Leila George
{{Short description|Australian-born actress (born 1992)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Leila George
| image = Actress Leila George at 81st Venice International Film Festival (cropped).jpg
| caption = George in 2024
| birth_name = Leila George D'Onofrio
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1992}}
| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| citizenship = {{Hlist|Australian|American}}
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2016–present
| parents = {{plainlist|
- Vincent D'Onofrio (father)
- Greta Scacchi (mother)
}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Sean Penn|2020|2022|reason=divorced}}
| website =
}}
Leila George D'Onofrio (born 1992){{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/01/12/Greta-Scacchi-becomes-Aussie-citizen/8505789886800/|title=Greta Scacchi becomes Aussie citizen|location=Sydney|access-date=20 June 2024|first=Tom|last=Anderson|publisher=United Press International|date=13 January 1995}}{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3561370/Greta-Scacchi-glad-to-be-back.html |title=Greta Scacchi: glad to be back |first=Marianne |last=Macdonald |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=28 September 2008 |access-date=4 August 2020 |url-access=limited |archive-date=15 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915092117/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3561370/Greta-Scacchi-glad-to-be-back.html|url-status=live|quote=...Leila, 16, Scacchi's daughter by D'Onofrio.}}{{cite magazine |last=Comita |first=Jenny |date=11 March 2019 |title=Meet Leila George, a Hollywood Royal Emerging as a Star in The Kid |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/leila-george-the-kid-vincent-donofrio-daughter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126042649/https://www.wmagazine.com/story/leila-george-the-kid-vincent-donofrio-daughter/ |archive-date=26 January 2020 |access-date=4 August 2020 |magazine=W |publisher=Future Media Group |quote=...the Australian-born, English-bred 26-year-old...}} is an Australian-born actress. She is the daughter of actors Vincent D'Onofrio and Greta Scacchi.
Early life
George was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, to actor and producer Vincent D'Onofrio and actress Greta Scacchi,{{cite news| last= Macdonald |first= Marianne |date= 28 November 1999 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/1999/nov/28/2 |title=Trainspotting, I'd love to do that... |newspaper=The Guardian |quote=Her daughter's father is the actor Vincent D'Onofrio, with whom Scacchi had a four-year relationship that ended acrimoniously not long after the baby, Leila, was born. |access-date= 19 September 2015}} and raised by her mother in Hurstpierpoint near Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom. She has three younger half-brothers, one by her mother and two by her father.
In 2008, she took acting classes at Brighton College. The following year, she attended Crawley College, her mother's alma mater, and in 2010, studied at the Arts Educational Schools, London. In 2011, she went to Australia to study at Sydney Film School. In 2012, she went to the United States to study at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City near her father.{{cite news|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/greta-scacchi-and-daughter-leila-george-are-birds-of-a-feather/news-story/c1a31b1294016ff55e9ffb77807249b9|title=Greta Scacchi and daughter Leila George are birds of a feather|work=The Australian|first=Anne|last=Lim|date=1 April 2014|access-date=23 February 2018|url-access=subscription}}
Career
In 2013, George worked on the documentary The Last Impresario as an additional camera operator. In 2014, she starred with her mother in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull for Black Swan Theatre Company in Perth. Her mother acted as Arkadina, and she acted as Nina, Arkadina's romantic rival.
