Conor Leslie

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Conor Leslie
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Leslie at the 2022 GalaxyCon Richmond
Born
Conor Marie Leslie

(1991-04-10) April 10, 1991 (age 32)
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present

Conor Marie Leslie (born April 10, 1991) [1] [2] is an American actress. Beginning her career in the late 2000s, her first major role was in the thriller film Chained (2012). She has worked frequently on television, including as a series regular on the Discovery Channel historical Western Klondike (2014), the Yahoo! Screen science fiction comedy Other Space (2015), and the Fox crime drama Shots Fired (2017). From 2015 to 2018, she also appeared on the first three seasons of the Amazon Prime Video alternate history thriller The Man in the High Castle . Leslie gained further prominence for portraying Donna Troy / Wonder Girl on the DC Universe / HBO Max superhero series Titans (2018–2021) and was part of the main cast during the second and third seasons.

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Early life

Leslie was born in Livingston, New Jersey and resided in Millburn. [2] Along with acting, Leslie developed an interest in photography. [3] She attended Millburn High School, graduating as a junior in 2008, and subsequently moved to New York City. [2] [4]

Career

2009–2011: Early work

After appearing in commercials with a friend, Leslie said she became dedicated to her acting career at age 15. [5] She was cast in the Spike Lee-directed pilot for M.O.N.Y. in 2007, but the pilot did not receive a series order. [6] Her television debut came in 2009 with a guest appearance on The Unusuals as Karen Delmonte, the high school girlfriend of Detective Eric Delahoy. [7] 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 whose publisher is murdered on Law & Order: Criminal Intent , and flirtatious student Parker on 90210 . She also made her film debut in Beware the Gonzo as Amy, a popular high school student. [8] Leslie's guest roles on television continued in 2011 with an appearance on No Ordinary Family as Chloe Cotten, a new friend of the Powell family. [4]

2012–2014: First major roles

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Leslie at the 2022 GalaxyCon Richmond

In 2012, Leslie portrayed Angie in the psychological thriller film Chained , a young woman abducted by a serial killer to be murdered by his reluctant apprentice. [8] 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". [9]

After being cast in the unaired pilot for Widow Detective, Leslie appeared on 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. [4] She also played enigmatic college student Greta in Campus Life, a 2013 film created for the website JumpView. [2] A re-edited version of the film was later released to home media in 2015 as Campus Code . [10] Additionally, Leslie was featured in the music video for the Dan Godlin song "Did She Look" as Godlin's love interest. [11]

Leslie landed her first series regular role as young courtesan Sabine on Klondike , a Discovery Channel miniseries about the Klondike Gold Rush. [12] The first scripted series broadcast by the Discovery Channel, it aired in early 2014. [13] She also appeared as sociopath Kelly Donovan on an episode of Hawaii Five-0 and Des, a former girlfriend of Penn Badgley's character, in the film Parts per Billion during the year. [14]

2015–2017: Continued television appearances

Leslie's on-screen appearances in 2015 began with The Man in the High Castle as Trudy Walker, the half-sister of Juliana Crain. Although the character was killed in the first episode, she returned for the second and third seasons, which revealed Trudy was alive in a different timeline. [15] [16] Leslie went on to portray spaceship computer Natasha as a series regular on Yahoo! Screen's science fiction comedy Other Space . [17] Yahoo! Screen would be shut down the following year, preventing the series from being renewed for a second season. [18] 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 on the series The Blacklist , Mary Lowe, the sister of a woman believed to have been murdered by her husband on the series Major Crimes , and Nicole, an unrequited love interest of Ricky Mabe's character in the film Dirty Beautiful . [4]

During 2016, Leslie was cast as Molly Parsons, a dating site employee with a tragic background on an episode of Elementary . [19] She was later featured in a recurring role on Graves as Tasha Ludwig, a girlfriend of Jeremy Graves. [20]

In 2017, Leslie played Sarah Ellis, the aide to Helen Hunt's fictional North Carolina governor, as a regular role on Fox's miniseries Shots Fired . [21] Additionally, she portrayed sexual assault victim Holly Greco on an episode of Gone and Amber, a young woman unaware of her boyfriend's homosexuality in the short film Down, directed by her brother Dylan. [22]

2018–present: Further prominence

Leslie starred in the 2018 short film Shrimp as Sasha, a dominatrix at a BDSM den. [23] The short premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was picked up by Gunpowder & Sky to become a potential television series. [24]

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 . [25] [26] 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". [27] Appearing as a guest star during the first season, Leslie was named a series regular for Titans' second season in 2019. [28] She returned for the third season in 2021, which aired on HBO Max, and departed after the finale. [29] [30] [31]

In between the second and third season of Titans, Leslie appeared in the 2020 music video for the Rhye song "Helpless" as a yoga instructor who becomes the subject of a student's romantic fantasies. [32] She also appeared in the 2021 comedy-thriller film Dark Web: Cicada 3301 as a renegade NSA agent seeking membership to the eponymous organization. [33] [34] [35] The film was directed by her Titans co-star Alan Ritchson, although it also marked the first time they worked together. On casting Leslie, Ritchson described her as "the perfect leading lady". [36]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Beware the Gonzo Amy
2012 Chained Angie
2014 Parts per Billion Des
2015 Dirty Beautiful Nicole
2015 Campus Code GretaRe-edit of Campus Life (2013)
2017DownAmberShort film
2018 Shrimp SashaShort film
2021 Dark Web: Cicada 3301 Gwen

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007M.O.N.Y.Anabelle CapanelliUnaired pilot
2009 The Unusuals Karen DelmonteEpisode: "The Circle Line"
2010 Law & Order ElizaEpisode: "Rubber Room"
2010 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Mia CarusoEpisode: "Traffic"
2010 90210 ParkerEpisode: "Catch Me If You Cannon"
2011 No Ordinary Family Chloe CottenEpisode: "No Ordinary Friends"
2012Widow DetectiveAmanda JaworskiUnaired pilot
2013 Rizzoli & Isles Ms. BarlowEpisode: "Judge, Jury and Executioner"
2013–2014 Revenge Bianca3 episodes (season 3) [lower-alpha 1]
2014 Klondike SabineMain role
2014 Hawaii Five-0 Kelly DonovonEpisode: "Ma lalo o ka 'ili"
2015–2018 The Man in the High Castle Trudy WalkerRecurring (seasons 1–3)
2015 Other Space NatashaMain role
2015 The Blacklist Gwen Hollander2 episodes (season 3)
2015 Major Crimes Mary LoweEpisode: "Blackout"
2016 Elementary Molly ParsonsEpisode: "To Catch a Predator Predator"
2016–2017 Graves Tasha LudwigRecurring
2017 Shots Fired Sarah EllisMain role
2017 Gone Holly GrecoEpisode: "Ride"
2018–2021 Titans Donna Troy / Wonder Girl 2 episodes (season 1)
Main role (seasons 23)
Notes
  1. Leslie was credited in the episode "Mercy" and uncredited in the episodes "Endurance" and "Hatred".

Music videos

YearTitleArtist(s)Ref.
2013"Did She Look"Dan Godlin [11]
2020"Helpless" Rhye [32]

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