link/a5M7rfMF known professionally as '''Rose Leslie''', is a Scottish actress. After winning a Scottish BAFTA for 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 currently stars as Maia Rindell in the CBS All Access legal and political drama ''The Good Fight''.]


==Early life and ancestry==
==Early life and ancestry==

Revision as of 13:39, 24 June 2018

Rose Leslie
Leslie in 2013
Born
Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie

(1987-02-09) 9 February 1987 (age 37)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Alma materLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (BA)
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present
AgentHamilton Hodell[1]
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1]
Spouse
​
(m. 2018)​

Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie (born 9 February 1987),[3] known professionally as Rose Leslie, is a Scottish actress. After winning a Scottish BAFTA for 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 currently stars as Maia Rindell in the CBS All Access legal and political drama The Good Fight.

Early life and ancestry

Leslie was born to a noble family in Aberdeen, Scotland.[4] She was raised at Lickleyhead Castle in Aberdeenshire, her family's 15th century ancestral seat.[5] 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, whose maternal great-grandfather was Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat, and descendant of Charles II of Scotland and England.[6] Another maternal great grandfather was Frederick Weld, the sixth Prime Minister of New Zealand. She has four siblings. Her family currently resides at the 12th century Warthill Castle in Scotland's Old Rayne.[7][8][9] Her great-great grandfather was Don Guillermo de Landa y Escandon, who served as Mayor of Mexico City,[10] and she is also cousin-in-law to the British historian, William Dalrymple (FRAS).[11] Leslie's ancestors include French Huguenot 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 the private school Millfield in Street, Somerset,[12] before spending three years at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[13]

Career

Leslie studied at LAMDA, and 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.[13]

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.[14][15]

In September and October 2010, she became the lead in Nell Leyshon's infamous play Bedlam held at Globe Theatre.[16] 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.[17][18] The Daily Telegraph's Charles Spencer praised her performance, commenting, "Leslie proves genuinely poignant."[19] Her break-through role came as Gwen Dawson, a housemaid, in the first series (2010–11) of the ITV television drama Downton Abbey.[20] In 2011, while on Downton Abbey, Leslie briefly appeared in two episodes of the British drama series Case Histories.[21][22]

Leslie in 2013 for Game of Thrones Comic-Con panel
Leslie in 2013 for Game of Thrones Comic-Con panel

In 2012, she was cast in the popular HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones.[23] For her role as wildling Ygritte in seasons two, three and four, Leslie was met with major acclaim. The A.V. Club's Rowan Kaiser stated: "As Ygritte, [Rose] is both dangerous and flirtatious, and it's fun to watch."[24] Den of Geek's David Crow exclaimed, "A complicated character [...] Rose Leslie devours the screen."[25] In 2013, Vox.com's Todd 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,"[26] 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."[27]

While on Game of Thrones, Leslie appeared in the 2012 drama film Now Is Good alongside Dakota Fanning[28] and in episodes of ITV detective television series Vera,[29] Channel 4 conspiracy drama Utopia[30] and BBC One's comedy series Blandings.[31]

From October to November 2014, she top-billed in the four-part mini-series The Great Fire.[32] She then starred in the horror film Honeymoon with Harry Treadaway.[33] She has since played DS Emma Lane in the BBC detective drama Luther with Idris Elba with positive response[34] and starred alongside Vin Diesel and Elijah Wood in the 2015 action adventure/fantasy film The Last Witch Hunter.[35][36] In 2016, she portrayed the character of Athena in Sticky Notes with Ray Liotta.[37]

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.[38]

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.[39]

Personal life

Leslie is fluent in French, having lived in France for three years. While working as an actress, she resided in Battersea, London, until relocating to North London.[40] She often professes to miss her hometown, saying: "Aberdeen... in the middle of the countryside, all trees and nature.[40] ... I feel very much at peace in Scotland".[40]

Leslie began an on-off relationship with Game of Thrones co-star Kit Harington in 2012. They announced their engagement through The Times in September 2017.[41][42][43][44] Their wedding was held on 23 June 2018.[45] They married at Rayne Church in Aberdeenshire, and the reception was held at nearby Wardhill Castle, which is owned by Leslie's family. Game of Thrones co-stars Peter Dinklage, Emilia Clarke, Sophie Turner, and Maisie Williams were in attendance.[46]

Politics and other interests

Rose Leslie declared her support in favour of Scotland remaining a devolved part of the United Kingdom during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign.[47] At the 2015 UK general election, Leslie campaigned with the Conservatives in her local constituency of Gordon, Aberdeenshire.[48] Her father, Sebastian Leslie, was elected to serve as a Conservative Councillor on Aberdeenshire Council as part of the 2017 Council elections, representing the West Garioch ward on the Council.[49]

She is an avid runner and enjoys rock climbing, cooking,[50] skiing, archery and tennis.[13]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director Notes Ref(s)
2012 Now Is Good Fiona Ol Parker [28]
2014 Honeymoon Bea Leigh Janiak [33]
2015 The Last Witch Hunter Chloe Breck Eisner [35]
2016 The Last Dance Athena Amanda Sharp US title: Sticky Notes [37]
Morgan Dr. Amy Menser Luke Scott [51]

Television

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2008 Banged Up Abroad Kim Channel 5 Episode: "Lima" [52]
2009 New Town Rhian BBC Television film [14]
2010, 2015 Downton Abbey Gwen Dawson ITV 8 episodes [21]
2011 Case Histories Laura Wyre BBC 2 episodes [21]
2012 Vera Lena Holgate ITV Episode: "The Ghost Position" [29]
2012–2014 Game of Thrones Ygritte HBO 17 episodes [23]
2014 Blandings Niagra Donaldson BBC One Episode: "Custody of the Pumpkin" [31]
2014 Utopia Young Milner Channel 4 Episode #2.1 [30]
2014 The Great Fire Sarah Farriner ITV 4 episodes [32]
2015 Luther DS Emma Lane BBC One 2 episodes [34]
2016 Revolting Rhymes Red Riding Hood BBC One 2 animated episodes
2017–present The Good Fight Maia Rindell CBS All Access Main role [38]

Theatre

Year Title Venue / Touring Theatre Director Ref
2005–2015 Mixed Up North Touring
Wilton's Music Hall
Octagon Theatre 		Max Stafford-Clark [13]
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
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
[14]
2013 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
(shared with the cast) 		Game of Thrones Nominated
[53]

Ancestry

References

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  6. ^ Smith, Emma. "Aberdeenshire castle where Game of Thrones star Rose Leslie was born is put on the market for £1.3 million". dailyrecord. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
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