Michelle McLeod
BiographyMichelle McLeod is a Toronto based Actor originally from Peterborough Ontario. She has BA in theatre studies and film and is a graduate of the Second City Conservatory Program in Toronto and of the (CFC) Canadian Film Centre Actors Residency.
She has been acting in since the age of 11 both in film and in theatre. Her first role was when she was 11 years old as the "lolly pop girl" in a community theatre production of The Music Man. Her passion for acting only grew from there.
Coming from a family of cinephiles, Michelle has always been driven by her dream to tell stories through acting.
Her most notable roles include Irene in Pat Mill's Don't Talk to Irene (2017) starring opposite Geena Davis and Mejal in Sarah Polley's Women Talking (2022) alongside Claire Foy, Rooney Mara, Jessie Buckley, Sheila McCarthy, Judith Ivey, Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand.
Other credits include Honey Bee alongside Julia Sarah Stone, Martha Plimpton and Peter Outerbridge, My Spy with Dave Bautista, "Tin Star" opposite Tim Roth, and BBC's "Creeped Out", and a recurring role in the upcoming season of Catherine Reitman's "Workin' Moms".
She is represented by Adam Stutt at The Gary Goddard Agency in Toronto.
In the role of actor
Women Talking – TIFF 2022 (20/09/2022)
The women of an isolated religious community meet to decide their future in Women Talking. When multiple accounts of sexual abuse are uncovered within their Mennonite colony, a group of women, including Ona (Rooney Mara), Salome (Claire Foy), Mariche (Jessie Buckley), Scarface Janz (Frances McDormand), Agata (Judith Ivey), and Greta (Sheila McCarthy) meet in a […]
Honey Bee (24/03/2019)
A teenage prostitute has to adjust to life with a new foster family in Honey Bee. Natalie (Julia Sarah Stone) is young woman working as a truck stop prostitute for her boyfriend/pimp Ryan (Steven Love), who has given her the nickname “Honey Bee.” One night, Natalie is arrested by undercover detective Walker (Maurice Dean Wint) […]