Lesley decided she wanted to be an actress after a performance of the musical Godspell. She trained at The Drama Studio, London, for one year, and calls herself a late developer.
She continues to appear on screen and also works as a drama teacher.
Lesley's theatre credits include:
Greenwich Young People's Theatre - 1981 - Howard Brenton's
Epsom Downs (playing 'The Racetrack')
Rosemary Branch Theatre, London
A Blue Angel (playing Milada) (director Sarah le Brocq)
Tour of Germany
No Problem (devised comedy
… More revue) (directed by Ken Wilson)
Edinburgh Festival Bondage (playing Liz) (director Sarah le Brocq
The Bush Theatre, London - May-July 1991 - Kiss of Life (playing Jo) (director Peter Craze)
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, & Hampstead Theatre - 1992-1993 - Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love (playing Candy) directed by Ian Brown
The Finborough Theatre, London Suicide and Manipulation (director Roxana Silbert)
Theatre Royal, Newcastle Shooting the Legend (directed by Max Roberts)
Swan Theatre, Stratford - Feb-Sept 1998 - The Royal Shakespeare Company's Two Gentlemen of Verona (playing Julia) (directed by Ed Hall)
The Gate Theatre & UK tour - Told By an Idiot Company's Shoot Me In the Heart (playing Widow) (directed by Hayley Carmichael and Paul Hunter)
Bristol Old Vic - Jan-March 2003 - Harold Pinter's Betrayal (playing Emma) (directed by Gareth Machin)
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds - Feb-March 2005 - Rachael McGill's The Lemon Princess - (directed by Ruth Carney)
