Birth Name : Leisha Gardner Hailey
Gender : Female
Born : 7-11-1971
Birthplace : Okinawa, Japan
Occupation : Actress, musician
Leisha was born on July 11, 1971 in Okinawa, Japan to Robert and Jane Hailey. She grew up in Bellevue Nebraska and attended Bellevue West High School where she played the leading male role of "Oliver" in her school play. Her grandparents are Lillian and the late Carlos Hailey, she has one sister named Kaydra and a dog named Bandit. She is a 5'6" (1.68 m) vegetarian and currently dates fashion designer Nina Garduno.
With her Academy classmate Heather Grody, she formed the pop duo The Murmurs in 1991. In the 1990s, they released several albums and toured on the Lilith Fair. In 2001, Hailey and Grody changed their name to Gush. The band split when Hailey began working for The L Word. In 2005, Hailey founded Marfa Records.
Hailey's first major role was in the 1997 movie All Over Me, and around this time, she played a struggling musician on an episode of Boy Meets World. Since 2003, she has starred as Alice Pieszecki, a bisexual journalist, on The L Word.
In September 2008, Showtime announced Hailey would star in a "pilot presentation spinoff" The Farm of The L Word, to be written and produced by Ilene Chaiken, creator and executive producer of The L Word. It was announced in April 2009 that the show would not be picked up by Showtime.Hailey's award winning indie film La Cucina premiered on Showtime in December 2009, where she plays a straight pregnant newlywed.
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