Age: 44
female
Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, Lesley-Ann Brandt has shot to stardom rapidly in New Zealand. She immigrated to Auckland with her parents and younger brother in 1999. Her unusual path to acting has seen her go from IT Recruitment Consultant to landing the lead role in the hit comedy series 'Diplomatic Immunity', starring alongside Craig Parker (of Spartacus, Lord of the Rings and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans), quickly moving her into the hearts of the nation. Lesley-Ann started her career as a model, booking prestigious national and international campaigns as well as big international TV commercials. She very soon drew the attention of Casting Directors who encouraged her to pursue acting. Whilst working full time, Brandt trained with various New Zealand and internationally based acting coaches. She has most recently appeared in guest roles on New Zealand's series 'Shortland Street', 'This Is Not My Life' and her current role as 'Naevia' in the Starz series 'Spartacus: Blood and Sand'. Lesley-Ann has just completed filming her first feature film 'Hopes and Dreams’. She is fluent in Afrikaans, and has in the past played competitive and social hockey. Brandt is currently based in Los Angeles.
17-year-old Daphne has spent her life honing her body and mind into that of a warrior, hoping to be excepted by the unyielding people of ancient Sparta. But an unexpected encounter with the goddess Artemis—who holds the fence brothers fate in her hands—upends the life she’s worked so hard to build. Nine the series items have been stolen from Mount Olympus and if Delphene cannot find them, the gods winning power school feet away, the mortal world will descent into chaos, and her brothers life will be forfeit. Guided by Artemis‘s twin—the handsome and entirely-too -self-assured god Apollo—Daphne’s journey will take her from the labyrinth of the Minotaur to the riddle spinning speaks of devious team, her up with mythological legends such as Theseus and Hippolyte of the Amazons, and pick her against the gods themselves.
