Lesley-Ann Brandt
Brandt during a Lucifer Convention in Paris in 2022
Born (1981-12-02) 2 December 1981 (age 42)
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Alma materMeisner technique
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present
Known forSpartacus, Lucifer
Spouse
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(m. 2015)​
Children1

Lesley-Ann Brandt (born 2 December 1981) is a South African actress best known for the role of Mazikeen on the television series Lucifer.

Early life

Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Brandt is Cape Coloured of Indian, German, Dutch, Bushmen, and Spanish descent.[1] She is a fluent Afrikaans speaker[2] and lists yoga, hockey, and baseball among her interests.[3] In South Africa, she played competitive field hockey.[4]

In 1999, Brandt immigrated to Auckland, New Zealand, with her parents and her younger brother Brian Brandt. Brandt started work in retail sales in Auckland[5] before securing work as an information technology recruitment consultant.[4][6] Following some modelling work, she was cast in a number of New Zealand television advertisements.[7] She studied acting and was trained in the Meisner technique in 2008.[3]

Career

Brandt's first significant acting role was in the New Zealand television series Diplomatic Immunity. Brandt has appeared in guest roles on the New Zealand hospital soap opera, Shortland Street, and This Is Not My Life, a science fiction series set in the 2020s in the fictional town of Waimoana.[8]

Brandt had a role as Naevia in the first season Spartacus: Blood and Sand and the prequel miniseries Spartacus: Gods of the Arena. She originally auditioned for the role of Sura but auditioned for the role of Naevia instead.[3] Brandt did not return due to production delays following the death of Andy Whitfield,[9] and she was replaced by Cynthia Addai-Robinson.[10] Brandt had a role in the New Zealand coming-of-age feature film The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell about the victim of a kart racing accident, was filmed in Howick, a suburb of East Auckland.[6][11]

Brandt guest starred in the CSI: NY episodes "Smooth Criminal" and "Food for Thought". Brandt was featured in the film InSight in which she plays nurse Valerie Khoury. In May 2010, Brandt guest starred on Legend of the Seeker, another Rob Tapert/Sam Raimi production filmed in New Zealand. She appeared in the second-season finale "Tears" in the role of Sister Thea.[3] In 2011, she guest appeared in TNT's Memphis Beat, which was followed by a lead role as Cassie in Syfy's highest rated original feature for 2011, Zombie Apocalypse, which also starred Ving Rhames and Taryn Manning. She appeared in the feature film Drift with Sam Worthington and Xavier Samuel, and Duke starring CSI: NY star Carmine Giovinazzo.

In 2013, she had a recurring role in the third season of Single Ladies as Naomi Cox.[12] In 2014, she guest starred as Larissa Diaz/Copperhead on Gotham,[13] and appeared as the recurring character Lamia in The Librarians.[14] In 2015, she won the role of Maze in the FOX television series Lucifer. She replaced actress Lina Esco and Brandt had reportedly tested for the role and was reconsidered afterward.[15]

Brandt is based in Los Angeles.[16]

Personal life

Brandt married her boyfriend of six years, actor Chris Payne Gilbert, in 2015.[17] The couple's first child, son Kingston Payne Brandt-Gilbert, was born in July 2017.[18]

Filmography

Brandt at the 2017 WonderCon, to promote Lucifer.

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2010 The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell Sharon
2011 InSight Valerie Khoury
2012 A Beautiful Soul Angela Barry
2013 Drift Lani
2015 Painkillers Guts
2019 Duke Violet
2019 Heartlock Tara Sharpe

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Diplomatic Immunity Leilani Fa'auigaese 13 episodes
2010 Spartacus: Blood and Sand Naevia 11 episodes
2010 Legend of the Seeker Sister Thea Episode: "Tears"
2010 This Is Not My Life Hine / WAI Field Reporter 2 episodes
2011 Chuck Fatima Tazi Episode: "Chuck Versus the Seduction Impossible"
2011 Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Naevia 6 episodes
2011 CSI: NY Camille Jordanson 2 episodes
2011 Memphis Beat Adriana Episode: "The Things We Carry"
2011 Zombie Apocalypse Cassie Television film
2014 Being Mary Jane Tamiko Roberts Episode: "Girls Night In"
2014 Killer Women Amber Flynn Episode: "In and Out"
2014 Single Ladies Naomi Cox 11 episodes
2014 Gotham Larissa Diaz / Copperhead Episode: "Lovecraft"
2014 The Librarians Lamia 5 episodes
2016–2021 Lucifer Mazikeen,
Lillith 		Mazikeen: Main Cast (Seasons 1–6),
Lilith: (Season 5, Episode 4 only)
2023 Captain Fall Liza (voice) Main cast[19]
2024 The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live Pearl Thorne 1 episode

Music videos

Year Band Title Character Director
2007 Battle Circus "Love in a Fallout Shelter"[20] Lead Female Anton Steel
2007 Nesian Mystik "R.S.V.P."[20] Lead Female Luke Sharpe

References

  1. ^ "Actress Lesley Ann Brandt from the show 'Lucifer'". YouTube. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Official Lesley-Ann Brandt Fan Site - Biography". lesleyannbrandt.ausxip.com. Retrieved 10 November 2010.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b c d "Lesley-Ann Brandt". Karen Kay Management. 23 November 2010. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Cast Bios: Lesley-Ann Brandt (Naevia)" (PDF). starz.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  5. ^ "AUSXIP Interviews Spartacus Actress Lesley-Ann Brandt". talkingxena.yuku.com. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  6. ^ a b Suggs, Bob (1 January 2010). "Lesley-Ann Brandt - Plays Naevia on Spartacus". Screen Rave. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  7. ^ Folb, Luke (6 May 2019). "Lesley-Ann Brandt on her role in Netflix series Lucifer". IOL. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  8. ^ Baillie, Russell (30 July 2010). "TV Review: 'This Is Not My Life'". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  9. ^ "Burning up Hollywood - City Press". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Lesley-Ann Brandt Would Stay With 'Spartacus'—for a Price". 17 February 2011.
  11. ^ "Hopes and Dreams: New film attracts strong cast". New Zealand Film Commission. 16 November 2009. Archived from the original on 5 August 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  12. ^ Schillaci, Sophie. "'Single Ladies' Season Three: These Rookies Are Shaking Things Up". MTV. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  13. ^ Maglio, Tony (24 November 2014). "'Gotham's' Copperhead Debuts on Fox's Fall Finale". The Wrap.
  14. ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "TNT Eyes 'The Librarian' Series; Noah Wyle, Bob Newhart & Jane Curtin May Return". Deadline. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  15. ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "Lesley-Ann Brandt Joins 'Lucifer' Fox Pilot In Recasting". Deadline. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  16. ^ "Biography". Lesley-Ann Brandt Official Website. 2012. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  17. ^ Rello, Gabriella (25 January 2016). "Actress Lesley Ann Brandt's Vermont Wedding". Brides.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016..
  18. ^ Juneau, Jen (21 July 2017). "Lesley-Ann Brandt and Chris Payne Gilbert Welcome Son Kingston Payne". People. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  19. ^ Captain Fall (Animation, Comedy), Jason Ritter, Christopher Meloni, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Netflix, Netflix Animation, Boulder Media, 28 July 2023, retrieved 18 November 2023((citation)): CS1 maint: others (link)
  20. ^ a b "Lesley-Ann Brandt - Music Video". Karen Kay Management Limited. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.

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