12 Facts About Leslee Udwin

Leslee Udwin was born on 1957 and is a Jewish British filmmaker, actress, director, producer, human rights activist, as well as being the founder and executive chair of Think Equal.

Leslee Udwin was born in Savyon, Israel, to a European Jewish family with roots in England, Germany and Lithuania.

Leslee Udwin's parents were religious Jews, but at the age of about 13, she rebelled against Judaism, particularly the morning prayer called Shacharit, in which men say, "I thank God that he did not make me a woman".

Leslee Udwin began her career as an actress at the Space Theatre in Cape Town, one of the only two integrated theatres in South Africa, playing in the Duchess of Malfi and Stephen Poliakoff's Hitting Town.

Leslee Udwin played Hyde's on-screen second wife in the contemporaneous historical legal drama series Shadow of the Noose.

Leslee Udwin started her production company, Assassin Films, in 1989.

Leslee Udwin's productions include the films East is East, Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution, and West is West, and the documentary India's Daughter.

Leslee Udwin's time spent creating award-winning documentary India's Daughter led Udwin to found UK and US education charity Think Equal, of which she is the CEO.

Leslee Udwin was voted by the NY Times the No 2 Most Impactful Woman of 2015, and has been awarded the prestigious Swedish Anna Lindh Human Rights Prize in 2015.

Leslee Udwin has been named Safe's Global Hero of 2015, and a Global Thinker by Foreign Policy.

Leslee Udwin has received the following national and international honours, listed by the date they were awarded:.

Leslee Udwin is married to her Eldorado co-star, Kim Romer, who played Per Svendsen.