Lydia Leonard
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BIO
THEATRE INCLUDES: Onassis (Novello); Time and the Conways (National Theatre); Let There Be Love (Tricycle); Frost/Nixon (Gielgud/ Donmar); Hecuba (RSC) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bristol Old Vic).
TELEVISION INCLUDES: “Lucan,†“Ambassadors,†“Da Vinci’s Demons,†“Whitechapel,†“Law & Order: UK,†“Spooks,†“Casualty 1909,†“The 39 Steps,†“Ashes to Ashes,†“Margaret Thatcher,†“Casualty 1907,†“The Line of Beauty,†“Jericho,†“Rome,†“Foyle’s War†and “Midsomer Murders.â€
FILM INCLUDES: The Fifth Estate, Legendary, Born of War, Archipelago, True and True Lie.
RADIO INCLUDES: Sword of Honour, Arms and the Man, The Seagull, Our Country’s Good and Shylock. Lydia was a winner of the BBC Carleton Hobbs Bursary.
STAGE CREDITS
Movies
[ 2006 ] Dana
[ 2010 ] Cynthia
[ 2013 ] Alex Lang
[ 2013 ] Katie
[ 2014 ] Olivia
[ 2019 ] Marta
TV Shows
Laurie Colson, Journalist, Logan Brandt
Mariana Lawton
Jane Rochford
Esme Wren
Lady Pandora
Clarice
Lucy Holgate
Awards and Nominations
Lydia Leonard, Wolf Hall, Parts One & Two
Lydia Leonard, Wolf Hall
Lydia Leonard, Wolf Hall, Parts One & Two
Lydia Leonard, Wolf Hall, Parts One & Two
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Lydia Leonard has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows.
Lydia Leonard has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
Lydia Leonard's first West End show was Oslo which opened in 2017
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Wolf Hall, Parts One & Two, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Wolf Hall, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Wolf Hall, Parts One & Two and Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Wolf Hall, Parts One & Two.
Videos