In 2016, she played the starring role in Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?, her first feature television film.{{cite magazine|last=Romano|first=Nick |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/28/mother-sleep-danger-trailer-james-franco-vampire-remake-tori-spelling |title=Mother, May I Sleep With Danger trailer: James Franco's vampire remake features Tori Spelling |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=28 May 2016 |access-date=20 June 2016}} She was featured in the films Mortal Engines (2018){{cite magazine |last=Nordstrom |first=Leigh |date=20 November 2018 |title=It Might Soon Be Time for Leila George to Quit Her Waitressing Job |url=https://wwd.com/eye/people/leila-george-vincent-donofrio-daughter-breakout-1202909612/ |url-status=live |magazine=WWD |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119030318/https://wwd.com/eye/people/leila-george-vincent-donofrio-daughter-breakout-1202909612/ |archive-date=19 November 2019 |access-date=4 August 2020 |quote=...George, who, at 26... |url-access=subscription}}{{cite news|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title=Stephen Lang, Jihae, Newcomer Leila George Join Peter Jackson's 'Mortal Engines' (Exclusive)|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/stephen-lang-jihae-join-peter-jacksons-mortal-engines-983628|access-date=12 June 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=6 March 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608202609/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/stephen-lang-jihae-join-peter-jacksons-mortal-engines-983628|archive-date=8 June 2017|url-status=live}} and The Kid (2019). In 2019, George began playing the younger version of Ellen Barkin's character, Janine "Smurf" Cody, in the television series Animal Kingdom.{{Cite web |last=Nakamura |first=Reid |date=18 January 2019 |title='Mortal Engines' Star Leila George Joins TNT's 'Animal Kingdom' Season 4 (Exclusive) |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/mortal-engines-star-leila-george-161419534.html |access-date=31 December 2024 |website=yahoo.com |language=en-US}}
Personal life
George began a relationship with actor Sean Penn in 2016.{{cite news |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/800486/sean-penn-and-new-girlfriend-leila-george-d-onofrio-make-red-carpet-debut |title=Sean Penn and New Girlfriend Leila George D'Onofrio Make Red Carpet Debut |first=Francesca |last=Bacardi |publisher=E! News |date=7 October 2016|access-date=14 April 2020}} They married on 30 July 2020.{{cite news |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/sean-penn-confirms-secret-covid-wedding-rumors/vp-BB17xy6v |title=Sean Penn confirms secret 'COVID wedding' rumors |publisher=MSN |date=4 August 2020 |access-date=4 August 2020}} George filed for divorce on 15 October 2021.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/movies/sean-penn-wife-leila-george-files-for-divorce-after-1-year-of-marriage/|title=Sean Penn's Wife Actress Leila George Files for Divorce After 1 Year of Marriage|date=15 October 2021|last1=Campione|first1=Katie|website=People|access-date=17 October 2021}} The divorce was finalised on 22 April 2022.{{cite web |last=Brisco |first=Elise |title=Sean Penn and Leila George finalize divorce after having a 'COVID wedding' in 2020 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/04/23/sean-penn-leila-george-divorce-finalized/7424689001/ |access-date=April 24, 2022 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}
Following the 2019–20 Australian bushfires, she co-produced a celebrity fundraiser to support long-term conservation of areas affected by the bushfires; the event was hosted by the Los Angeles Zoo.{{Cite web|title=LOS ANGELES ZOO ANNOUNCES STAR-STUDDED "MEET ME IN AUSTRALIA" EVENT ON MARCH 8|url=https://www.lazoo.org/press/2020/02/meet-me-in-australia/|access-date=22 April 2021|website=Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens (LA Zoo)|date=28 February 2020 |language=en-US}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable"
|+Key | style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}} |Denotes works that have not yet been released |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2016
| Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? | Leah Lewisohn | Television film{{cite web |last=Fienberg |first=Daniel |date=15 June 2016 |title='Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?' (2016): TV Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/mother-may-i-sleep-danger-903438/ |access-date=31 December 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}} |
| 2019–2022
| Young Janine "Smurf" Cody | Recurring role (season 4); main role (seasons 5–6) |
| 2024
| Young Catherine Ravenscroft |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|nm5772354}}
- {{facebook|leila.donofrio}}
- {{Instagram|leilaGeorge}}
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Category:21st-century Australian actresses
Category:Actors educated at the Arts Educational Schools
Category:Actresses from Brighton
Category:Actresses from Sydney
Category:American expatriate actresses
Category:American expatriates in England
Category:American film actresses
Category:American people of Australian descent
Category:American people of English descent
Category:American people of Italian descent
Category:Australian expatriates in England
Category:Australian film actresses
Category:Australian people of American descent
Category:Australian people of English descent
Category:Australian people of Italian descent
Category:Actors educated at Brighton College
Category:People of Lombard descent
Category:Penn family (show business)