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 +Film Year Title Role Notes 2011 Seamonsters Lori 2013 Game Susan 2014 Cold Comfort Michelle 2014 Son of God Young Mary 2014 Two Housemates 2014 Blue 2015 High-Rise Laura 2015 Level Up Anna
+Television Year Title Role Notes 2010 Doctors Vanessa Finch episode 11x208 2010 Married Single Other Gina episode 1x01 – 1x06 2010 EastEnders Katy episode 3770 2010 Zoe Richards episode 26x28 2011 Becoming Human Christa Web series, episode 1x01-1x08 2011 Jasmine episode 1x02 2011 Holby City Cady Green episode 13x39 2012 Inside Men Dita episode 1x01-1x04 2012 Lewis Yasmin Randall episode 6x03 2013 Mayday Caitlin / Hattie episode 1x01-1x05 2013 Frankie Paula Simms episode 1x01-1x06 2013 Law & Order UK Ruth Pendle episode 7x06 2013 Young Mary episode 1x06 2014 WPC 56 Tracey Nichols episode 2x01 2015 Silent Witness Lana Sutherland Episode: "Falling Angels" (2 parts) 2015 Midwinter of the Spirit Rowenna Napier episode 1x01-1x03 2015 Home Fires Laura Campbell episode 1x01-2x06 2017 Love, Lies and Records Marcia episode 1x01, 1x03-1x06 2020 Doctors Tanya Rees Recurring role
Theatre Year Title Role Theatre Location Sweeney Todd 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 2016The Winter's TalePerditaOctagon TheatreBolton 2016To Kill a MockingbirdMayella EwellOctagon TheatreBolton 2019Richard III Anne/Norfolk Alexandra Palace (and UK Tour)London, United Kingdom2019 God's Dice Edie Soho Theatre London, United Kingdom
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