Zimmerman, Leigh 1969–

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Zimmerman, Leigh 1969–

PERSONAL

Born March 28, 1969, in Madison, WI; married Domenick Allen; children: one.

Addresses:

Agent—Marilyn Szatmary, SMS Talent, Inc., 8730 Sunset Blvd., Suite 440, Los Angeles, CA 90069; Philip Hilepo, Hartig Hilepo Agency, 54 West 21st St., Suite 610, New York, NY 10010; Peter Brooks, CAM, 55-59 Shaftesbury Ave., 1st Floor, London W1D 6LD, England.

Career:

Actress, singer, and dancer. Model for commercials and print ads.

Awards, Honors:

Laurence Olivier Award nomination, best actress, Society of West End Theatre, 2004, for The Producers.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Fashion model, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (also known as Home Alone II), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992.

Lois, Mr. Jealousy, Lions Gate Films, 1998.

Lee, The Defender, Bauer Martinez Studios, 2004.

U.S. ambassador, Submerged, Nu Image, 2005.

Jackie, Proof, Miramax, 2005.

Anchorwoman, Land of the Blind, Bauer Martinez Studios, 2006.

Christine Snyder, United 93 (also known as Vol 93), Universal, 2006.

Candy Connor, Are You Ready for Love?, Carnaby International, 2006.

Irene, La luna en botella (also known as Moon in the Bottle), Ikiru Films/Zephyr Films, 2007.

Some sources cite credit as therapist in I Could Never Be Your Woman, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2007; and role of Anika in a film titled Red Light Runners, 2003.

Television Appearances; Series:

Cherie, Another World (also known as Another World: Bay City), NBC, 1998.

Sergeant Beesley, Feel the Force, BBC America, 2006.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Businesswoman, Rear Window, ABC, 1998.

Lesley Peters, Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon (also known as Secret Futures: Smallpox and Smallpox), FX Network, 2002.

Dr. Shepherd, Second Nature, TNT, 2003.

Helen Harlow, The Outsiders, 2006.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The Royal Variety Performance 2002, BBC, 2002.

The Variety Club Showbusiness Awards 2004, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Tamsin Read, "Trophy Life," Doctors, BBC, 2005.

Megan, "Just Looking (Stereophonics)," Blessed, BBC, 2005.

Megan, "Walk like a Man (The Four Seasons)," Blessed, BBC, 2005.

Megan, "Let's Spend the Night Together (The Rolling Stones)," Blessed, BBC, 2005.

Leslie Dennis, "Hollywood Homicide," Numb3rs (also known as Num3ers), CBS, 2007.

Appeared in episodes of Central Park West, The Guiding Light, and One Life to Live; guest for episodes of The David Letterman Show, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, and The Tonight Show Starring Jay Leno.

Stage Appearances:

Will's sister, Betty's sister, and a New Ziegfeld girl, The Will Rogers Follies (musical), Palace Theatre, New York City, between 1991 and 1993.

Louise, understudy for Tess, and member of ensemble, Crazy for You (musical), Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1995-96.

Panacea and understudy for Gymnasia, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (musical), St. James Theatre, New York City, 1996.

Go-to-Hell Kitty, Chicago (musical), Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York City, 1996-97.

Elaine, The Seven Year Itch, Queen's Theatre, London, 2000.

Velma Kelly, Chicago (musical), London, 2001.

Girl in the yellow dress, Contact, Queen's Theatre, 2002.

Miriam, Three on a Couch, Kings Head Theatre, London, 2004.

Ulla, The Producers (musical), London, 2004-2006, then Paris Theatre, Las Vegas, NV, 2007.

Major Tours:

Toured as Will's sister, Betty's sister, and a New Ziegfeld girl, The Will Rogers Follies, U.S. cities.

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic:

Leigh Zimmerman Official Site,http://www.leighzimmerman.com, December 1, 2007.

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