Makenzie Leigh

Makenzie Leigh
Leigh in 2016
Born	(1990-08-08) August 8, 1990 Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, director, producer, writer
Years active	2011–present

Makenzie Leigh (born August 8, 1990) is an American actress, noted for playing the protagonist's romantic interest in Ang Lee's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016).

Early life

Leigh was born in Dallas, Texas on August 8, 1990. While attending NYU, she took an acting class in an effort to improve her work in a writing class, hoping to better understand how actors develop characters.

Career

Between 2011 and 2016, Leigh appeared in episodes of eight different television series, as well as three feature films.

Her first major role came as Liza in the first season of the Batman prequel television series Gotham (2014–2015). She was also featured in a regular role in the 2015 television miniseries The Slap, a remake of the Australian series of the same name.

Leigh played a supporting role in the film James White (2015) and played a small part in Mozart in the Jungle.

Leigh had a prominent role as Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Faison Zorn, Billy Lynn's romantic fixation, in the Ang Lee-directed film Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016), noted for being the first feature film using an extra high frame rate of 120 frames per second, as well as having been shot in 3D with 4K resolution.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Girls Against Boys	Crying Girl
2015	James White	Jayne
2016	Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk	Faison Zorn
2018	The Vanishing Princess	The Princess	also director, co-producer and writer
2019	The Assistant	Ruby

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Lana Mills	Episode: "Double Strands"
2013	Deception	Young Vivian	Recurring role; 3 episodes
2013	The Good Wife	Rainey Selwin	Episode: "Rape: A Modern Perspective"
2013	Unforgettable	Celine Emminger	Guest role; 2 episodes
2014-2015	Gotham	Liza	Recurring role; 7 episodes
2014	Mozart in the Jungle	Addison	Guest role; 2 episodes
2015	The Slap	Connie	Main role; 8 episodes
2015	The Knick	Amy O'Connor	Guest role; 2 episodes

External links

• Makenzie Leigh at IMDb
• Makenzie Leigh article in Vanity Fair Magazine
• Makenzie Leigh article in InStyle Magazine