Rose Leslie

Scottish actress best known for her television roles, especially her portrayal of Gwen Dawson in the ITV drama series Downton Abbey (2010, 2015) and Ygritte in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2012-2014). She played Maia Rindell in three seasons of the CBS All Access legal and political drama The Good Fight (2017-2019) and starred as Clare Abshire in HBO's The Time Traveler's Wife (2022).

Leslie was raised at Lickleyhead Castle in Aberdeenshire, her family's 15th-century ancestral seat, where she lived until the age of ten. Her father, Sebastian Arbuthnot-Leslie, is the Chieftain of the Aberdeenshire branch of the Scottish Clan Leslie. Her mother is Candida Mary Sibyl "Candy" Leslie (née Weld) of Clan Fraser of Lovat, whose maternal great-grandfather was Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat and a descendant of King Charles II.

Leslie became fluent in French while living with her family in France during her pre-adolescent years. While working as an actress, she lived in Battersea, London, until moving to north London. She often refers to missing Aberdeen, saying, "I feel very much at peace in Scotland."

Her leading on screen debut came at age 21 in the television film New Town (2009), for which she won the Scottish BAFTA for Best Acting Performance – New Talent Award.

In 2011, Leslie began dating Kit Harington, who played her love interest, Jon Snow, in Game of Thrones. They married on 23 June 2018. In September 2020, Leslie posed for a magazine photo shoot while visibly pregnant. Their son was born in January 2021. In July 2023, the couple confirmed the birth of their daughter.