Rose Leslie

TV Actress

Rose Leslie was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom on February 9th, 1987 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 37, Rose Leslie biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie
Date of Birth
February 9, 1987
Nationality
United Kingdom
Place of Birth
Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Age
37 years old
Zodiac Sign
Aquarius
Networth
$4 Million
Profession
Actor, Film Actor, Stage Actor
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Rose Leslie Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 37 years old, Rose Leslie has this physical status:

Height
168cm
Weight
53kg
Hair Color
Red
Eye Color
Blue
Build
Slim
Measurements
34-24-35" or 87-61-89 cm
Rose Leslie Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Rayne North Primary School, Millfield School
Rose Leslie Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Kit Harington
Children
1
Dating / Affair
Kit Harington (2011-Present)
Parents
Sebastian Arbuthnot-Leslie, Candida Mary Sibyl “Candy” Leslie
Siblings
She has 4 siblings – 2 are younger and 2 are older than her.
Other Family
Captain Anthony Thomas Stainton (Paternal Grandfather), Mary Luz Leslie Anda Arbuthnot-Leslie (Paternal Grandmother), Humphrey Joseph Giles Weld (Maternal Grandfather), Frances Mary Fraser (Maternal Grandmother), David Richard Harington (Father-In-Law) (Book Store Owner), Deborah Jane Catesby (Mother-In-Law) (Playwright), John Harington (Brother-In-Law)
Rose Leslie Life

Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie (born 9 February 1987) is a Scottish actress.

She rose to fame as Gwen Dawson in the ITV drama series Downton Abbey and as Ygritte in HBO's HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones after winning the Scottish BAFTA for Best Acting Performance for her role in New Town.

Maia Rindell appeared on CBS All Access's legal and political drama The Good Fight, a three-season series.

Early life and ancestry

Leslie was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and she was raised at Lickleyhead Castle, her family's 15th-century ancestral seat, where she lived until the age of 10. Sebastian Arbuthnot-Leslie, her father, is the Chieftain of the Aberdeenshire branch of the Scottish Clan Leslie family. Candida Mary Sibyl "Candy" Leslie, née Weld, is a daughter of King Charles II of Lovat. Leslie is a great-granddaughter of Frederick Weld, New Zealand's sixth prime minister, and her father, Don Guillermo Escandón, was a great-great-granddaughter of Don Guillermo Landa y Escandón, who served as governor of Mexico City. Ambrose Lisle, politician Charles March-Phillipps, and MP James Grimston, 3rd Earl of Verulam, are among Leslie's ancestors. Her family now lives at Old Rayne's 12th-century Wardhill Castle.

She was first educated at Rayne North School in Aberdeenshire. At 10, she went to Ermitage International School in Maisons-Laffitte, France, where her family lived for three years. On her return to the United Kingdom, she was sent to Millfield, a boarding school in Street, Somerset, before spending three years at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She earned a BASSC certificate in stage combat and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in 2008.

Personal life

During her pre-adolescent years, Leslie learned to speak French fluently. She lived in Battersea, London, before heading to North London, where she spent as an actor. "I feel really well at peace in Scotland," she says of missing Aberdeen.

Leslie began dating Kit Harington, who had previously expressed her love interest in Game of Thrones, in 2011. They married on June 23, 2018. Leslie posed for a magazine photo shoot in September 2020, looking remarkably pregnant. They were born in January 2021.

During the 2014 Scottish independence referendum referendum, Leslie supported Scotland's remaining as part of the United Kingdom. She campaigned with the Conservatives in Gordon's local constituency.

She is an endurance athlete who likes rock climbing, cooking, skiing, archery, and tennis.

Firefly International is a charity that supports refugees in the United States. All children, she says, should be able to grow up in peace."

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Rose Leslie Career

Career

Leslie worked for BBC Radio narrating The British Slave Trade: Abolition, Parliament and People.

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.

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

In 2012, she was cast in seasons two, three and four of the popular HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones as the wildling Ygritte. The A.V. Club's Rowan Kaiser stated: "As Ygritte, [Rose] is both dangerous and flirtatious, and it's fun to watch." Den of Geek's David Crow exclaimed, "A complicated character [...] Rose Leslie devours the screen." 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," whilst The Atlantic's Christopher Orr summed up her portrayal in the 2014 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."

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

From October to November 2014, she appeared in the four-part mini-series The Great Fire. She then starred in the horror film Honeymoon. She has since played DS Emma Lane in the BBC detective drama Luther with positive response and starred in the 2015 action adventure/fantasy film The Last Witch Hunter.

She and David Tennant recorded an audiobook version of Carmilla in 2015. In 2016, she portrayed the character of Athena in Sticky Notes.

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 young lawyer who just passed the bar exam and whose family is involved in a financial scam, destroying her reputation. The first episode aired in February 2017. In July 2019, it was revealed that Leslie would not return for the show's fourth season.

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.

In October 2019 Leslie was cast as Louise Bourget in Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel Death on The Nile. The film was released on 11 February 2022.

In January 2020, Leslie joined the cast of BBC's and World Productions's drama series Vigil, which premiered in 2021.

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www.dailymail.co.uk, March 25, 2024
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When they attend the Nye press night at the National Theatre together, Kit Harington and Rose Leslie make a rare appearance together

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 7, 2024
On Wednesday, Kit Harington and Rose Leslie made their first appearance together at the press night and afterparty for Nye at London's National Theatre. The couple, who played hero Jon Snow and 'wildling' Ygitte in Game Of Thrones, were in good spirits as they mingled with fellow guests. Nye is Tim Price's play that tells the tale of a man's greatest achievements in life, from leading the fight to establish the NHS and campaigning in the coalfield.

Kit Harington & Rose Leslie, the Game Of Thrones actors, are expecting their first child

perezhilton.com, September 26, 2020
Kit Harington and Rose Leslie are officially going to be parents! The married couple, who notably met and fell in love alongside each other on Game Of Thrones, will soon be a party of three. For the newest issue of the United Kingdom's Make Magazine, the 33-year-old actress is pregnant, and she debuted the news by showing off her growing baby bump. Wow, we couldn’t be more excited for the cute pair!

Kit Harington & Rose Leslie Confirm Their Engagement With A Sweet (Yet Simple) Newspaper Announcement!

perezhilton.com, September 27, 2017
He really bent the knee!! Kit Harington and Rose Leslie have announced their engagement after five years together. According to a note in The Times on Tuesday, the Game Of Thrones actors revealed their betrothal with a note. How traditional!!Related: Arya Is Now One Of The Most Popular Baby Names In the forthcoming marriages section of the paper, the lovebirds shared: "The engagement has been revealed between Kit, the younger son of David and Deborah Harington of Worcestershire, and Rose, Sebastian's middle daughter and Candy Leslie of Aberdeenshire."

Are Kit Harington & Rose Leslie FINALLY Engaged?Sources Say A Real Life Game Of Thrones Wedding Is Coming!

perezhilton.com, September 26, 2017
Looks like he knows a thing or two after all! After five years of dating, Kit Harington and Rose Leslie have confirmed they are engaged. Related: Weirdest Game Of Thrones Fan Theories! According to various sources, the Game Of Thrones actress recently poked the question to the Scottish actress, who appeared on the HBO fantasy series in 2012. According to reports, the low key couple alerted friends and family last week of the good news but have yet to decide a date. Though Harington has apparently known for a while he’s been wanting to bend the knee to his red-headed paramour!Insiders told The Sun: They're yet to set a date, but they did remind their friends and relatives that they've been engaged last week. Kit's been wanting to marry Rose for ages, but he wanted them to have a house and settle down a bit first."