Leslie Coutterand

Leslie Coutterand, was born on October 20 in Chamonix, France. She is a director, speaker and a former actress. For the past two years, Leslie has taken a turning point in her career and started to focus only on causes and productions that have a positive and constructive impact on our society and the environment. In 2015, she started working of the documentary series I LOVE THEREFORE I AM. She and her co-director shot a Teaser in Indonesia and Nepal. Some well respected experts already accepted to be interviewed. In January 2018, Leslie was in pre production of the series. In December 2016, she gave a TEDx talk in Lyon, to present the project and talk about Love and its impact in our society : "From powerlessness to the power of Love".

In September 2017, she co-directed a web series for BBC. The show "Miss Holland", set in London, is a comedy that highlights society's conditioning and how women are perceived in our daily lives.

In January 2018, she gave a second TEDxtalk about social conditioning and success. Drawing from her personal story and her career, Leslie encourages us to step out from our vision of success, medias and social conditioning, and start reflecting on the global impact of our actions. She invites us to reconnect to our ourselves, others and the environment, to create in a world that needs us now more than ever.

Leslie grew up in the Alps and spent most of her childhood skiing, mountain climbing and hiking. After graduating high school, she moved to New York to study. A year later, she moved to Paris to attend the European acting school Cours Florent, from which she graduated in 2008. During her third year at Cours Florent, she was cast as the lead in the French television series 'Deja Vu'. They filmed the second season in Vietnam and Singapore, and the show aired throughout Europe, Asia and Africa. Deja Vu was nominated for Best "Serie Jeunesse" at the Festival de la Fiction de la Rochelle in France. She appeared in several different productions and TV movies before landing the role of Mado, a series regular, in the French series 'Julie Lescaut'. Shortly thereafter, she decided to move to LA to pursue her international career. She quickly booked the role of Isabella in the movie Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant and various other roles in American productions. She was also the lead in the award winning short film Her Name is Crazy which has played at numerous festivals throughout the world. Leslie modeled as well. She is the new face of Nivea and has worked for such brands as Head and Shoulders, Joe's Jeans, and Louis Vuitton.