Actress. Model. Creator.

Leyah Rose is a Armenian/Jewish actress based in NYC. She grew up in Boston, MA and then went on to received her BA in Theater from Temple University and her MFA in Acting at University of Essex, East 15 in London. While in England receiving classical and contemporary British Training, she developed her love for accents and dialects, and she had the spectacular opportunity to perform on Shakespeare's Globe Stage as Bassanio in the Merchant of Venice.

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Leyah is passionate about telling stories on the stage and screen, and works with urgency and diligence on projects. She is inspired by actors creating characters with a rich inner life, especially in independent features. She believes in the importance of play when acting, and lives by the motto of not taking herself too seriously, but taking the work seriously.

 

Leyah has worked on numerous off-off Broadway shows in NYC and multiple short films. Notably, you can catch Leyah in the Shudder Original film 825 Forest Road, Directed by Stephen Cognetti. Her latest released short film Cat Custody, directed by Kyle Dubiel also had a great festival run in 2025 at the Chelsea Film Festival and Capital City Film Fest. In her spare time you can find Leyah lifting weights at the gym (getting shredded bro), writing, drawing or painting, or bartending in Manhattan.