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LeafyIsHere

LeafyIsHere is the former YouTube handle of Calvin Lee Vail (born 1995), an American commentary creator known for mocking narrations over CS:GO gameplay; his channel was permanently terminated in August 2020 for harassment, followed by Twitch and X bans.

League of Gods (封神传奇)

League of Gods (封神传奇) is a 2016 Chinese fantasy action film directed by Koan Hui, starring Jet Li, Fan Bingbing and Tony Leung Ka Fai; a 500-million-RMB effects-heavy adaptation of Investiture of the Gods that flopped critically and commercially.

Leah Ayres

Leah Ayres (birth name Leah Simpson), American actress born in Baltimore, known for The Burning (1981), Bloodsport (1988) with Jean-Claude Van Damme, and as Marcia Brady Logan in The Bradys; retired from acting in the late 1990s.

Leah Bracknell

Leah Bracknell (Alison Rosalind Bracknell, 1964-2019) was an English actress who played vet Zoe Tate in ITV's Emmerdale from December 1989 to 2005, the first lesbian character in a British soap; later a yoga teacher, she died of lung cancer aged 55.

Leah Gibson

Leah Diane Gibson, Canadian-American actress born 1985 in Victoria, British Columbia; known for Jessica Jones, Manifest, Batwoman, Joe Pickett (UBCP/ACTRA award winner), and films Mercy and Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

Leah Halton

Leah Halton (Leah Lucia Halton), born 2001, is an Australian TikTok personality and model from Melbourne, best known for a 2024 car lip-sync video that became one of the platform's most-liked posts.

Leah Lewis

Leah Lewis (Leah Marie Liang Lewis, born 1996) is a Chinese-born American actress known for The Half of It, voicing Ember in Pixar's Elemental, George Fan in Nancy Drew, and Sarah Franklin in CBS's Matlock.

Leah McKendrick

Leah McKendrick is an American Latina writer, director, and actress from San Francisco, a Chapman University alumna (2008). Known for Destroy the Alpha Gammas, M.F.A. (2017), her SXSW 2023 directorial debut Scrambled, and Netflix's 2026 rom-com hit Voicemails for Isabelle, plus the upcoming Shania Twain biopic Shania.

Leah Patterson-Baker

Leah Patterson-Baker (Leah Patterson, née Poulos) is a fictional Summer Bay character on Australian soap Home and Away, played by Ada Nicodemou since 2000; a chef and Diner owner, widowed twice (Vinnie Patterson, Dan Baker), mother of VJ, surrogate for Sally, married Justin Morgan in 2024.

Leah Pipes

Leah Marie Pipes (born 1988) is an American actress known for Life Is Wild, Sorority Row (2009), and Camille O'Connell on The Originals (2013–2018), plus Charmed and recent films.

Leah Purcell

Leah Purcell (born 1970, Murgon, Queensland), Goa-Gunggari-Wakka Wakka Murri playwright, actor, director, and novelist; known for The Drover's Wife as play (2016), novel (2019), film (2021) and opera (2026); AACTA, Helpmann and APSA Jury Grand Prize winner; Member of the Order of Australia (2021).

Leah Remini

Leah Remini (born 1970, Brooklyn) is an American actress known as Carrie Heffernan on The King of Queens, who left Scientology in 2013, wrote Troublemaker, won Emmys for Scientology and the Aftermath, sued the church in 2023, and joined RHOBH Season 16 in 2026.

Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath

Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, also The Aftermath, is an A&E documentary series (2016-2019) hosted by Leah Remini and Mike Rinder: 3 seasons, 36 episodes, two Emmy wins, and the Aftermath Foundation.

Lean on Me (film)

Lean on Me is a 1989 Warner Bros. biographical drama directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Morgan Freeman as real Paterson, New Jersey principal Joe Clark of Eastside High; released March 3, 1989, grossed $28.9M.

Leana Deeb

Leana Deeb, Palestinian-Uruguayan American fitness creator and certified personal trainer (born 2001, Dallas), founder of Uplift You app and Gymshark modest activewear line; TIME100 Creators 2025, 18M+ followers.

