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    Leila Farzad

    1981-12-30 (42 years old) in Westminster, London, England, UK

    Leila Effat Farzad (Arabic: ليلى عفت Persian: لیلا عفت فرزاد; born December 30, 1981) is a British actress. She is known for her role as Naomi Jones in the Sky Atlantic series I Hate Suzie (2020–2022), which earned her a British Academy Television Award nomination. Farzad was born in London to Iranian parents. She was inspired to pursue acting by National Theatre productions her aunt took her to see, however, her parents requested she get a degree from Oxbridge first. She first studied Modern Languages at Worcester College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in French and Italian Literature. She then went on to train at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, which she said "felt like home". Farzad began her career with a voice role in the third and fourth series of the Channel 5 animated children's series Peppa Pig. She made her live action television debut in an episode of the ITV police procedural Law & Order: UK and her professional stage debut as the titular role in Miriam. Gonzalez. Durantez. at Theatre503. This was followed by roles in Blue Remembered Hills at Chichester Festival Theatre, the all female Julius Caesar at the Bridge Theatre in London, Richard II at Shakespeare's Globe. She also appeared in the ITV anthology Innocent. Farzad landed her first main role was I Hate Suzie as Naomi Jones, Suzie's (Billie Piper) manager and friend. The series was released in 2020 on Sky Atlantic and HBO Max to critical acclaim, and Farzad was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress. Farzad reprised her role in I Hate Suzie's second installment titled I Hate Suzie Too in 2022. Also that year, Farzad joined the cast of Avenue 5 for its second season and appeared alongside Josh Hartnett in The Fear Index, also on Sky. In 2023, she starred in the BBC crime drama Better.

    Movies

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    Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
    0 %|Feb 12, 2025
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger
    0 %|Jan 10, 2025
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Marvels
    61 %|Nov 8, 2023
    Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
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    Turn Up the Sun!
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Thriller
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    Richard II
    0 %|Apr 21, 2019

    Series

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    KAOS
    72.97 %|Aug 29, 2024
    Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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    The Decameron
    58.879999999999995 %|Jul 25, 2024
    Comedy, Drama
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    Better
    65 %|Feb 13, 2023
    Drama, Crime
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    The Fear Index
    63.470000000000006 %|Feb 10, 2022
    Drama
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    Landscapers
    67.2 %|Dec 6, 2021
    Comedy, Crime, Drama
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    I Hate Suzie
    63 %|Aug 27, 2020
    Comedy, Drama
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    Avenue 5
    65.16 %|Jan 19, 2020
    Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    This Time with Alan Partridge
    78 %|Feb 25, 2019
    Comedy, Talk
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    Innocent
    71.63 %|May 14, 2018
    Crime, Mystery, Drama
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    Black Mirror
    82.88 %|Dec 4, 2011
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery