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My Take
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.
Overview
Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie (born 9 February 1987) is a Scottish actress. She portrayed Gwen Dawson in the ITV drama series Downton Abbey and Ygritte in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones. She played Maia Rindell in three seasons of the CBS All Access legal and political drama The Good Fight and starred as Clare Abshire in HBO's The Time Traveler's Wife.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / stage actor / aristocrat
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.