Rose Leslie

What fascinates me about Rose Leslie is the gap between her background and her roles. She grew up in genuine Scottish aristocracy, yet she made her name playing a housemaid in Downton Abbey and a wildling warrior in Game of Thrones, characters defined by grit rather than privilege. That tells me she chose acting for the craft, not the spotlight. Her Ygritte remains one of the most vivid supporting turns in modern television, fierce and funny in equal measure, and her later work in The Good Fight proved she can carry quieter, sharper material too. I consider her one of the most quietly reliable British actors of her generation.

Name (English)

Rose Leslie

Name (Japanese)

ローズ・レスリー

Reading

ろーず・れすりー

Born

February 9, 1987 (age 39)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rabbit

Origin

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Height

2 cm

Occupation

actor / film actor / stage actor / aristocrat

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.