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Leah Lewis
Born (1996-12-09) December 9, 1996 (age 27)
Shanghai, China
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present

Leah Lewis (born December 9, 1996[1][2][3]) is an American actress who began her career as a child actress. She is best known for her roles as Ellie Chu in the 2020 Netflix film The Half of It and as Georgia "George" Fan in The CW series adaptation of Nancy Drew.[4]

Early life and education

Lewis was adopted from an orphanage in Shanghai, China when she was eight months old and raised in Windermere, Florida.[5] Her younger sister Lydia (non-biologically related) was later adopted from the same orphanage. Their parents, Frederick and Lorraine Lewis are both realtors.[6]

Leah discovered performing arts at Crenshaw School in Orlando, Florida. She also attended Thornebrooke Elementary School in Ocoee, Florida; she also attended Southwest Middle School in Orlando, Florida as well as Gotha Middle School. She and her mother moved back and forth between Los Angeles and Orlando during her teen years. At 17, she went back to Orlando to finish high school at Olympia High School and then moved back to Los Angeles by herself at 20.[7]

Career

At a young age, Lewis started booking commercials. Once her family moved to Los Angeles, she acted in the 2012 Nickelodeon film, Fred 3: Camp Fred as the character Spoon.[7]

In 2013, she auditioned for the fourth season of The Voice, singing "Blown Away" by Carrie Underwood. None of the coaches turned their chairs, meaning that Leah did not make it onto the show.[5][8]

In 2015 and 2016, she was featured in Disney shows Best Friends Whenever as well as Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything.[7] She also was a main character on season 2 of the Michelle Trachtenberg-produced gq40 web series, Guidance.[9]

Once she moved back to Los Angeles after graduating from high school, she began booking roles in TV shows like Station 19 and The Good Doctor.[7]

Lewis had a recurring role in The CW series Charmed. She then later joined the main cast of another The CW show, a 2019 TV adaptation of Nancy Drew on which she plays Georgia "George" Fan, based on the original character George Fayne.[7]

Her first major film role was as the lead character, Ellie Chu, in the 2020 Netflix film, The Half of It.[10][1][11]

Personal life

Beyond acting, Lewis sings, plays guitar, and does photography.[12][13] In May 2016, she began dating singer/actor, Payson Lewis.[14][15] The couple coincidentally share the same last name.[16][17]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Lullaby Young Alice Short film
2006 Circumstance Vietnamese Girl Short film
2007 Nanking Banner Girl
2007 Gua zi Mei Short film
2020 The Half of It Ellie Chu
2020 How to Deter a Robber Heather Williams

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 The New Adventures of Old Christine Tess Episode: "The Passion of the Christine"
2006 Paloozaville Leah
2012 Fred 3: Camp Fred Spoon Television film
2012 Madison High Peyton Hall Pilot
2013 The Voice Herself - Contestant Blind Auditions
2015–2016 Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything Lika 2 episodes
2016 Best Friends Whenever Alex Episode: "Girl Code" 
2018 Playing Dead Cassie Pilot
2018 Light as a Feather Gabby Darwish Episode: "Innocent as a Lamb" 
2018 The Good Doctor Katherine "Kitty" Kwon Episode: "Tough Titmouse"
2018 Charmed Angela Wu 3 episodes
2018–2019 Station 19 Shannon 2 episodes
2019 The Gifted Young Clarice Episode: "hoMe"
2019–present Nancy Drew Georgia "George" Fan Main role

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Sing It! Sophie Chu Recurring role; 6 episodes
2016 Teens React Herself 2 episodes
2016 Guidance Liddy Main role (season 2)
2018 My Dead Ex Amber Episode: "The Z Word" 

Music videos

Song Year Artist Notes
"Love Generation" 2005 Bob Sinclar featuring Gary Pine [18]
"Incontrami" 2018 Laci Kay Somers

Awards and nominations

  Year   Award   Category   Work   Result  Ref.
2013 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries, Special or Pilot - Leading Actress Fred 3: Camp Fred Nominated [19]
2016 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Actress Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything Nominated [20]
2016 Young Entertainer Awards Best Guest Starring Young Actress - Television Series Best Friends Whenever Nominated [21]

References

  1. ^ a b Feller, Madison (2020-05-02). "'The Half Of It' Star Leah Lewis Really Wanted to Cry During That Dumpling Scene". ELLE. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  2. ^ leahmlewis (December 9, 2018). "Turning 22 means CHAAANGGGE. This is the year. Low key, last year was the year too. 21 brought so much love into my life. The growth is worth a smile and a half. The experiences exceeded what I'd ever expect the year to have had, and the people have made my last year feel like the best most entertaining rom-com. I am so happy and so grateful to experience life. Thank you. Here's a ridiculous video of me ripping off my 21 year old skin". Instagram.
  3. ^ "Payson Lewis on Instagram: "the absolute happiest of birthdays goes out to this spectacular cosmic ray of star shine; the one that keeps this big goofy smile glued to…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  4. ^ "Leah Lewis - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  5. ^ a b "The Voice 2013". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  6. ^ Mason, Aiden. "10 Things You Didn't Know about Leah Lewis". TVOvermind. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d e Freed, Tim (January 2, 2020). "Actress Leah Lewis discovered her passion while growing up in Windermere". Orange Observer. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  8. ^ Phillips, Hedy (2020-04-27). "Leah Lewis Auditioned For The Voice". POPSUGAR Celebrity. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  9. ^ "Guidance - TV Review". www.commonsensemedia.org. 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  10. ^ Vlessing, Etan. "Leah Lewis, Alexxis Lemire to Star in Alice Wu's 'The Half of It' Teen Romance for Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  11. ^ "Netflix's "The Half of It" Star Leah Lewis Explains Why Ellie Chu's Story Is Vital to the Coming-of-Age Canon". Teen Vogue. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  12. ^ Phillips, Hedy (2020-04-27). "Leah Lewis Is a Budding Photographer". POPSUGAR Celebrity. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  13. ^ "Ellie Chu in 'The Half of It' Is Leah Lewis' Breakout Role". Distractify. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  14. ^ "Leah Lewis on Instagram: "1 year down, forever to go. @paysonlewis"". Instagram. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  15. ^ Phillips, Hedy (2020-04-27). "Leah Lewis Has Been With Her Boyfriend For Years". POPSUGAR Celebrity. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  16. ^ "5 things to know about Leah Lewis, star of Netflix's The Half of It". South China Morning Post. 2020-05-08. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  17. ^ "Who is Leah Lewis dating? Is Payson Lewis her boyfriend?". PopBuzz. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  18. ^ "Leah Lewis's Tweet". Twitter. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  19. ^ "34th Annual Young Artist Awards - Nominations / Special Awards". archive.is. 2016-04-17. Archived from the original on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  20. ^ "Nominations » Young Artist Awards". 2016-04-24. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  21. ^ "Young Entertainer Awards Submissions". www.youngentertainerawards.org. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
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