Bianca Leigh | |
Birth Place: | New Jersey |
Education: | Rutgers University (BFA) |
Occupation: | Actress |
Bianca Leigh is an American actress. She appeared as Mary Ellen in the 2005 film Transamerica,[1] [2] [3] and Karma Johnstone in the 2016 film Hurricane Bianca and the sequel . On Broadway, she appeared as a stand-in for the 2018 play The Nap by Richard Bean.[4] In 2011, she performed her one-woman show Busted at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. She performed in Taylor Mac's The Lily's Revenge, and has also performed with the The Talking Band Theatre Company. Leigh appeared in the Laverne Cox documentary Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen. She is currently performing in the Cole Escola play Oh, Mary! on Broadway.
Leigh earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting from Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of Arts in 1984.[5]
Leigh is a transgender woman.