Caroline Lesley
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Caroline Lesley is a Canadian
TV and film actress based in New York City. She is a well known voice actor having voiced hundreds or radio and TV commercials. She is currently the voice of Yoplait Light and has been voicing several commercials for Yoplait since 2007. She also voiced the character Kam Kamazaki, an evil boy genius, on the Medabots
anime TV series. She is the voice of Lidda on the Dungeons and Dragons movie: Scourge of Worlds. Caroline is also the sultry intermission voice of the Basketball Jones podcast.(http://www.thebasketballjones.net)
Lesley is a comedic actress and has performed at the UCB
in New York City. She also performed her comedic one woman show she wrote, "Doppelganger Joe", at the New York International Fringe Festival
. She writes performs sketch videos on Funny or Die
with fellow improv performers from the UCB
. She appeared in sketches on Details.com and EW.com.
She will appear on TV this Fall on The Onion News Network on IFC.
Lesley also has an extensive hosting resume and was a host on the CBC
show The X
in Canada.
Lesley was a red carpet correspondent for Entertainment Weekly's online site www.ew.com from 2006-2009. She covered red carpets for EW parties, film festivals (including Sundance
and TIFF) and Emmy and Oscar parties. She interviewed many celebrities, including Justin Timberlake
, Jennifer Lopez
, Brad Pitt
, Angelina Jolie
and Al Gore
.
Lesley covered the red carpet for the opening of "Billy Elliot
" on Broadway and appeared in the "Finding Billy" documentary produced by Universal along with Elton John
. She also covered the Tony Awards red carpet.
She hosted two internet-only shows called Simple Do's and Don'ts http://simpledosanddonts.blip.tv/posts?view=archive and "The Captain Humphrey's Project."
.
She also voiced the character Kam Kamazaki, an evil boy genius, on the Medabots
anime TV series on FOX KIDS and YTV.
She voiced the lead voice of Lidda on the Dungeons and Dragons movie: Scourge of Worlds.
Lesley continued her work in theater and performed improv shows all over Ontario with The Canadian Improv Showcase. She also appeared in shows at the Summerworks Festival in Toronto and the Toronto Fringe Festival.
She performed the role of Wendy in Matt Austin's play IN BETWEEN at The Centre for the Arts in Toronto and received glowing reviews from critics
She ventured into Television and appeared in 13 episodes on Rogers cable doing "Whose Line is it Anyway?" style of improv with The Canadian Improv Showcase.
She had a guest appearance on the highly successful TV show Soul Food on Showtime and BET
.
Lesley also appeared on TV as the host of "The Rollin X" on CBC show The X
in Canada.
She also appeared in a number of short films and TV commercials for Bud Light and Bell.
She continued her work in television and appeared in a couple of episodes of the CBS
daytime soap opera "As The World Turns
" as the waitress.
She also continued her work in voice overs and booked a large contract with Yoplait
Light. She has voiced over 10 TV commercials for Yoplait
since 2007 and continues to be the voice of Yoplait
Light.
She also continued to work in film and booked her first feature film. She played the lead, "Hayley", in the indie film: "Sister Blister."
Lesley also moved into writing, producing and directing. She wrote, produced and directed her own short film, "Audio Guide", which screened at the NYC Downtown Short Film Festival and the Long Island International Film Festival. It can currently be seen on OpenFilm: Audio Guide
She also penned a one woman comedic show called "Doppelgangner Joe" which premiered at the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival
.
She continued her comedy and appeared in video sketches for Details and Entertainment Weekly
as well as several sketches she wrote on Funny or Die
.
Lesley pursued her hosting work as well and was a red carpet correspondent for Entertainment Weekly
's online site www.ew.com from 2006-2009. She covered red carpets for EW parties, film festivals (including Sundance
and TIFF) and Emmy and Oscar parties. She interviewed many celebrities, including Justin Timberlake
, Jennifer Lopez
, Brad Pitt
, Angelina Jolie
, Kate Winslet
, Sean Penn
and Al Gore
.
Lesley covered the red carpet for the opening of "Billy Elliot" on Broadway and appeared in the "Finding Billy" documentary produced by Universal along with Elton John. She also covered the Tony Awards red carpet.
She hosted two internet-only shows called Simple Do's and Don'ts http://simpledosanddonts.blip.tv/posts?view=archive and "The Captain Humphrey's Project."
Lesley was the face of "Farmland Dairies" milk ad seen in Shape magazine and billboards across NYC and NJ.
She is a singer/songwriter as well and released her single "The Rainbow" in 2010. THE RAINBOW 1
's new daytime talk show: ANDERSON.
She will appear in a print ad for "Aden + Anais" with her baby, and will voice TV ads for Yoplait
Light and many other products.
She will appear on TV this fall on The Onion News Network on IFC.
