Leonie Elliott
Leonie Elliott (born 15 April 1988) is an English actress, best known for her role as Cherry Patterson in the Lenny Henry comedy-drama Danny and the Human Zoo in 2015.
Early life
Leonie attended The Harris School of speech and drama, Elliott trained as an actress at the Identity School of Acting in London.
Career
She played Fiona in the British anthology series Black Mirror, in 2016. Also in 2016, she appeared in an episode of the BBC Medical series Casualty (TV series).
She appeared as love interest, Cherry Patterson, in the Lenny Henry comedy-drama Danny and the Human Zoo, shown on BBC One in August 2015. Other television appearances include Undercover Heart (1998); Tube Tales (1999); Holby City (2002) and The Bill (2004).
She has appeared in several films, including Wondrous Oblivion (1999), written by Paul Morrison; a rite of passage film about an Eleven-year-old David Wiseman who is mad about cricket but no good at it. She played Jamaican immigrant Judith Samuels, a shy but gifted cricket player who quickly strikes up a friendship with David. She also has extensive stage experience including; The Lion King at Lyceum Theatre, London (1998), Annie, UK Tour (1999). In 2012, Elliott appeared in Concrete Jungle written by Bola Agbaje at the Riverside Studios, London.[4]. Between November 2015 and January 2016, she appeared in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in Birmingham.
In 2016, she appeared in "Hated in the Nation", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.
Filmography
Television
- Casualty (TV series) (2016), Natalie
- Black Mirror: "Hated in the Nation" (2016), Fiona
- Danny and the Human Zoo (2015), Cherry Patterson
- Undercover Heart (1998), Holly Lomas
- Holby City (2003), Josie Bond
- The Bill (2003), Natasha Harris
Films
- Wondrous Oblivion (2003), Judy Samuels
- Tube Tales (1999), Rosebud