Leila Mimmack (born 5 November 1993) is an English actress.
Early life
Mimmack was born on 5 November 1993 in
Leamington Spa
Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or simply LeamingtonEven more colloquially, also referred to as Lem or Leam (). (), is a spa town and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. Originally a small village called Leamington Pri ...
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
Hackney Marshes is an area of open space in London's Lower Lea Valley, lying on the western bank of the River Lea. It takes its name from its position on the eastern boundary of Hackney, the principal part of the London Borough of Hackney, an ...
, 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
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'' as Vanessa Finch. In 2011, she played the werewolf
Christa in the ''
Being Human'' spin off ''
Becoming Human
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''. Furthermore, she could be seen in the mini series ''
Mayday
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'', 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
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On 9 March 2012 it was reported the series would not be returning f ...
''. 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
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in ''
Son of God
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''. 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
Theatre
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
English film actresses
English stage actresses
English television actresses
21st-century English actresses
Actresses from Leamington Spa