Biography

Leona is an actor and writer based in London. Recent acting credits include: Anansi the Spider (Unicorn Theatre); Christmas in the Sunshine (Unicorn Theatre); After Birth (UK Tour); The Devil’s Hour (Amazon Prime); The Third Day: Autumn (Sky/HBO); Holes (UK Tour); I'd Rather Go Blind (Omnibus Theatre); The Meeting (Chichester Festival Theatre); My Brother, My Sister and Me (Polka Theatre), The Crucible (UK & Luxembourg Tour), Pride and Prejudice (Crucible Theatre), The Walworth Farce (Olympia Theatre, Dublin) and Girls Like That (Unicorn Theatre). As a writer, Leona was awarded the Leverhulme Arts Scholarship by the egg, Theatre Royal Bath to develop Josephine, a new show for young audiences inspired by the life of dancer and activist Josephine Baker, which toured to venues and schools across the UK in Autumn 2021 and Spring 2022.Read More...