Leonard grew up in Germany, where she attended British schools.
EMI Music Publishing signed her when she was 17. She had just released her first single at 16, which was a cover version of "
Falling," a 1990 song by
Julee Cruise that later became popular as the
Twin Peaks theme song. Leonard's first original songs included "Feel So Perfect," which was released by Cape, became a radio hit, and was used for a three-year, pan-European
C&A advertising campaign. Multiple music videos and short films were created around the song. Many of her co-written songs have been used in advertisements for companies including
Axe, RMS (Radio marketing services),
Ford Ka and
Vodafone Germany. Some of Leonard's biggest songwriting hits have been performed by other artists. Her greatest achievements in this field have included
AURORA's
"Running with the Wolves," "Rooftop" by
Nico Santos, and "Love Is You" by
Thomas Godoj. In 2005, Leonard also worked on the song "Instant Replay" with
Such a Surge, which was released on their album
Alpha. Leonard was also the performance and music director for the
German Theatre Abroad project in New York and directed the musical "Electric Society," which was staged on 12 November 2005 in Cologne, Germany. In 2009, she was a judge on the German casting television show
Popstars and released her debut album
Fragile. Since 2005, Leonard has been a lecturer at the
Popakademie (University of Popular Music and Music Business), the
Columbia College Chicago, and at the SRH Hochschule der populären Künste (College of Popular Arts) in Germany for Songwriting. In 2011, Leonard started the co-publishing company "DOLSIRA" with Universal Music Publishing, Germany, and in 2018, started "EERA" in cooperation with
BMG Rights Management. In 2015, she started her own solo-artist project, Solamay, which has achieved platinum status. ==Discography==