Lydia Leonard
Lydia Leonard
Lydia Leonard is an English stage, film and television actress...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth5 December 1981
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I was born in Paris, and my mother was a French teacher, but then I rebelled against my upbringing and studied Spanish in school. So now I just speak bad French and bad Spanish.
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When I was a child, I wanted to be a jockey. I love horses, but it's not practical to have one in London. I also wanted to be an accountant, which isn't glamorous at all, but my dad was one, and I quite liked maths.
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There's a certain amount of pressure that comes from playing real people. It's a pressure to deliver something fair and right to the real person and any living relatives. But generally, it's a joy, as you get to target your interest on a particular era.
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I used to love 'Jeeves And Wooster.' That theme tune was great. I remember writing to them when I was little to get the music so I could learn it on the piano, and they sent me the sheet music.
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I knew who Jackie Kennedy was in terms of being the wife of JFK and being a clothes horse, and I knew that she later married Onassis, but I had a very, very vague idea of who he was.
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What you think is going to be a big break or opportunity can sometimes turn into the opposite, and vice versa.
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I've never done a musical, and I don't think I could do one, but I would love to play Sally Bowles in 'Cabaret.'
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I've met more than one person in their early 20s who has never heard of Jackie Onassis, though most girls have because she exists as a fashion icon.
I'd always wanted to be an actor, ever since I was very little. I don't know why.
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'Broadway' is one of the big American words. It's exciting to be given the chance to rattle around in one of the big words.
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As actors, you always have that moment thinking you've been absolutely terrible or a fraud.
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Anne Boleyn is certainly the most exciting character I have played on stage.
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Professionally, I was at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and did lots of things there, and then I won the BBC Carlton Hobbs Award, so I did some BBC Radio drama work, which is a lovely way to start out because you work with lots of great people, and you're working all the time, so you're learning rather than sitting around and waitressing.
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Broadway is the actor's Mt. Everest - but with more flattering frocks.