# Leila Mimmack

Leila Mimmack (born 5 November 1993) is an English actress.

## 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

Film :
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2011 | Seamonsters | Lori |
| 2013 | Game | Susan |
| 2014 | Cold Comfort | Michelle |
| 2014 | Son of God | Young Mary |
| 2014 | Two Housemates | |
| 2014 | The Sleeping Room | Blue |
| 2015 | High-Rise | Laura |
| 2015 | Level Up | Anna |
Television :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | Doctors | Vanessa Finch | episode 11x208 |
| 2010 | Married Single Other | Gina | episode 1x01 – 1x06 |
| 2010 | EastEnders | Katy | episode 3770 |
| 2010 | The Bill | Zoe Richards | episode 26x28 |
| 2011 | Becoming Human | Christa | Web series, episode 1x01-1x08 |
| 2011 | The Reckoning | Jasmine | episode 1x02 |
| 2011 | Holby City | Cady Green | episode 13x39 |
| 2012 | Inside Men | Dita | episode 1x01-1x04 |
| 2012 | Lewis | Yasmin Randall | episode 6x03 |
| 2013 | Mayday | Caitlin / Hattie | episode 1x01-1x05 |
| 2013 | Frankie | Paula Simms | episode 1x01-1x06 |
| 2013 | Law & Order UK | Ruth Pendle | episode 7x06 |
| 2013 | The Bible | Young Mary | episode 1x06 |
| 2014 | WPC 56 | Tracey Nichols | episode 2x01 |
| 2015 | Silent Witness | Lana Sutherland | Episode: "Falling Angels" (2 parts) |
| 2015 | Midwinter of the Spirit | Rowenna Napier | episode 1x01-1x03 |
| 2015 | Home Fires | Laura Campbell | episode 1x01-2x06 |
| 2017 | Love, Lies and Records | Marcia | episode 1x01, 1x03-1x06 |
| 2020 | Doctors | Tanya Rees | Recurring role |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Theatre | Location |
| | Sweeney Todd | Daughter | Loft Theatre | Leamington Spa, United Kingdom |
| 2002 | Toad of Toad Hall | Ensemble | Loft Theatre | Leamington Spa, United Kingdom |
| 2002 | Richard III | Prince | Heartbreak Productions | |
| 2003 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Peaseblossom | Heartbreak Productions | |
| 2009 | As You Like it | Page | Heartbreak Productions | |
| 2010 | That Face | Mia | The Studio | Sheffield, United Kingdom |
| 2011 | A View From The Bridge | Catherine (Lead) | Royal Exchange | Manchester, United Kingdom |
| 2014 | Debris | Michelle (Lead) | Southwark Playhouse | London, United Kingdom |
| 2016 | The Winter's Tale | Perdita | Octagon Theatre | Bolton |
| 2016 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Mayella Ewell | Octagon Theatre | Bolton |
| 2019 | Richard III | Anne/Norfolk | Alexandra Palace (and UK Tour) | London, United Kingdom |
| 2019 | God's Dice | Edie | Soho Theatre | London, United Kingdom |