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Leslye Headland
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Leslye Headland

Born 26 November 1980 · Maryland, USA
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Leslye Headland (born November 26, 1980) is an American film and television director, screenwriter, and playwright. She directed the comedic films Bachelorette (2012), and Sleeping with Other People (2015). She co-created the Netflix series Russian Doll (2019–2022) which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. She served as the creator and showrunner on the Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte (2024). As a playwright, she has written a string of plays based on the Seven Deadly Sins which include Assistance and Cult of Love, the latter of which marked her debut as a playwright on Broadway in 2024. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leslye Headland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Bachelorette
Russian Doll
Sleeping with Other People
The Acolyte
About Last Night
Terriers
Black Monday
Single Drunk Female
Heathers
Sleeping with Other People
About Last Night
Bachelorette
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