Lesley-Ann Brandt

Lesley-Ann Brandt

Born: December 2, 1981
in Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, Lesley-Ann Brandt has shot to stardom rapidly in New Zealand. She immigrated to Auckland with her parents and younger brother in 1999. Her unusual path to acting has seen her go from IT Recruitment Consultant to landing the lead role in the hit comedy series 'Diplomatic Immunity', starring alongside Craig Parker (of Spartacus, Lord of the Rings and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans), quickly moving her into the hearts of the nation. Lesley-Ann started her career as a model, booking prestigious national and international campaigns as well as big international TV commercials. She very soon drew the attention of Casting Directors who encouraged her to pursue acting. Whilst working full time, Brandt trained with various New Zealand and internationally based acting coaches. She has most recently appeared in guest roles on New Zealand's series 'Shortland Street', 'This Is Not My Life' and her current role as 'Naevia' in the Starz series 'Spartacus: Blood and Sand'. Lesley-Ann has just completed filming her first feature film 'Hopes and Dreams’. She is fluent in Afrikaans, and has in the past played competitive and social hockey. Brandt is currently based in Los Angeles.

Movies for Lesley-Ann Brandt...

Title: The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Character: Pearl Thorne
Released: February 25, 2024
Type: TV
The love story of Rick Grimes and Michonne is changed by a changed world. Kept apart by distance. By an unstoppable power. Can they find each other and who they were in a situation unlike any they've ever known?
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Title: Captain Fall
Character: Liza (voice)
Released: July 28, 2023
Type: TV
A goofy, gullible sea captain is hired to helm a high-end cruise ship and becomes the perfect fall guy for an illicit smuggling operation.
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Horror Noire
Title: Horror Noire
Character: Abbie (segment 'The Lake')
Released: October 28, 2021
Type: Movie
An anthology film presenting six short horror stories from black writers and directors, featuring racist vampires, supernatural creatures, and Satan his damn self.
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Adult Night
Title: Adult Night
Character: Leslie
Released: September 4, 2020
Type: Movie
In an attempt to “live colorfully,” the strength of a couple’s relationship is tested by a situation where it might be more important to get out rather than get off.
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Title: Dead Talk Live
Character: Self - Guest
Released: April 25, 2020
Type: TV
Film/TV Entertainment TV Talk Show Featuring Celebrity Guest Interviews.
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Heartlock
Title: Heartlock
Character: Tera Sharpe
Released: July 24, 2018
Type: Movie
When a female guard becomes a prisoner of his mind, a male inmate struggles to keep the truth from escaping.
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Title: Lucifer
Character: Mazikeen "Maze"
Released: January 25, 2016
Type: TV
Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles, where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals. But the longer he's away from the underworld, the greater the threat that the worst of humanity could escape.
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Painkillers
Title: Painkillers
Character: Guts
Released: November 15, 2015
Type: Movie
Led by Major John Cafferty, a squad of US soldiers are sent on a mission,deep into the mountainous regions of Afghanistan with orders to extract a mysterious top secret package. Now they are back home in a military hospital because they have no memory of what happened to them, or even who they are. In time, they start to recall the strange events that occurred: apparitions that appeared, luring some of them to their deaths and readings of a powerful electromagnetic energy from a strange unearthly power source. But there is no time to dwell on the past, they need to face the bitter truth about how they ended up in Afghanistan to begin with and the betrayals that wiped out their minds and nearly destroyed their lives.
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Title: The Librarians
Character: Lamia
Released: December 7, 2014
Type: TV
A group of librarians set off on adventures in an effort to save mysterious, ancient artifacts. Based on the series of "The Librarian" movies.
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Title: Gotham
Character: Larissa Diaz
Released: September 22, 2014
Type: TV
Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world's most iconic villains? And what circumstances created them – the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker?
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Duke
Title: Duke
Character: Violet
Released: June 2, 2013
Type: Movie
Duke is a modern day telling of a classic western film. Dare and Roost are brothers who have been raised in a reformatory, taught to survive and conditioned to trust no one. They have moved to West Los Angeles, where Dare moonlights himself as a Detective and Roost blankets himself in old John Wayne films and reclusive habit. Cleaning the streets and ridding the neighborhoods of scum, this contemporary study finds Dare obsessed with a phantom like criminal (Winky) who seems to be terrorizing the community. Simultaneously, the same exact investigation is being led by official and likely engrossed Detective Robert Morrison. As Dare closes in on Winky and the entire department closes in on them both, these brothers must make the ultimate commitment and pay the extraordinary consequences therein.
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Drift
Title: Drift
Character: Lani
Released: May 2, 2013
Type: Movie
In the 70s two brothers battle killer waves, conservative society and ruthless bikers to kick-start the modern surf industry.
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A Beautiful Soul
Title: A Beautiful Soul
Character: Angela Barry
Released: May 4, 2012
Type: Movie
An R&B singer snagged by the trappings of superstardom loses his way and turns his back on his church and faith-filled beginnings. Tragedy strikes, leaving a chance for redemption in its wake. But with rebirth, first comes death.
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Zombie Apocalypse
Title: Zombie Apocalypse
Character: Cassie
Released: October 29, 2011
Type: Movie
Months after a zombie plague has wiped out 90 percent of the American population, a small group of survivors fight their way cross-country to a rumored refuge on the island of Catalina.
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InSight
Title: InSight
Character: Valerie Khoury
Released: September 2, 2011
Type: Movie
While tending to a stabbing victim, Kaitlyn is electrocuted and awakens to find that she is experiencing the memories of the now-deceased woman.
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Title: Spartacus
Character: Naevia
Released: January 22, 2010
Type: TV
Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment.
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Title: Diplomatic Immunity
Released: March 10, 2009
Type: TV
Diplomatic Immunity is a New Zealand comedy that follows the misadventures at the consulate of The Most Royal Kingdom of Feausi and a fallen New Zealand Foreign Affairs high-flier who has been sent in to straighten out the consulate staff. The show screened in New Zealand on TV1, every Tuesday night at 10:00.
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Title: Legend of the Seeker
Character: Sister Thea
Released: November 1, 2008
Type: TV
The adventures of woodsman Richard Cypher, who discovers that he was born to fulfill a prophecy of becoming a guardian hero to oppressed people. With the help of a mysterious woman named Kahlan and a wise old wizard named Zedd, he must stop a ruthless and bloodthirsty tyrant from unleashing an ancient evil and enslaving the world.
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Title: Chuck
Character: Fatima Tazi
Released: September 24, 2007
Type: TV
When Buy More computer geek Chuck Bartowski unwittingly downloads a database of government information and deadly fighting skills into his head, he becomes the CIA's most vital secret. This sets Chuck on a path to become a full-fledged spy.