1. Rose Leslie portrayed Gwen Dawson in the ITV drama series Downton Abbey and Ygritte in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones.
19 Facts About Rose Leslie
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Rose Leslie 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.
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Rose Leslie's mother is Candida Mary Sibyl "Candy" Leslie of Clan Fraser of Lovat, whose maternal great-grandfather was Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat and a descendant of King Charles II.
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Rose Leslie was first educated at Rayne North School in Aberdeenshire.
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Rose Leslie won a BASSC certificate in stage combat and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in 2008.
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Rose Leslie worked for BBC Radio narrating The British Slave Trade: Abolition, Parliament and People.
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In 2011, while on Downton Abbey, Rose Leslie briefly appeared in two episodes of the British drama series Case Histories.
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In 2016, Rose Leslie was cast in The Good Fight, a CBS All Access legal drama and spin off of The Good Wife.
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Rose Leslie plays Maia Rindell, a young lawyer who just passed the bar exam and whose family is involved in a financial scam, destroying her reputation.
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In 2017 Rose Leslie provided the voice for the female protagonist "En" in the video game Echo, a game by Copenhagen-based game developer Ultra Ultra.
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In October 2019 Rose Leslie was cast as Louise Bourget in Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel Death on The Nile.
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In January 2020, Rose Leslie joined the cast of BBC's and World Productions's drama series Vigil, which premiered in 2021.
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In February 2021, Rose Leslie was cast in HBO's The Time Traveler's Wife TV series based on the novel by Audrey Niffenegger, starring as Clare Abshire alongside Theo James as Henry DeTamble.
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Rose Leslie became fluent in French while living with her family in France during her pre-adolescent years.
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In 2011, Rose Leslie began dating Kit Harington, who played her love interest, Jon Snow, in Game of Thrones.
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In September 2020, Rose Leslie posed for a magazine photo shoot while visibly pregnant.
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Rose Leslie supported Scotland remaining as part of the United Kingdom during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign.
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Rose Leslie is a runner and enjoys rock climbing, cooking, skiing, archery, and tennis.
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Rose Leslie is a patron of the charity Firefly International.