Leo Hatton
Leo Hatton is a British actress best known for her upcoming role as Ellie Gordon in No Man's Land, the Arté/Hulu espionage thriller-drama directed by Fauda's Rotem Shamir.
Career
In 2023, she signed with Artists First Management in Los Angeles.Television
Hatton stars in No Man's Land series two, an upcoming Arté and Hulu series set against the backdrop of the Syrian Civil War. The drama explores the conflicts between Westerners who joined ISIS and the YPJ, the Kurdish female resistance forces that fought against them. The show also stars notable French Melanie Thierry and Souhela Yacoub.A high-concept espionage war drama, No Man's Land Series Two spans eight episodes and features a multilingual cast speaking five languages—French, Arabic, English, Kurdish, and Hebrew. The global British distribution and production company Fremantle announced a second season in November 2022, with Fremantle's Global Drama President, Christian Vesper, expressing excitement about working with an exceptional creative team and new talent to bring the show to audiences worldwide. Olivier Wotling, at that time the Head of Drama at Arte France, conveyed his pride in contributing to the series, emphasizing that the new season will showcase the personal and human dimensions of a global conflict. The show is also co-produced by Haut Et Court, Spiro and Masha Productions.
In April 2025, French newspaper Le Figaro gave the show 4/5 stars writing that the show is "a maelstrom of strong emotions." Furthermore, Paris daily Le Parisien described it as an "ambitious series" that "remains as breathtaking and heartbreaking as ever."
Hatton made her television debut in 2015 with Maigret Sets a Trap, appearing alongside Rowan Atkinson. In 2016, Wes Anderson cast Leo Hatton in his short film Come Together: A Fashion Picture in Motion for H&M which starred Adrian Brody and Garth Jennings.
She has also appeared in several high-profile television dramas, including Silent Witness in a guest-starring role as Kate Freeman in the season 10 finale, acting alongside Emilia Fox and David Caves. Leo further expanded her television credits with the BBC as Ariel Fanshaw in Death in Paradise, the British-French crime drama, which is set on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie. In 2018, Leo was cast as Lady Ann in Queens: The Virgin and the Martyr, a supporting lead in an eight episode Spanish historical drama.
Released Autumn 2024, Leo starred alongside Theo James in the global campaign for Range Rover, directed by Boo George and produced by NM Productions.
Film
In the critically acclaimed indie film Postcards from London for Peccadillo Pictures and the BFI directed by Steve McLean, Hatton played three roles The Doctor, Mary Magdalene and The Prostitute.Hatton was cast as the female lead in the 2022 indie biopic film The Man Who Saved the Internet with a Sunflower, co-starring alongside Martin Delaney.