
Lydia Leonard
Born
1981-12-05
Place of birth
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lydia Leonard (born 5 December 1980) is a British actress. She was born in Paris to an Irish mother, a teacher, and Anglo-French father, a financial accountant; she lived in France until the age of five. Originally, Leonard wanted to be a barrister, which she considers to be a profession very similar to acting onstage. Her first acting role was in Nativity spectacle in school, where she played King Herod. Leonard went from Bedales School to graduate from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2003, and then won a BBC Radio Drama Carleton Hobbs bursary. ...
Known for

Last Christmas
Marta Andrich

The Crown
Cherie Blair

Rome
Julia

The Fifth Estate
Alex Lang

Absentia
Laurie Colson

Midsomer Murders
Phoebe Frears

River
Marianne King

Gentleman Jack
Mariana Lawton

Pretty Lethal
Miss Thorna

Wolf Hall
Jane Rochford

Spooks
Martha Ford

Ashes to Ashes
Sara Templeton

Foyle's War
Marion Greenwood

Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon
Katie

Down Cemetery Road
Defence Minister Talia Ross