Rose Leslie

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Rose Leslie
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Leslie at the 2014 ComicCon
Born Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie
(1987-02-09) 9 February 1987 (age 37)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Residence London, UK[1]
Occupation Actress
Years active 2005–present
Agent Hamilton Hodell[2]
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2]
Partner(s) Kit Harington (2012–present)

Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie[3] (born 9 February 1987),[3] known professionally as Rose Leslie, is a Scottish actress. After winning a Scottish BAFTA for Best Acting Performance for her role in New Town, she rose to fame as Ygritte in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones and Gwen Dawson in the ITV drama series Downton Abbey.

Early life

Leslie was born in a noble family in Aberdeen, Scotland.[4] She was raised at Lickleyhead Castle in Aberdeenshire, her family's 15th century ancestral seat.[5] Her father, Sebastian Arbuthnot-Leslie, is the Aberdeenshire Chieftain of Clan Leslie and her mother is Candida Mary Sibyl "Candy" Leslie (née Weld) of Clan Fraser, great-granddaughter of Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat (a descendant of Charles II).[6] Her family presently owns the 12th century Warthill Castle in Scotland's Old Rayne.[7][8][9]

Leslie is the third of five children and describes growing up together as "important. We are a big, close family."[10] Jokingly, she recalls having middle child syndrome and being the family's only redhead and "the sole ‘ginger’ in a 40-mile radius at school" as the predispositions in her desire to become an actress where "different was O.K."[10] She was educated at Rayne North School and then Millfield School in Street, Somerset,[11] before spending three years at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[12]

Career

Leslie was heavily involved in plays at LAMDA, starring in stage productions such as Uncle Vanya, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Country Wife, as well as a stint on BBC Radio narrating The British Slave Trade: Abolition, Parliament and People. Her experiences allowed her to receive a BASSC certificate in stage combat and master diction in various dialects, which would prove useful in later roles. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts hons in 2008.[12]

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.[13][14]

In September and October 2010, she became the lead in Nell Leyshon's infamous play Bedlam held at Globe Theatre.[15] 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.[16][17] The Daily Telegraph's Charles Spencer praised her performance, commenting, "Leslie proves genuinely poignant."[18] Her break-through role came as Gwen Dawson, a housemaid, in the first series (2010–11) of the ITV television drama Downton Abbey.[19]

In 2011, while on Downton Abbey, Leslie briefly appeared in two episodes of the British drama series Case Histories.[20][21]

In 2012, she was cast in the popular HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones.[22] For her role as wildling Ygritte in seasons two, three and four, Leslie was met with major acclaim. The A.V. Club's Rowan Kaiser stated: "As Ygritte, [Rose] is both dangerous and flirtatious, and it’s fun to watch."[23] Den of Geek's David Crow exclaimed, "A complicated character [...] Rose Leslie devours the screen."[24] In 2013, Vox.com's Todd 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,"[25] whilst The Atlantic's Christopher Orr summed her portrayal in 2014's 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."[26]

While on Game of Thrones, Leslie appeared in the 2012 drama film Now Is Good alongside Dakota Fanning[27] and in episodes of ITV detective television series Vera,[28] Channel 4 conspiracy drama Utopia[29] and BBC One's comedy series Blandings.[30]

From October to November 2014, she top-billed in the four-part mini-series The Great Fire.[31] She then starred in the horror film Honeymoon with Harry Treadaway.[32] She has since played DS Emma Lane in the BBC detective drama Luther with Idris Elba with positive response[33] and starred alongside Vin Diesel and Elijah Wood in the 2015 action adventure/fantasy film The Last Witch Hunter.[34][35] In 2016, she will portray the character of Athena in Sticky Notes with Goodfellas's Ray Liotta.[36]

Personal life

Leslie is fluent in French, having lived in France for three years. While working as an actress, she resided in Battersea, London[10] until relocating to North London.[37] She often professes to missing her hometown, saying: "Aberdeen... in the middle of the countryside, all trees and nature.[37] [...] My parents would send us out for the day, we had lots of freedom. Going back is still an escape![38] [...] I feel very much at peace in Scotland."[37]

She is an avid runner and enjoys rock climbing, cooking,[39] skiing, archery and tennis.[10][12]

Leslie has been in an on-and-off relationship with Game of Thrones co-star Kit Harington since 2012. They confirmed their relationship in 2016.[40][41][42]

Filmography

Television

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Leslie in 2013 for Game of Thrones Comic-Con panel
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Banged Up Abroad Kim Episode: "Lima"
2010, 2015 Downton Abbey Gwen Dawson Series 1 – main role
2011 Case Histories Laura Wyre
2012 Vera Lena Holgate Episode: "The Ghost Position"
2012–2014 Game of Thrones Ygritte Season 2 – recurring role
(debuts in "The Old Gods and the New")
Season 3 – main role
Season 4 – main role
2014 Blandings Niagra Donaldson Episode: "Custody of the Pumpkin"
Utopia Young Milner Episode #2.1
The Great Fire Sarah Farriner miniseries
2015 Luther DS Emma Lane Series 4 – main role

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2009 New Town Rhian
2012 Now Is Good Fiona
2014 Honeymoon Bea
2015 The Last Witch Hunter Chloe
2016 Sticky Notes Athena
Morgan Amy Filming

Theatre

Year Title Venue / Touring Theatre Director Ref
2005
–
2015
 Mixed Up North Touring
Wilton's Music Hall
Octagon Theatre		 Max Stafford-Clark
[12]
Romeo and Juliet Love and Madness Company John Link
Can-Can LAMDA Anne Durham
Pericles Rodney Cottier
The Learned Ladies Jenny Lipman
The Caucasian Chalk Circle Touring
Out of Joint Theatre Company
MacOwan Theatre		 John Baxter
Breaking Barriers in Burnley Out of Joint Theatre Company Robin Soans & Clark
Uncle Vanya LAMDA Colin Cook
Antigone Mark Bell
The Children's Monologues Royal Court Theatre Danny Boyle
Bedlam Globe Theatre Nell Leyshon

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2009 British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards Best Acting Performance New Town Won [13]
2013 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
(shared with the cast)		 Game of Thrones Nominated [43]

Ancestry

Leslie's ancestors include French Hugenot Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps De Lisle, politician Charles March-Phillipps and MOP James Grimston, 3rd Earl of Verulam. Her great-great grandfather was Guillermo de Landa y Escandón, who served as Mayor of Mexico City.[44] She is cousin-in-law to the British historian William Dalrymple (FRAS).[45]

Family of Rose Leslie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. E. L. Stainton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Captain Anthony Thomas Stainton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Sebastian Arbuthnot-Leslie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. William Arbuthnot-Leslie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Mary Luz Arbuthnot-Leslie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Guillermo de Landa y Escandon, Governor of Mexico City
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Maria de la Luz de Landa y Osio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Sofía de Ossio y del Barrio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Rose Leslie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Humphrey Frederick Weld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Filumena March Philipps
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Lt-Col Humphrey Joseph Giles Weld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Edmond de Poher de la Poer, 1st Count de la Poer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Elinor Mary Trifine de Poher de la Poer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Hon. Mary Olivia Augusta Monsell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Candida Mary Weld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Hon Alastair Thomas Joseph Fraser
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Alice Mary Weld-Blundell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Frances Mary Fraser
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. James Grimston, 3rd Earl of Verulam
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Lady Sibyl Grimston
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Margaret Frances Graham
 
 
 
 
 
 

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