Molly Leishman is a New Zealand actress, known for her regular appearances from 2013–2014 as Isabella Kingston in New Zealand comedy-drama television series '' Agent Anna '', for her lead role in three seasons of TVNZ's ''The Cul De Sac'' and ''Wilde Ride'' and for playing Caligula's sister

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'' in 2019. She also guest starred as Kerry in ''

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Early life

Molly Leishman was born on March 1, 1998 in

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and is the daughter of television and radio broadcaster Mark Leishman (father) and Jo Raymond (mother). Leishman began her education at the Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland, before attending the

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. Leishman went on to study for a

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(DSI) at

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Acting career

Leishman was aged 11 when she had her debut television appearance in a cornflakes advert. In 2010, she starred as a child actress in a lead role in the Michael Keusch directed television film '' Forever New Zealand '' as Lissy, and has made appearances in '' Agent Anna '' as Anna's daughter Isabella Kingston, and in

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's television family drama, ''Wilde Ride'' in 2017. Leishman starred as Eliza in '' The Cul De Sac (TV series) '' which was awarded ‘Regional Winner (Australia & New Zealand) Best Children's Programme’ at the 2019 Asian Academy Creative Awards. In 2019, Leishman starred as

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’s sister) in Series 3 “Caligula: The Mad Emperor” of the television documentary series, ''

''.

Filmography

Television

References

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Living people 1998 births 21st-century New Zealand actresses New Zealand television actresses People from Auckland Victoria University of Wellington alumni {{NewZealand-actor-stub