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Lydia Leonard
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Lydia Leonard
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1981-12-05,Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Gender
Female
Biography
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. Her radio credits include playing Lady Mabel in a twelve-part adaptation of Anthony Trollope's series of political novels, and Goodwill in The Pilgrim's Progress. On television she had an ongoing role in 50s-set detective series Jericho starring Robert Lindsay, and appeared in True True Lie (2006) and The Long Walk to Finchley (2008), along with a cameo in Rome (2006, The Stolen Eagle), and as a nurse in the BBC's Casualty 1909. Leonard appeared on stage as Polyxena in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hecuba starring Vanessa Redgrave and alongside Francesca Annis in the National Theatre's production of Time and the Conways. In 2005 Leonard appeared as Caroline Cushing in the original Donmar Theatre and West End productions of Frost/Nixon. In 2008 Leonard played a major role in the BBC re-make of The 39 Steps. Part of the Christmas scheduling, its first showing was the most watched program on BBC One on that day. Leonard starred as Cynthia in Joanna Hogg's 2010 feature film Archipelago. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lydia Leonard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

5.7

Archipelago
2011-03-04

6.511

The 39 Steps
2008-12-28

4.533

True True Lie
2006-01-01

Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon

4.1

Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon
2013-05-16

Northern Comfort

5.414

Northern Comfort
2023-08-09

3.9

Born of War
2013-12-05

0

Playdate
2013-04-18

The Fifth Estate

6.014

The Fifth Estate
2013-10-11

The Prevailing Winds

0

The Prevailing Winds
2016-10-01

7.196

Last Christmas
2019-11-07

Hilary Mantel: Return to Wolf Hall

7.5

Hilary Mantel: Return to Wolf Hall
2020-03-07

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley

6.7

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
2008-06-12

All These Men That I've Done

0

All These Men That I've Done
2021-09-07

6.807

Pretty Lethal
2026-03-13

8.23

Rome
2005-08-28

7.861

Foyle's War
2002-10-27

7.333

Jericho
2005-10-16

6.4

Red Election
2021-10-03

Life In Squares

6.526

Life In Squares
2015-07-27

8.184

The Crown
2016-11-04

The Line of Beauty

6.741

The Line of Beauty
2006-05-17

5.6

Ten Percent
2022-04-28

7.5

Quacks
2017-08-15

Apple Tree Yard

6.38

Apple Tree Yard
2017-01-22

7.816

Gentleman Jack
2019-04-22

7.715

Spooks
2002-05-13

7.1

Lucan
2013-12-11

7.244

Absentia
2017-09-25

Midsomer Murders

7.457

Midsomer Murders
1997-03-23

We Are Lady Parts

7.544

We Are Lady Parts
2021-05-20

7.701

Ashes to Ashes
2008-02-07

Flesh and Blood

6.036

Flesh and Blood
2020-02-24

A Very Royal Scandal

6.587

A Very Royal Scandal
2024-09-19

McDonald & Dodds

7.605

McDonald & Dodds
2020-03-01

7.444

Wolf Hall
2015-01-21

7.407

River
2015-10-13

Down Cemetery Road

6.83

Down Cemetery Road
2025-10-29

A Woman of Substance

7.9

A Woman of Substance
2026-03-11

6.63

Secret Service
2026-04-27

The Portrait of a Lady

0

The Portrait of a Lady

0

Embassy