Rose Leslie's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Game of Thrones Ygritte Downton Abbey (UK) Gwen Dawson The Good Fight Maia

Main Movie Roles

BIOGRAPHY:

Rose Leslie (born February 9, 1987) in Aberdeen, and grew up in Lickleyhead Castle, her family's 15th century ancestral seat, before moving to England for school. Her father is Sebastian Arbuthnot-Leslie,and her mother is Candida Mary Sibyl "Candy" Leslie (née Weld). Leslie is the third of five children. Her parents own the 12th century Warthill Castle in Aberdeenshire. Her great-great grandfather was Guillermo de Landa y Escandón, who served as Mayor of Mexico City. She was educated at the local primary school in Aberdeenshire, and then the private Millfield School in England, before spending three years at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating with a BA in 2008.

Leslie made her debut in the 2009 television film New Town, for which she won the Scottish BAFTA for Best Acting Performance – New Talent Award. In September and October 2010, she appeared at the Globe Theatre in Nell Leyshon's play Bedlam. She appeared as Gwen Dawson, a housemaid, in the first series of the 2010 ITV television drama Downton Abbey. In 2012, she began playing the wildling Ygritte in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones.


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