{{short description|British actress}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use British English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Leah MacRae | image = | caption = | birth_name = Leah MacRae | birth_date = | birth_place = Belfast | education = | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|writer}} | notable_works = | years_active = | website = https://www.leahmacrae.com/ }} '''Leah MacRae''' is a Scottish actress and writer. She is best known for her roles in ''Rab C. Nesbitt'', ''The Karen Dunbar Show'', ''Gary Tank Commander'', ''River City'' and ''Grownups''. She is also known for starring in theatrical productions around Scotland and the rest of the UK, most notably at King's Theatre, Glasgow and Edinburgh Playhouse; starring in ‘51 Shades Of Maggie’.
MacRae was born in Belfast but grew up in Southern England and Glasgow, where she currently resides.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1kwxyYJsKg9LSXPqXVJtJDh/ellie-mclean|website=BBC Scotland|title=River City - Profiles}}</ref>
As an actress, MacRae starred in River City as Ellie McLean from 2016 to 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leah MacRae joins cast of BBC Scotland's River City |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/leah-macrae-river-city |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
MacRae is also a writer of comedy; she wrote and performed her very own one woman show ‘Leah MacRae: My Big Fat Fabulous Diary’ which she toured around Scotland in 2019, every performance was sold out.
She followed this up in 2022 with her second one-woman comedy show, "Leah MacRae: Weighs In", which she debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scougall |first=Murray |title=Be brave and believe: Comedy star Leah MacRae on saying no to fear and yes to success |url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/leah-macrae-interview/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=The Sunday Post |language=en-US}}</ref> followed by a Scotland tour<ref>{{Cite web |title=LEAH MACRAE WEIGHS IN {{!}} Theatre Royal Dumfries |url=https://www.theatreroyaldumfries.co.uk/whats-on/leah-macrae-weighs |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=www.theatreroyaldumfries.co.uk}}</ref> and two performances at the Soho Theatre, London.
In 2025 she guest-starred in three episodes of ''Gifted'' as the Shopkeeper.
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