Leigh Arnold
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Leigh Arnold is an Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

-born actress. A native of Foxrock, County Dublin, Arnold is known for her role of Dr Cloadagh Delaney in Irish TV series The Clinic
The Clinic (TV series)
The Clinic is an award-winning Irish primetime television medical drama series produced by Parallel Film Productions for RTÉ. It debuted on RTÉ One in 2003 to positive reviews and proved to be one of the network's most popular shows. The show ran for seven seasons between September 2003 to November...

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Early life

Arnold was a pupil of St Andrews College in Dublin and took a degree in Psychology and Psychoanalysis at LSB College Dublin.

In 2001 she was accepted to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
The American Academy of Dramatic Arts is a fully accredited two-year conservatory with facilities located in Manhattan, New York City – at 120 Madison Avenue, in a landmark building designed by noted architect Stanford White as the original Colony Club – and in Hollywood, California...

 in New York.

Film and TV

Arnold landed the role of Dr Clodagh Delaney on the Irish TV series The Clinic, a multi award-winning drama for RTÉ. The series ran for seven series from 2003-2009 to critical acclaim and she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Irish Film and Television Awards
Irish Film and Television Awards
The Irish Film and Television Awards were first awarded in 2003. Its sole aim is to celebrate Ireland's notably talented film and television community...

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Arnold finished filming her first feature film Charlie Casanova which was written and directed by Terry McMahon and is due out in the summer of 2011.

Theatre

Arnold's theatre experience in Ireland includes, Gerry Stenbridges ‘The Grown Up’s’, at the Peacock Theatre, Helen of Troy in Michael Scotts Trojan Women, The Vagina Monologues, My First Time and in 2010 saw her starring in the role of Mina in Michael Scotts Dracula at the Tivoli Theatre.

Philanthropy

Arnold combines her acting work with charity work and from 2009-2011 was an Ambassador for UNICEF Ireland
UNICEF Ireland
UNICEF Ireland, also known as the Irish National Committee for UNICEF, is one of 36 UNICEF National Committees based in industrialised countries.The National Committees raise funds for the organisation's worldwide emergency and development work....

. She has also spent time in South Africa with the Niall Mellon
Niall Mellon
Niall J. Mellon is an Irish entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Niall Mellon Township Trust to provide homes to impoverished communities in South Africa's townships.-Early life:...

 Foundation rebuilding the Townships outside Cape Town. In 2009, Arnold hosted a rock concert for the foundation with whom she continues to work.

Personal life

Arnold announced her pregnancy in November 2011 by Steve Davies. She had previously dated Marcus Sweeney, an entrepreneur and former fiance of Katy French
Katy French
Katy Ellen French was an Irish socialite, model, writer, television personality and charity worker. According to the BBC, "in the space of less than two years, she had become one of Ireland's best-known models and socialites." She collapsed at a friend's house on 2 December 2007 and died on 6...

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Nominations

Irish Film and Television Awards
Irish Film and Television Awards
The Irish Film and Television Awards were first awarded in 2003. Its sole aim is to celebrate Ireland's notably talented film and television community...

 (2007) Nomination - Best Supporting Actress

Social and Personal
Social and Personal
Social and Personal is one of the longest running columns in The Irish Times. Previously called Court and Personal it originally published the Court Circulars of the British Royal Family, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and details of which members of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy were available in...

 (2008) Nomination - Sexiest Legs in Ireland

VIP Style Awards
VIP Style Awards
The VIP Style Awards is an annual awards ceremony which takes place in the Republic of Ireland...

 (2008) Nomination - Best Dressed Woman in Ireland

VIP Style Awards
VIP Style Awards
The VIP Style Awards is an annual awards ceremony which takes place in the Republic of Ireland...

 (2009) Nomination - Most Stylist Woman
Film & Television
Year Title Role Production Company/TV Station Notes
2003–2009 The Clinic
The Clinic (TV series)
The Clinic is an award-winning Irish primetime television medical drama series produced by Parallel Film Productions for RTÉ. It debuted on RTÉ One in 2003 to positive reviews and proved to be one of the network's most popular shows. The show ran for seven seasons between September 2003 to November...

Dr. Cloadagh Delaney RTÉ
RTE
RTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...

7 Series
2009 Charlie Casanova

Year Show Role TV Station Episodes
2010 The Daily Show
The Daily Show
The Daily Show , is an American late night satirical television program airing each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. The half-hour long show premiered on July 21, 1996, and was hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 1998...

Herself RTÉ 1 episode

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