They had a baby girl on Oct. 23, 2010.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
TV and film actress based in New York City. She is a well known voice actor having voiced hundreds or radio and TV commercials. She is currently the voice of Yoplait Light and has been voicing several commercials for Yoplait since 2007. She also voiced the character Kam Kamazaki, an evil boy genius, on the Medabots
Medabots
Medabots, known in Japan as , is a role-playing video game franchise developed by Natsume and published by Imagineer in Japan in 1997. The video game franchise was later adapted into a Japanese anime television series produced by Bee Train. Spanning 52 episodes, the series originally aired on TV...
anime TV series. She is the voice of Lidda on the Dungeons and Dragons movie: Scourge of Worlds. Caroline is also the sultry intermission voice of the Basketball Jones podcast.(http://www.thebasketballjones.net)
Lesley is a comedic actress and has performed at the UCB
UCB
UCB may stand for:Universities:* The University of California, Berkeley, United States* The University of Colorado at Boulder, United States* University College of Bahrain, Saar, Bahrain* University College Birmingham, England, UK...
in New York City. She also performed her comedic one woman show she wrote, "Doppelganger Joe", at the New York International Fringe Festival
New York International Fringe Festival
The New York International Fringe Festival, or FringeNYC, is a Fringe theater festival and one of the largest multi-arts events in North America. It takes place over the course of two weeks every August, spread across several neighborhoods in downtown Manhattan, notably the Lower East Side, the...
. She writes performs sketch videos on Funny or Die
Funny or Die
Funny or Die is a comedy video website founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's production company, Gary Sanchez Productions with original and user-generated content. Funny or Die contains exclusive material from a number of famous contributors and also has its own Funny or Die Team, which creates...
with fellow improv performers from the UCB
UCB
UCB may stand for:Universities:* The University of California, Berkeley, United States* The University of Colorado at Boulder, United States* University College of Bahrain, Saar, Bahrain* University College Birmingham, England, UK...
. She appeared in sketches on Details.com and EW.com.
She will appear on TV this Fall on The Onion News Network on IFC.
Lesley also has an extensive hosting resume and was a host on the CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
show The X
The X (CBC)
The-X is a Canadian children's TV program on CBC Television, televised during the 2004-2005 television season. It was summarily replaced by The Void in 2005, and The Outlet in 2006....
in Canada.
Lesley was a red carpet correspondent for Entertainment Weekly's online site www.ew.com from 2006-2009. She covered red carpets for EW parties, film festivals (including Sundance
Sundance
Sundance Resort is a ski resort located northeast of Provo, Utah, spanning over on the slopes of Mount Timpanogos in Utah's Wasatch Range. Snow skiing began on the site in 1944...
and TIFF) and Emmy and Oscar parties. She interviewed many celebrities, including Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...
, Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
, Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt is an American actor and film producer. Pitt has received two Academy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one...
, Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009 and 2011. Jolie is noted for promoting humanitarian causes as a Goodwill Ambassador for the...
and Al Gore
Al Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....
.
Lesley covered the red carpet for the opening of "Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot is a 2000 British drama film written by Lee Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry. Set in the fictional town of "Everington" in the real County Durham, UK, it stars Jamie Bell as 11-year-old Billy, an aspiring dancer, Gary Lewis as his coal miner father, Jamie Draven as Billy's older...
" on Broadway and appeared in the "Finding Billy" documentary produced by Universal along with Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
. She also covered the Tony Awards red carpet.
She hosted two internet-only shows called Simple Do's and Don'ts http://simpledosanddonts.blip.tv/posts?view=archive and "The Captain Humphrey's Project."
Early life and education
Lesley was born in Toronto, Ontario. She was raised in Richmond Hill, Ontario where she began performing. She went on to attend the prestigious Ryerson University's Theatre School in Toronto, where she received her BFA with honors. She played Queen Isabella in her graduate production of Richard II directed by John NevilleJohn Neville
John Neville, OBE, CM was an English theatre and film actor who moved to Canada in 1972. He enjoyed a resurgence of international attention in the 1980s as a result of his starring role in Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen .-Early life:Neville was born in Willesden, London, the...
.
Career
After Lesley left theater school she began working in voice overs almost immediately. She voiced for radio on Toronto's urban FLOW 93.5 and she lent her voice to numerous radio and TV commercials.She also voiced the character Kam Kamazaki, an evil boy genius, on the Medabots
Medabots
Medabots, known in Japan as , is a role-playing video game franchise developed by Natsume and published by Imagineer in Japan in 1997. The video game franchise was later adapted into a Japanese anime television series produced by Bee Train. Spanning 52 episodes, the series originally aired on TV...
anime TV series on FOX KIDS and YTV.
She voiced the lead voice of Lidda on the Dungeons and Dragons movie: Scourge of Worlds.
Lesley continued her work in theater and performed improv shows all over Ontario with The Canadian Improv Showcase. She also appeared in shows at the Summerworks Festival in Toronto and the Toronto Fringe Festival.
She performed the role of Wendy in Matt Austin's play IN BETWEEN at The Centre for the Arts in Toronto and received glowing reviews from critics
She ventured into Television and appeared in 13 episodes on Rogers cable doing "Whose Line is it Anyway?" style of improv with The Canadian Improv Showcase.
She had a guest appearance on the highly successful TV show Soul Food on Showtime and BET
Bet
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.
Lesley also appeared on TV as the host of "The Rollin X" on CBC show The X
The X (CBC)
The-X is a Canadian children's TV program on CBC Television, televised during the 2004-2005 television season. It was summarily replaced by The Void in 2005, and The Outlet in 2006....
in Canada.
She also appeared in a number of short films and TV commercials for Bud Light and Bell.
Recent work
Lesley moved to NYC in 2006 where she currently resides.She continued her work in television and appeared in a couple of episodes of the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
daytime soap opera "As The World Turns
As the World Turns
As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light...
" as the waitress.
She also continued her work in voice overs and booked a large contract with Yoplait
Yoplait
Yoplait is a brand of yogurt produced by a company owned by two French holdings, SODIAAL and PAI Partners.-History:In 1964, 100,000 French farmers merged their regional dairy cooperatives to sell nationally. In 1965, two co-ops, "Yola" and "Coplait", merged, becoming "Yoplait"...
Light. She has voiced over 10 TV commercials for Yoplait
Yoplait
Yoplait is a brand of yogurt produced by a company owned by two French holdings, SODIAAL and PAI Partners.-History:In 1964, 100,000 French farmers merged their regional dairy cooperatives to sell nationally. In 1965, two co-ops, "Yola" and "Coplait", merged, becoming "Yoplait"...
since 2007 and continues to be the voice of Yoplait
Yoplait
Yoplait is a brand of yogurt produced by a company owned by two French holdings, SODIAAL and PAI Partners.-History:In 1964, 100,000 French farmers merged their regional dairy cooperatives to sell nationally. In 1965, two co-ops, "Yola" and "Coplait", merged, becoming "Yoplait"...
Light.
She also continued to work in film and booked her first feature film. She played the lead, "Hayley", in the indie film: "Sister Blister."
Lesley also moved into writing, producing and directing. She wrote, produced and directed her own short film, "Audio Guide", which screened at the NYC Downtown Short Film Festival and the Long Island International Film Festival. It can currently be seen on OpenFilm: Audio Guide
She also penned a one woman comedic show called "Doppelgangner Joe" which premiered at the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival
New York International Fringe Festival
The New York International Fringe Festival, or FringeNYC, is a Fringe theater festival and one of the largest multi-arts events in North America. It takes place over the course of two weeks every August, spread across several neighborhoods in downtown Manhattan, notably the Lower East Side, the...
.
She continued her comedy and appeared in video sketches for Details and Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
as well as several sketches she wrote on Funny or Die
Funny or Die
Funny or Die is a comedy video website founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's production company, Gary Sanchez Productions with original and user-generated content. Funny or Die contains exclusive material from a number of famous contributors and also has its own Funny or Die Team, which creates...
.
Lesley pursued her hosting work as well and was a red carpet correspondent for Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
's online site www.ew.com from 2006-2009. She covered red carpets for EW parties, film festivals (including Sundance
Sundance
Sundance Resort is a ski resort located northeast of Provo, Utah, spanning over on the slopes of Mount Timpanogos in Utah's Wasatch Range. Snow skiing began on the site in 1944...
and TIFF) and Emmy and Oscar parties. She interviewed many celebrities, including Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...
, Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
, Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt is an American actor and film producer. Pitt has received two Academy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one...
, Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009 and 2011. Jolie is noted for promoting humanitarian causes as a Goodwill Ambassador for the...
, Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet
Kate Elizabeth Winslet is an English actress and occasional singer. She has received multiple awards and nominations. She was the youngest person to accrue six Academy Award nominations, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Reader...
, Sean Penn
Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn is an American actor, screenwriter and film director, also known for his political and social activism...
and Al Gore
Al Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....
.
Lesley covered the red carpet for the opening of "Billy Elliot" on Broadway and appeared in the "Finding Billy" documentary produced by Universal along with Elton John. She also covered the Tony Awards red carpet.
She hosted two internet-only shows called Simple Do's and Don'ts http://simpledosanddonts.blip.tv/posts?view=archive and "The Captain Humphrey's Project."
Lesley was the face of "Farmland Dairies" milk ad seen in Shape magazine and billboards across NYC and NJ.
She is a singer/songwriter as well and released her single "The Rainbow" in 2010. THE RAINBOW 1
Future work
Lesley recently shot a TV commercial for Anderson CooperAnderson Cooper
Anderson Hays Cooper is an American journalist, author, and television personality. He is the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°. The program is normally broadcast live from a New York City studio; however, Cooper often broadcasts live on location for breaking news stories...
's new daytime talk show: ANDERSON.
She will appear in a print ad for "Aden + Anais" with her baby, and will voice TV ads for Yoplait
Yoplait
Yoplait is a brand of yogurt produced by a company owned by two French holdings, SODIAAL and PAI Partners.-History:In 1964, 100,000 French farmers merged their regional dairy cooperatives to sell nationally. In 1965, two co-ops, "Yola" and "Coplait", merged, becoming "Yoplait"...
Light and many other products.
She will appear on TV this fall on The Onion News Network on IFC.
Personal life
Lesley was married to Jonathan Erlichman on November 16, 2007. The ceremony took place in a gazebo on the beach in Mexico. The couple was surrounded by their closest family and friends.They had a baby girl on Oct. 23, 2010.