Sophia Leonie

Writer/Actor

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Film, TV & Theatre

Agent: Jennifer Thomas
Jennifer Thomas
JThomas@unitedagents.co.uk
Assistant: Nacho Martin
nmartin@unitedagents.co.uk

Acting

Agent: Alex Campbell
Alex Campbell
acampbell@unitedagents.co.uk

Film, TV & Theatre

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Sophia Leonie is a London-born performer and writer. As a screenwriter Sophia has written for BBC's Holby City, developed projects with major UK and US production companies and was one of the 5 recipients of the Neal Street Production screenwriting bursary (2021). Her journalism spans The Independent, Metro, and gal-dem, with published contributions to books including Unattached (Penguin Random House) and Global Black Narratives for the Classroom (Routledge). 

MILLENNIUM GIRLS, which played to sold out audiences at Brixton House theatre in May 2025, marked Sophia's debut as a playwright. 

In Development

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AUDIO

GUIDANCE

Viacom

Audio Drama Series
8 x 30’

SCREEN

UNTITLED

Neal Street Productions

New pilot commission as part of their Screenwriting Bursary

THIRTY FIVE

TV pilot in development
Shortlisted top 15% BBC Writer’s Room
1 x 30'

ROCKS & HARD PLACES

HKS productions

Co-written with Mehreen Baig
1 x 60'

FINDING BELLE

TV Drama in development
1 x 50'

COMPLICIT

Co-writing with Adele James
TV pilot in development
1 x 60'

THEATRE

Television

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HOLBY CITY

2021

BBC

SR 23 EP 46
1 x 40'

Theatre

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MILLENNIUM GIRLS

2025

Brixton House / Zoe Gibbons

Dir. Jade Lewis

35

2019

Long-listed for Yard Theatre's First Drafts
Talawa Theatrea praised it as a "Warmly written character study of a crisis of age"

Short Films

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LOVE AND MORE IMPORTANT THINGS

2016

Xon Films

Premiered at British Urban Film Festival (BUFF) as part of Odeon 'Love Shorts' collection

Other

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FANTASTICALLY GREAT WOMEN

2020

BBC

Writers Room and Outline

ISADORA MOON

2020

Kelebek Media

Writers Room with Kelebek for a new animated series

Acting

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Television

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TOP BOY (SERIES 2)

Bella

Jonathan Van Tulleken

Cowboy Films / Channel 4

CASUALTY

Rae Heron

Richard Signy

BBC

RANDOM ACTS (PULL TAG KNOT)

Oya

Ayesha Ramsey

Channel 4

DOCTORS

Bex

Tim Hopewell

BBC

Stage

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HASHTAG LIETIE

Aimee

Rikki Beadle-Blair

Team Angelica / The Gate Theatre

HASHTAG LIETIE (REPRISED)

Aimee

Rikki Beadle-Blair

Team Angelica / Arcola Theatre

ABOVE ROMANCE

Chelsea (Lead)

Kojo Anim

The Broadway Theatre

POT

Louisa (Lead)

Sophie Moniram

Ovalhouse Theatre and National Tour

Film

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DREAMS OF A LIFE

Vincent sister

Carol Morley

Camp Films / Film4

AMINA

Kate

Christian Ashaiku

African Film Tour / AOC Productions ltd