2006–2011: Early work After appearing in commercials with a friend, Leslie said she became dedicated to her acting career at age 15. She was cast in the
Spike Lee-directed pilot for
M.O.N.Y. in 2007, but the pilot did not receive a series order. Her television debut came in 2009 with a guest appearance on
The Unusuals as Karen Delmonte, the high school girlfriend of Detective Eric Delahoy. The following year, she played Eliza, a 17-year-old caught exposing herself on webcam in the
series finale of
Law & Order, Mia Caruso, a magazine intern whose publisher is murdered on
Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and flirtatious student Parker on
90210. She also made her film debut in
Beware the Gonzo as Amy, a popular high school student. Leslie's guest roles on television continued in 2011 with an appearance on
No Ordinary Family as Chloe Cotten, a new friend of the Powell family. After being cast in the unaired pilot for
Widow Detective, Leslie appeared on the series
Rizzoli & Isles as Ms. Barlow, the law clerk of a murdered judge, and
Revenge as Bianca, a maid working for the Grayson family, in 2013. Additionally, Leslie was featured in the music video for the Dan Godlin song "Did She Look" as Godlin's love interest. Leslie landed her first series regular role as young courtesan Sabine on
Klondike, a
Discovery Channel miniseries about the
Klondike Gold Rush. The first scripted series broadcast by the Discovery Channel, it aired in early 2014. She also appeared as sociopath Kelly Donovan on an episode of
Hawaii Five-0 and Des, a former girlfriend of
Penn Badgley's character, in the film
Parts per Billion during the year.
2015–2017: Continued television appearances Leslie's on-screen appearances in 2015 began with
The Man in the High Castle as Trudy Walker, the half-sister of Juliana Crain. Although the character was killed in the first episode, she returned for the second and third seasons, which revealed Trudy was alive in a different timeline. Leslie went on to portray spaceship computer Natasha as a series regular on
Yahoo! Screen's science fiction comedy
Other Space. Yahoo! Screen would be shut down the following year, preventing the series from being renewed for a second season. In addition to
The Man in the High Castle and
Other Space, she played Gwen Hollander, the fiancée of a socialite exploited by Tom Keen on the series
The Blacklist, Mary Lowe, the sister of a woman believed to have been murdered by her husband on the series
Major Crimes, and Nicole, an unrequited love interest of Ricky Mabe's character in the film
Dirty Beautiful. She was later featured in a recurring role on
Graves as Tasha Ludwig, a girlfriend of Jeremy Graves. In 2017, Leslie played Sarah Ellis, the aide to
Helen Hunt's fictional
North Carolina governor, as a regular role on
Fox's miniseries
Shots Fired. Additionally, she portrayed sexual assault victim Holly Greco on an episode of
Gone and Amber, a young woman unaware of her boyfriend's homosexuality in the short film
Down, directed by her brother Dylan.
2018–present: Lead roles and Titans Leslie starred in the 2018 short film
Shrimp as Sasha, a
dominatrix at a
BDSM den. The short premiered at the
Tribeca Film Festival and was picked up by Gunpowder & Sky to become a potential television series. Later in the year, Leslie became the first actress to portray
Donna Troy, the original
Wonder Girl, in live-action with her casting on the
DC Universe series
Titans. Following the character's on-screen introduction in the self-titled eighth episode, Chancellor Agard of
Entertainment Weekly described Leslie as "perfect as Donna" and wrote that Donna was "automatically [his] favorite thing about the show". Appearing as a guest star during the
first season, Leslie was named a series regular for
Titans second season in 2019. She returned for the
third season in 2021, which aired on
HBO Max, and departed after the finale. Between the second and third season of
Titans, Leslie appeared in the 2020 music video for the
Rhye song "Helpless" as a yoga instructor who becomes the subject of a student's romantic fantasies. She also appeared in the 2021 comedy-thriller film
Dark Web: Cicada 3301 as a renegade
NSA agent seeking membership to the
eponymous organization. The film was directed by her
Titans co-star
Alan Ritchson, although it also marked the first time they worked together. On casting Leslie, Ritchson described her as "the perfect leading lady". Following a two-year hiatus, Leslie was announced as the lead of the horror-thriller
Archangel in 2024. ==Filmography==