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Welcome to the official website of Scottish Actress, Singer and Comedian: Leah MacRae

As a familiar face of Scottish Television and theatre, Leah currently appears as ‘Ellie McLean’ In the Scottish continuing drama ‘River City’ and is also well known for many other BBC television roles including the ditzy but loveable ‘Julie’ in ‘Gary: Tank Commander’, ‘Jenny’ in ‘Grownups’, and main cast in ‘The Karen Dunbar Show’.

Leah is also known across Scotland for her many roles on stage but is probably best known for her role as Maggie in the hit one-woman comedy ’51 Shades Of Maggie’ She starred in several sold out Scottish tours 2013 and 2014 and then as the alternate UK Maggie in 2014 performing popular English and Welsh venues including the Manchester Palace and Bristol Hippodrome.

Leah’s self-penned one Woman Show: ‘Leah MacRae: My Big, Fat, Fabulous Diary’ -Edited by Chris Grady- previewed across local Glasgow venues in 2017/18 after which international promoter: Mick Perrin Worldwide came on board and the show toured Scotland in 2019 to rave reviews from both audiences and industry professionals.

Leah’s one woman Edinburgh Fringe performance at the famous Gilded Balloon Debating hall has been postponed due to COVID-19 along with the pencilled plans for an April/May Scottish tour of a brand new show.

Check out Leah’s lockdown online series: ‘Geez Yer Chat’ on her new YouTube Channel LEAH MACRAE ACTRESS where she interviews all of her Scottish celebrity pals to find out what they’ve been up to during lockdown.

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