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11 Facts About Leah Gottfried

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Leah Gottfried was born on April 1991 and is an American actress and filmmaker, best known for creating and starring in the web series Soon By You.

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Leah Gottfried became interested in acting at age eight, and at 11 she began directing friends in recreations of her favorite TV episodes using her mother's camcorder.

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Leah Gottfried attended local Orthodox schools, where she was discouraged by teachers from pursuing an acting career.

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Leah Gottfried lived in Los Angeles for six years and attended Valley Torah High School.

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Leah Gottfried made her first major film appearance in the 2007 boxing comedy The Hammer, where she played a secretary.

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Leah Gottfried took a cinematography course at New York University as part of this major.

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Leah Gottfried founded her own production company, Dignity Entertainment, in 2011 while at Stern.

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Leah Gottfried has appeared onstage as Nora Morton in Brighton Beach Memoirs, Gert in Lost in Yonkers, and Anna in The Government Inspector.

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Leah Gottfried had a brief role in the 2021 Jewish dance comedy film Tango Shalom.

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In 2016, Leah Gottfried created the YouTube comedy web series Soon By You.

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Leah Gottfried is married to Isaiah Rothstein, a rabbi and musician who is the lead singer for the band Zayah and rabbi-in-residence at Hazon.