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Conor Leslie
Born
Conor Marie Leslie

(1991-04-10) April 10, 1991 (age 33)
Millburn, New Jersey
EducationMillburn High School
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present

Conor Marie Leslie (born April 10, 1991) is an American actress. She has been featured in starring roles in the series Klondike (2014), Other Space (2015), and Shots Fired (2017) and the film Chained (2012). Her television appearances also include recurring roles in The Man in the High Castle (2015–2018) and Graves (2016–2017). Since 2018, she guest stars as Donna Troy / Wonder Girl on Titans.

Early life

Leslie was born in Millburn, New Jersey.[1] Along with acting, Leslie developed an interest in photography.[2] She attended Millburn High School and graduated in 2008 as a junior.[1][3] After leaving high school, she moved to New York City.

Career

At age 15, Leslie began her career by acting in commercials and the unaired pilot for Spike Lee's M.O.N.Y. in 2007. Her television debut was in 2009 with a guest appearance on The Unusuals as Karen Delmonte, a hallucination of Detective Eric Delahoy's (Adam Goldberg) high school girlfriend. The following year, she played Eliza, a 17-year-old caught exposing herself on webcam in the series finale of Law & Order, Mia Caruso, a magazine intern potentially connected to a murder in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and flirtatious student Parker in 90210 and made her film debut in Beware the Gonzo as Amy, a popular high school student. Leslie's guest roles on television continued in 2011 with an appearance in No Ordinary Family as Chloe Cotten, a new friend of Daphne Nicole Powell (Kay Panabaker).

In 2012, Leslie portrayed Angie in the psychological thriller film Chained, a young woman abducted by a serial killer (Vincent D'Onofrio) to be murdered by his reluctant apprentice (Eamon Farren). DVD Talk reviewer Jamie S. Rich praised her performance and although critical of the overall film, wrote that Leslie played her character "with heartbreaking gravity".[4]

After being cast in the unaired pilot for Widow Detective, Leslie appeared in the series Rizzoli & Isles as Ms. Barlow, the law clerk of a murdered judge, and Revenge as Bianca, a maid working for the Grayson family, in 2013. She was also seen as enigmatic college student Greta in Campus Life, a 2013 film created for the website JumpView. A re-edited version of the film was later released to home media in 2015 as Campus Code.

Leslie landed her first series regular role as young prostitute Sabine in Klondike, a Discovery Channel miniseries about the Klondike Gold Rush.[5] The first scripted series broadcast by the Discovery Channel, it aired in early 2014. Leslie also played apparent kidnapping victim Kelly Donovan in an episode of Hawaii Five-0 and appeared in the film Parts per Billion as Des, a former girlfriend of Penn Badgley's character, during the year.

Leslie's on-screen appearances in 2015 began with The Man in the High Castle as Trudy Walker, the half-sister of Juliana Crain (Alexa Davalos). Although the character was killed in the first episode, she returned for the second and third seasons, where it was revealed that Trudy was still alive in a different timeline. Leslie went on to portray spaceship computer Natasha as a series regular in Yahoo! Screen's science fiction comedy Other Space.[6] Yahoo! Screen would be shut down the following year, preventing the series from being renewed for a second season. In addition to The Man in the High Castle and Other Space, she played Gwen Hollander, the fiancée of a socialite exploited by Tom Keen (Ryan Eggold) in the series The Blacklist, Mary Lowe, the sister of a woman believed to have been murdered by her husband in the series Major Crimes, and Nicole, an unrequited love interest of Ricky Mabe's character in the film Dirty Beautiful.

During 2016, Leslie was cast as Molly Parsons, a dating site employee with a secret in an episode of Elementary. She was later featured in a recurring role in Graves as Tasha Ludwig, a girlfriend of Jeremy Graves (Chris Lowell).

