Leila Mimmack


Leila Mimmack is an English actress.
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Early life

Mimmack was born on 5 November 1993 in Leamington Spa 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, 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 as Vanessa Finch. In 2011, she played the werewolf Christa in the Being Human spin off Becoming Human. Furthermore, she could be seen in the mini series Mayday, 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. 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 in Son of God. 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010DoctorsVanessa Finchepisode 11x208
2010Married Single OtherGinaepisode 1x01 – 1x06
2010EastEndersKatyepisode 3770
2010'Zoe Richardsepisode 26x28
2011Becoming HumanChristaWeb series, episode 1x01-1x08
2011'Jasmineepisode 1x02
2011Holby CityCady Greenepisode 13x39
2012Inside MenDitaepisode 1x01-1x04
2012LewisYasmin Randallepisode 6x03
2013MaydayCaitlin / Hattieepisode 1x01-1x05
2013FrankiePaula Simmsepisode 1x01-1x06
2013Law & Order UKRuth Pendleepisode 7x06
2013Young Maryepisode 1x06
2014WPC 56Tracey Nicholsepisode 2x01
2015Silent WitnessLana SutherlandEpisode: "Falling Angels"
2015Midwinter of the SpiritRowenna Napierepisode 1x01-1x03
2015Home FiresLaura Campbellepisode 1x01-2x06
2017Love, Lies and RecordsMarciaepisode 1x01, 1x03-1x06
2020DoctorsTanya ReesRecurring role