Leslye Headland Biography: Wife, Age, Height, Net Worth, Parents, Movies & TV Shows, Kids

Leslye Ann Headland, professionally known as Leslye Headland, is an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and producer. She is best known for creating and co-creating acclaimed productions including Russian Doll, The Acolyte, Bachelorette, and Sleeping with Other People.

Headland has earned widespread recognition for her distinctive storytelling, often exploring themes of identity, addiction, and human relationships across film, television, and theatre.

Leslye Headland
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Real Name:	Leslye Ann Headland
Stage Name:	Leslye Headland
Born:	November 26, 1980 (age 45 years old)
Place of Birth:	Maryland, United States
Nationality:	American
Ethnicity:	White
Height:	5 feet 6 inches (168 cm)
Religion:	Christianity
Parents:	John Headland, Julie Headland
Spouse:	Rebecca Henderson
Relationship:	Married
Children:	Winona Headland
Occupation:	Playwright, Screenwriter, Director, Producer
Net Worth:	$5 million to $8 million

Early Life and Education

Leslye Headland was born on November 26, 1980, in Maryland, United States, and was raised in suburban Maryland. She is the daughter of John Headland and Julie Headland. Information regarding her siblings has not been publicly disclosed.

She graduated from Staples High School in 1999 before earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in 2002, where she studied at the Playwrights Horizons Theater School. After graduation, she worked at Miramax, an experience that later inspired her acclaimed play Assistance.

Career

Leslye Headland began her professional career as a playwright, writing a series of works inspired by the Seven Deadly Sins. Her play Bachelorette became a critical success and was later adapted into her feature directorial debut in 2012, starring Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, and Rebel Wilson.

She followed this with the romantic comedy Sleeping with Other People (2015), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and further established her reputation as a filmmaker with a distinctive voice.

Leslye Headland achieved international acclaim as the co-creator, writer, director, and executive producer of Netflix’s Russian Doll, earning Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.

She later created and served as showrunner for the Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte (2024). In addition to her screen work, she has remained active in theatre, with plays including Assistance, Cult of Love, and Bachelorette, the latter becoming one of her signature works.

Awards and Nominations

• Primetime Emmy Award nomination – Outstanding Comedy Series for Russian Doll
• Primetime Emmy Award nomination – Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Russian Doll
• Nantucket Film Festival – New Voices in Screenwriting Award (Winner)
• Variety Piazza Grande Award nomination – Bachelorette
• Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award nomination – Sleeping with Other People

Social Media

• Instagram: @leslyeheadland

Personal Life

Leslye Headland, 45 years old, is married to actress Rebecca Henderson. The couple married in September 2016 and have one child, Winona Headland.

Standing at approximately 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm) tall, Headland enjoys writing, filmmaking, theatre, and classic cinema. She has frequently cited the films of Alfred Hitchcock and the Marx Brothers as major creative influences.

Net Worth

Leslye Headland has an estimated net worth of $5 million to $8 million USD. She has built her wealth through a successful career as a playwright, screenwriter, director, and producer.

Her work on acclaimed projects such as Russian Doll, The Acolyte, Bachelorette, and Sleeping with Other People, together with writing, directing, producing, royalties, and overall production deals, has contributed significantly to her financial success.

Filmography

Films

• Bachelorette (2012) – Writer and Director
• About Last Night (2014) – Screenwriter
• Sleeping with Other People (2015) – Writer and Director

Television

• Terriers (2010) – Staff Writer
• Single Drunk Female (Executive Producer)
• Russian Doll (2019–2022) – Co-Creator, Writer, Director, Executive Producer
• The Acolyte (2024) – Creator, Showrunner, Writer, Director, Executive Producer

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