Leah de Niese

Leah de Niese is an Australian-Sri Lankan actress. She began her acting career on stage when she seven years old, before securing a recurring role in the Australian soap opera, Neighbours when she was eleven. de Niese made guest appearances in Blue Heelers and Stingers, before appearing in Neighbours for a second time in 2001. She played Ruth Hartnell in the children's television series, Short Cuts and made her feature film debut in the Australian comedy film, Hating Alison Ashley (2005). She joined the supporting cast of Offspring in 2010, before joining the main cast of comedy series, Twentysomething as Abby. From 2012 until 2013, she played Nicola Panas in the Channel 9 drama series House Husbands. In 2022, de Niese took on her first voice acting role when she was cast as the Junker Queen in the Overwatch 2 video game. She also voices a younger version of the character in a animated short. de Niese voices Astoria Durand in the 2023 sci-fi adventure VR game Journey to Foundation.