Leah MacRae

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Leah MacRae
Born
Leah MacRae

Occupations
  • Actress
  • writer
Website https://www.leahmacrae.com/

Leah MacRae is a Scottish actress and writer. She is best known for her roles in Rab C. Nesbitt , The Karen Dunbar Show , Gary Tank Commander , River City and Grownups . She is also known for starring in theatrical productions around Scotland and the rest of the UK, most notably at King's Theatre, Glasgow and Edinburgh Playhouse; starring in ‘51 Shades Of Maggie’.

MacRae was born in Belfast but grew up in Southern England and Glasgow, where she currently resides. [1]

As an actress, MacRae starred in River City as Ellie McLean from 2016 to 2022. [2]

MacRae is also a writer of comedy; she wrote and performed her very own one woman show ‘Leah MacRae: My Big Fat Fabulous Diary’ which she toured around Scotland in 2019, every performance was sold out.

She followed this up in 2022 with her second one-woman comedy show, "Leah MacRae: Weighs In", which she debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, [3] followed by a Scotland tour [4] and two performances at the Soho Theatre, London.

References

  1. "River City - Profiles". BBC Scotland.
  2. "Leah MacRae joins cast of BBC Scotland's River City". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  3. Scougall, Murray. "Be brave and believe: Comedy star Leah MacRae on saying no to fear and yes to success". The Sunday Post. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  4. "LEAH MACRAE WEIGHS IN | Theatre Royal Dumfries". www.theatreroyaldumfries.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2023.