Rose Leslie

ABOUT ROSE LESLIE

Scottish actress best known for playing Ygritte on the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones . She also appeared in the first season of Downton Abbey and in CBS's The Good Fight .

She attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and graduated in 2008.

She won a Scottish BAFTA for her performance in the television film New Town.

She was born in Aberdeen, Scotland and raised alongside four siblings. She began dating Game of Thrones co-star Kit Harington in 2012. In September 2017, the couple announced they were engaged. They married in June of 2018. In 2021, she gave birth to their first child, a son. In July 2023, they welcomed a daughter.

She played the love interest of her real-life partner Kit Harington on Game of Thrones.