Leokadia Hope

Leokadia Hope is an Australian comedian, actress, model and writer who grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, and now resides in Los Angeles, California.She got her start in the entertainment industry at the age of 10. She spent her childhood and adolescence attending singing, dancing, acting classes and performing at events and shows across her hometown, as well as competing in dance competitions around Australia. She also attended weekly private vocal lessons at Paradise Church, where renowned singer Guy Sebastian began his musical career.At age 18, she was accepted into the Dance Performance Diploma course at the Dance Factory and moved to Melbourne for this reason and to pursue a career in Musical Theater. Whilst living in Melbourne, she trained with exceptional choreographers in the styles of jazz, contemporary, ballet and hip hop and when she wasn't in a dance class, she was busy completing on camera acting studies at the Victorian College of the Arts. Here she filmed a few episodes of Rebel Wilson's "Bogan Pride"She then traveled around Europe and ended up living in London briefly to audition for musicals, live shows and television, but decided Los Angeles was where she wanted to be.At age 21, she won a full talent scholarship to the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. Whilst studying acting full time, she worked professionally as a print model and corporate spokesmodel.Leokadia made the transition into stand up comedy and writing in 2014. She has since performed at Gotham Comedy Club New York, Comedy Store Los Angeles and the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival in Austin, Texas.She has trained at Lesly Kahn, Killian's Commercial Workshop, Groundlings and is currently represented by Salt Models and Talent (Commercial) and Mavrick Models (Fit and Print)She can also be spotted in several commercials and infomercials around the United States and South America. She speaks Polish and English and is currently studying Spanish.Leokadia also produces, writes and directs her own sketches and musical parodies which can be viewed on the 'All Things Leo' Youtube Channel. Show less «