Leslie-Anne Huff

Leslie-Anne Huff is an American actress.

Leslie-Anne Huff
Born
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present

Life and education

Huff was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. She was born to an American father and a Filipino mother.[1]

She attended the University of California, Berkeley. She was highly involved with the Filipino community and co-produced the yearly Pilipino Cultural Night show.[citation needed]

Career

Her career began in 2006 with a role in the television series CSI: NY. She has made guest appearances in several television series, including roles in NCIS, Bones, Days of Our Lives, Chuck, Greek and The Suite Life on Deck.

In 2008, she was cast to star in the film Strawberry Cliff, opposite Hong Kong singer Eason Chan. In 2009, she starred in the Disney Channel's first original web series, Mackenzie Falls, a stand-alone spin-off of Sonny with a Chance.[1] In 2011, she was cast in the film Cowgirls n' Angels, starring James Cromwell, Bailee Madison, Jackson Rathbone, Dora Madison Burge, and Kathleen Rose Perkins.

In 2013, she was cast in Cowgirls 'n Angels: Dakota's Summer, the sequel to Cowgirls 'n Angels opposite Keith Carradine, Haley Ramm, Emily Bett Rickards, and Jade Pettyjohn. In 2016, Leslie became a recurring character on the seventh season of the American supernatural television series, The Vampire Diaries, as a vampire huntress named Rayna Cruz.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009Frozen KissJeanette
2010ProminareLayla
2011Mardi Gras: Spring BreakGirl #2Uncredited
2011Strawberry CliffKate
2012Cowgirls 'n AngelsMadison De La Cruz
2012The Money ShotPenelope ShusterShort film
2014Cowgirls 'n Angels: Dakota's SummerMadison De La Cruz
2014RosieRosieShort film, also writer and executive producer
2015LunaMiranda ClelandShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006CSI: NYFelicia BadmanEpisode: "All Access"
2008InvincibleDupli-Kate (voice)2 episodes
2009Days of Our LivesMichelle2 episodes
2009Mackenzie FallsPenelope9 minisodes
200910 Things I Hate About YouJonelle2 episodes
2009The Suite Life on DeckReinaEpisode: "Kitchen Casanova"
2009GreekWhitneyEpisode: "High and Dry"
2010ChuckBartenderEpisode: "Chuck Versus the Nacho Sampler"
2010Sonny with a ChancePenelope2 episodes
2010Miami MedicalCandy StriperEpisode: "Like a Hurricane"
2010Pair of KingsAerosolEpisode: "A Mermaid's Tail"
2010NCISHillary LangeEpisode: "Enemies Foreign"
2011BonesRaina EricksonEpisode: "The Bikini in the Soup"
2011The ProtectorLiz Arnold / Beth DarbyEpisode: "Bangs"
2014The MiddleReneeEpisode: "The Smell"
2016The Vampire DiariesRayna CruzRecurring role
2016The OriginalsEpisode: "A Streetcar Named Desire"
2018Young & HungryKaylaEpisode: "Young & Third Wheel"

Web

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015The Life SaversLucySeries creator / co-writer, 5 episodes

Philanthropy

In 2005, Huff co-founded the non-profit Kamay at Puso (which means "Hand and Heart" in Tagalog).[2]

In 2010, she appeared in a charity performance of The Vagina Monologues at the Aratani Theater of the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center in Los Angeles, along with Lea Salonga, Tia Carrere, and Tamlyn Tomita.[3]

References