In 2017, Leslie played Sarah Ellis, the aide to fictional North Carolina Governor Patricia Eamons (Helen Hunt) in a regular role on Fox's miniseries Shots Fired.[7] Additionally, she portrayed suspected sexual assault victim Holly Greco in an episode of Gone and Amber, a young woman unaware of her boyfriend's (Steven Walden) homosexuality in the short film Down.

Leslie starred in Zelda Williams' short film Shrimp as Sasha, a dominatrix at a BDSM den. The short premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018 and is currently being developed as a series by Gunpowder & Sky.[8]

Later in the year, Leslie became the first actress to portray Donna Troy, the original Wonder Girl, in live action with her casting on the DC Universe series Titans.[9][10] Following the character's on-screen introduction in the self-titled eighth episode, Chancellor Agard of Entertainment Weekly described Leslie as "perfect as Donna" and wrote that Donna was "automatically [his] favorite thing about the show."[11]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Beware the Gonzo Amy
2012 Chained Angie
2014 Parts per Billion Des
2015 Dirty Beautiful Nicole
2015 Campus Code Greta
2017 Down Amber Short film
2018 Shrimp Sasha Short film
TBA Cicada 3301 Gwen Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 M.O.N.Y. Anabelle Capanelli Unaired pilot
2009 The Unusuals Karen Delmonte Episode: "The Circle Line"
2010 Law & Order Eliza Episode: "Rubber Room"
2010 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Mia Caruso Episode: "Traffic"
2010 90210 Parker Episode: "Catch Me If You Cannon"
2011 No Ordinary Family Chloe Cotten Episode: "No Ordinary Friends"
2012 Widow Detective Amanda Jaworski Unaired pilot
2013 Rizzoli & Isles Ms. Barlow Episode: "Judge, Jury and Executioner"
2013–2014 Revenge Bianca 3 episodes
2014 Klondike Sabine Main role
2014 Hawaii Five-0 Kelly Donovon Episode: "Ma lalo o ka 'ili"
2015–2018 The Man in the High Castle Trudy Walker Recurring
2015 Other Space Natasha Main role
2015 The Blacklist Gwen Hollander 2 episodes
2015 Major Crimes Mary Lowe Episode: "Blackout"
2016 Elementary Molly Parsons Episode: "To Catch a Predator Predator"
2016–2017 Graves Tasha Ludwig Recurring
2017 Shots Fired Sarah Ellis Main role
2017 Gone Holly Greco Episode: "Ride"
2018–present Titans Donna Troy Recurring 1, Main 2

References

  1. ^ a b Kelleher, Lindsey. "Scorsese visits college campus to direct movie". northjersey.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2016-03-25. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "ABOUT – Conor Leslie". Conor Leslie Photography. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  3. ^ "Cast & Crew - DIRTY BEAUTIFUL MOVIE". Dirty Beautiful Movie. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  4. ^ Rich, Jamie S. (2012-10-22). "Chained (Blu-ray)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  5. ^ "Klondike Review: Game of Thrones Richard Madden Thrives in the Gold Rush". Zap2It. 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved March 25, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Eastman, Marc (2015). "Other Space Review: Paul Feig Hopes To Kill In Space". Are You Screening. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  7. ^ Petski, Denise (February 22, 2016). "Conor Leslie To Co-Star In Shots Fired Fox Event Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  8. ^ Spangler, Todd (November 9, 2018). "Zelda Williams 'Shrimp' Short About BDSM Scene to Become Half-Hour Series With Gunpowder & Sky". Variety. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  9. ^ Mueller, Matthew (April 27, 2018). "New Titans Set Video Shows Robin and Wonder Girl in Action". comicbook.com. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  10. ^ Mistroff, Michael (April 27, 2018). "DC's Live-Action Titans Adds Conor Leslie As Wonder Girl". Heroic Hollywood. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  11. ^ Agard, Chancellor (November 30, 2018). "Titans recap: Season 1, Episode 8". EW.com. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
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