Leila Farzad

Leila Effat Farzad is a British actress who works in television and theatre. Her breakthrough was a lead part in I Hate Suzie, which ran on Sky Atlantic from 2020 to 2022. Leila Farzad went nude in Two Weeks In August, and she also has a scene in Pose. She was born on December 30, 1981, in Westminster, London, to Iranian parents. As Naomi Jones, manager and friend to Billie Piper's Suzie, she earned a British Academy Television Award nomination. On stage she appeared in Blue Remembered Hills at Chichester Festival Theatre and Richard II at Shakespeare's Globe. In 2022 she joined Avenue 5 for its second season and appeared in The Fear Index. Her most recent TV lead came in 2023 with the BBC crime drama Better.

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