Biography
Who is Lesley-Ann Brandt?
Early life
Lesley-Ann Brandt was born on December 2, 1981, in Cape Town, South Africa. She attended Pinelands High School in her hometown where she grew up speaking fluent Afrikaans. Her heritage includes various ancestries such as African Khoisan, Indian, German, Dutch, San, Spanish, and Portuguese descent. During her youth in South Africa, she played competitive field hockey and also maintained personal interests in yoga and baseball.
In 1999, she immigrated to Auckland, New Zealand, alongside her parents and her younger brother named Brian Brandt. Before breaking into the entertainment industry, she worked in retail sales and later secured a position as an information technology recruitment consultant in Auckland. After doing some modeling work, she landed roles in several local television advertisements.
Career beginnings
She studied acting and received training in the Meisner technique in 2008. Her first significant television role was in the New Zealand series Diplomatic Immunity. She also made guest appearances on the hospital soap opera Shortland Street and the science fiction series This Is Not My Life, which was set in the fictional town of Waimoana.
She gained further visibility when she secured the role of Naevia in the first season of Spartacus: Blood and Sand and the prequel miniseries Spartacus: Gods of the Arena. Although she originally auditioned for the character Sura, she was cast as Naevia instead. Due to production delays following the death of actor Andy Whitfield, she did not return for the subsequent season.
Television and film roles
Her work expanded into various television guest spots and film projects including the New Zealand coming of age feature film The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell, which was filmed in Howick. She appeared in episodes of CSI: NY and played nurse Valerie Khoury in the film InSight. In May 2010, she guest starred as Sister Thea in the second season finale of Legend of the Seeker.
She later appeared in TNT's Memphis Beat and starred as Cassie in the Syfy original feature Zombie Apocalypse alongside Ving Rhames and Taryn Manning. Her other film credits include Drift with Sam Worthington and Xavier Samuel, as well as Duke alongside Carmine Giovinazzo. She also took on recurring television roles in Single Ladies as Naomi Cox, Gotham as Larissa Diaz, and The Librarians as Lamia.
Lucifer and personal life
In 2015, she won the role of Maze in the FOX television series Lucifer, replacing actress Lina Esco after testing for the part. Based in Los Angeles, she married actor Chris Payne Gilbert in 2015 after dating for six years, and the couple welcomed a son in 2017. She announced on July 13, 2023, that she officially became an American citizen on the exact same day as the SAG strike.
Birthday and age
Lesley-Ann Brandt was born on December 2, 1981, which makes Lesley-Ann 44 years old today. That birthday falls under the Sagittarius sign. Lesley-Ann shares the date with 27 other famous people.
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