Leila Mimmack (born 5 November 1993) is an English actress.
Early life
Mimmack was born on 5 November 1993 in
Leamington Spa to parents Maddy Kerr and Peter Mimmack, who run the Heartbreak Productions theatre company in Spencer Yard, Leamington. Mimmack went to Stratford-upon-Avon College.
During her eight year at school Mimmack's teacher described the destruction of the rainforest, which had a big effect on her. Mimmack later became a climate change campaigner and attended rallies and marches. When she was 19 she moved to a narrowboat moored in
Hackney Marshes, partly because of environmental reasons.
Career
Her first success as an actress came in 2008 when she won the "Best Teenage Actress" Award at the "Growing Talent Convention" in Paris, beating 300 competitors.
Her first television appearance was in 2010 when she appeared in the BBC series
Doctors as Vanessa Finch. In 2011, she played the werewolf Christa in the
Being Human spin off
Becoming Human.
Furthermore, she could be seen in the mini series
Mayday, as the May queen Hattie, who disappeared when she was cycling towards the May Day parade.
She also appeared as a 17-year old Polish girl Dita in the television series
Inside Men.
In 2014 starred as the 19 year-old Brighton call-girl Blue in
The Sleeping Room.
In the same year she appeared as young Mary in
Son of God.
In the British thriller
Level Up she plays Anna who has been kidnapped by masked thugs.
In 2015, she got the role of Laura Campbell in
Home Fires, who has an affair with a married military officer.
Also in 2015, she played Rowenna Napier in Midwinter of the Spirit. In 2020, she returned to
Doctors in the recurring role of
Tanya Rees.
Filmography
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| episode 11x208 |
| episode 1x01 – 1x06 |
| episode 3770 |
| episode 26x28 |
| Web series, episode 1x01-1x08 |
| episode 1x02 |
| episode 13x39 |
| episode 1x01-1x04 |
| episode 6x03 |
| episode 1x01-1x05 |
| episode 1x01-1x06 |
| episode 7x06 |
| episode 1x06 |
| episode 2x01 |
| Episode: "Falling Angels" (2 parts) |
| episode 1x01-1x03 |
| episode 1x01-2x06 |
| episode 1x01, 1x03-1x06 |
| Recurring role |
Theatre
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| | | Daughter | Loft Theatre | Leamington Spa, United Kingdom |
| 2002 | Toad of Toad Hall | Ensemble | Loft Theatre | Leamington Spa, United Kingdom |
| 2002 | Richard III | Prince | Heartbreak Productions | |
| 2003 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Peaseblossom | Heartbreak Productions | |
| 2009 | As You Like it | Page | Heartbreak Productions | |
| 2010 | That Face | Mia | The Studio | Sheffield, United Kingdom |
| 2011 | A View From The Bridge | Catherine (Lead) | Royal Exchange | Manchester, United Kingdom |
| 2014 | Debris | Michelle (Lead) | Southwark Playhouse | London, United Kingdom |
| 2016 | The Winter's Tale | Perdita | Octagon Theatre | Bolton |
| 2016 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Mayella Ewell | Octagon Theatre | Bolton |
| 2019 | Richard III | Anne/Norfolk | Alexandra Palace (and UK Tour) | London, United Kingdom |
| 2019 | God's Dice | Edie | Soho Theatre | London, United Kingdom |
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