Lydia Leonard

About

Lydia Leonard (born 5 December 1980) is a British actress. She was born in Paris to an Irish mother, a teacher, and Anglo-French father, a financial accountant; she lived in France until the age of five. Originally, Leonard wanted to be a barrister, which she considers to be a profession very similar to acting onstage. Her first acting role was in Nativity spectacle in school, where she played King Herod. Leonard went from Bedales School to graduate from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2003, and then won a BBC Radio Drama Carleton Hobbs bursary. Her radio credits include playing Lady Mabel in a twelve-part adaptation of Anthony Trollope's series of political novels, and Goodwill in The Pilgrim's Progress. On television she had an ongoing role in 50s-set detective series Jericho starring Robert Lindsay, and appeared in True True Lie (2006) and The Long Walk to Finchley (2008),...

Known for

Midsomer MurdersSeries • 1997The CrownSeries • 2016SpooksSeries • 2002RomeSeries • 2005AbsentiaSeries • 2017Pretty LethalMovie • 2026A Woman of SubstanceSeries • 2026Foyle's WarSeries • 2002Wolf HallSeries • 2015Gentleman JackSeries • 2019Ashes to AshesSeries • 2008Down Cemetery RoadSeries • 2025McDonald & DoddsSeries • 2020Last ChristmasMovie • 2019RiverSeries • 2015Secret ServiceSeries • 2026Red ElectionSeries • 2021A Very Royal ScandalSeries • 2024We Are Lady PartsSeries • 2021The Fifth EstateMovie • 2013The Line of BeautySeries • 2006Northern ComfortMovie • 2023Apple Tree YardSeries • 2017Flesh and BloodSeries • 2020