Molly Leishman is a New Zealand actress, known for her regular appearances from 2013–2014 as Isabella Kingston in New Zealand comedy-drama television series '' Agent Anna '', for her lead role in three seasons of TVNZ's ''The Cul De Sac'' and ''Wilde Ride'' and for playing Caligula's sister

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in ''

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'' in 2019. She also guest starred as Kerry in ''

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'' and Sienna in'' Shortland Street ''

Early life

Molly Leishman was born on March 1, 1998 in

Auckland Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and ...

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and is the daughter of television and radio broadcaster

Mark Leishman Gerard Mark Leishman (born 25 May 1956) is a New Zealand radio and television broadcaster. He was the breakfast host on the Magic radio network. from 15 April 2015 to 9 December 2022 and is also news editor and presenter of ''The Daily Report' ...

(father) and Jo Raymond (mother). Leishman began her education at the

Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland Diocesan School for Girls (Dio) is a private girls' school in Epsom, New Zealand, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand. It is consistently a top-achieving school nationally. The school is Anglican-based and was established in 1903. It caters to internatio ...

, before attending the

ACG Senior College ACG Senior College was a specialist, pre-university high school and part of ACG Education (formerly known as Academic Colleges Group) New Zealand. Previously located in the learning quarter of central Auckland, opposite the Central Library and ...

. Leishman went on to study for a

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in Design for Social Innovation (DSI) at

Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington (), also known by its shorter names "VUW" or "Vic", is a public university, public research university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of New Zealand Parliament, Parliament, and w ...

Acting career

Leishman was aged 11 when she had her debut television appearance in a cornflakes advert. In 2010, she starred as a child actress in a lead role in the Michael Keusch directed television film '' Forever New Zealand '' as Lissy, and has made appearances in '' Agent Anna '' as Anna's daughter Isabella Kingston, and in

TVNZ Television New Zealand (, "Te Reo Tātaki" meaning "The Leading Voice"), more commonly referred to as TVNZ, is a New Zealand state-owned media company and Crown entity. The company operates a television network, streaming service, and news se ...

's television family drama, ''Wilde Ride'' in 2017. Leishman starred as Eliza in '' The Cul De Sac (TV series) '' which was awarded ‘Regional Winner (Australia & New Zealand) Best Children's Programme’ at the 2019 Asian Academy Creative Awards. In 2019, Leishman starred as

(

Caligula Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August 12 – 24 January 41), also called Gaius and Caligula (), was Roman emperor from AD 37 until his assassination in 41. He was the son of the Roman general Germanicus and Augustus' granddaughter Ag ...

’s sister) in Series 3 “Caligula: The Mad Emperor” of the television documentary series, ''

''.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

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Living people 1998 births 21st-century New Zealand actresses New Zealand television actresses Actresses from Auckland Victoria University of Wellington alumni {{NewZealand-actor-stub