Leanna Creel

Leanna Creel (born 1970) is an American retired actress, producer, director, and photographer, identical triplet of Joy Creel and Monica Lacy, known as Tori Scott on Saved by the Bell and for Ignite Entertainment films like But I'm a Cheerleader.

Leanne (TV series)

Leanne is a Netflix multi-camera sitcom co-created by and starring comedian Leanne Morgan with Chuck Lorre and Susan McMartin, premiering July 31, 2025. It follows a Southern grandmother whose husband of 33 years leaves her; Season 2 arrived August 27, 2026.

Leanne Battersby

Leanne Battersby (Leanne Anika Battersby) is a fictional Coronation Street character played by Jane Danson since 4 July 1997; Battersby family member, married Nick Tilsley and Peter Barlow, mother of Oliver, now at Speed Daal.

Leap (夺冠)

Leap (夺冠), also known as China Women's Volleyball Team, is Peter Chan's 2020 sports drama starring Gong Li as Lang Ping, covering the Chinese women's volleyball team from 1981 to Rio 2016; Golden Rooster Best Feature Film and China's 2021 Oscar submission.

Leap Year (2010 film)

Leap Year (2010) is an American romantic comedy directed by Anand Tucker, starring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode, about an Irish leap-day proposal tradition. Released January 8, 2010 by Universal; grossed $32.7 million but scored 24% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Lear Rex

Lear Rex is an unreleased film adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, written and directed by Bernard Rose, starring Al Pacino as Lear and Jessica Chastain as Goneril; filmed in Los Angeles from August 2024, still in post-production.

Leatherface

Leatherface, also called Bubba Sawyer or Thomas Hewitt, is the masked, chainsaw-wielding killer of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre franchise, created by Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel in 1974 and first played by Gunnar Hansen.

Leatherface (2017 film)

Leatherface (2017) is a horror prequel to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the eighth franchise film, directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, starring Stephen Dorff and Lili Taylor, released October 20, 2017 to poor reviews.

Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, a 1990 New Line slasher directed by Jeff Burr, the first non-Tobe Hooper sequel, starring Kate Hodge, Ken Foree, and R.A. Mihailoff; cut from an X to an R rating, released January 12, 1990, grossing $5.8 million.

Leave Her to Heaven

Leave Her to Heaven (1945), John M. Stahl's Technicolor melodrama-noir adapted from Ben Ames Williams's novel, stars Gene Tierney as the murderous, obsessively jealous Ellen Berent; Fox's biggest 1940s hit, it won Leon Shamroy a color cinematography Oscar.

Leave It to Beaver

Leave It to Beaver, American family sitcom (1957–1963, CBS then ABC) created by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, starring Jerry Mathers as Beaver Cleaver; 234 episodes, modest ratings, enduring syndication fame.

Leave No Trace (film)

Leave No Trace (2018) is Debra Granik's drama, adapted with Anne Rosellini from Peter Rock's novel My Abandonment, starring Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie as an off-grid father and daughter near Portland, Oregon; released by Bleecker Street with a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Leave the World Behind (film)

Leave the World Behind (2023) is Sam Esmail's Netflix apocalyptic thriller adapted from Rumaan Alam's novel, starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Mahershala Ali, and Myha'la; executive produced by the Obamas, it was Netflix's most-viewed 2023 film.

Leaving Las Vegas

Leaving Las Vegas, 1995 drama by Mike Figgis adapted from John O'Brien's semi-autobiographical novel; Nicolas Cage as alcoholic Ben Sanderson and Elisabeth Shue as Sera; Cage won the 1996 Best Actor Oscar; shot on Super 16mm for $4 million.

Leaving Neverland

Leaving Neverland is Dan Reed's 2019 two-part HBO documentary in which Wade Robson and James Safechuck allege Michael Jackson abused them as children; Emmy-winning, later removed from streaming after a Jackson estate settlement.