Born in New York City. Leslie has earned a BA from Harvard University, and her MFA in acting from UCLA School of Theater Film and Television. She also studied improvisation and sketch comedy in the Conservatory program at the Second City Los Angeles Training Center. She is touring in the US and Europe, performing in Miracle in Rwanda, a one-woman show co-created with and directed by Edward Vilga about the true story of genocide survivor Immaculee Ilibagiza.