Born in Westport, Connecticut, Leslye Headland was raised in Maryland and received her BFA degree from the Tisch School of the Arts in 2002, and later studied at Playwrights Horizon Theater School. She began in the entertainment industry working as an assistant at Miramax, and in 2010 she landed her first job as a staff writer on the FX series Terriers. 2012 was the beginning of her career as a writer/producer/director with the film version of her play Bachelorette, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Known For
Credits
Crew Credits
Dying for Sex (2025)
Show crew as Executive Producer
- Episode 1x01: Good Value Diet Soda (Apr 4, 2025)
The Acolyte (2024)
Show crew as Executive Producer
Show crew as Creator
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x02: Revenge / Justice (Jun 4, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: Lost / Found (Jun 4, 2024)
Episode crew as Writer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Teach / Corrupt (Jul 2, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: Lost / Found (Jun 4, 2024)
Single Drunk Female (2022)
Show crew as Executive Producer
(2 episodes)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
Almost Family (2019)
Show crew as Executive Producer
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Oct 2, 2019)
Episode crew as Director
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Oct 2, 2019)
Russian Doll (2019)
Show crew as Creator
- Episode 2x01: Nowhen (Apr 20, 2022)
Show crew as Executive Producer
- Episode 2x01: Nowhen (Apr 20, 2022)
Episode crew as Teleplay
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x07: The Way Out (Feb 1, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: Nothing in This World Is Easy (Feb 1, 2019)
Episode crew as Story
- Episode 1x01: Nothing in This World Is Easy (Feb 1, 2019)
Episode crew as Director
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x07: The Way Out (Feb 1, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: A Warm Body (Feb 1, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: The Great Escape (Feb 1, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: Nothing in This World Is Easy (Feb 1, 2019)
Episode crew as Writer
- Episode 1x04: Alan's Routine (Feb 1, 2019)
Heathers (2018)
Show crew as Executive Producer
Episode crew as Director
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Are We Going to Prom or Hell? (Aug 8, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Date Rapes and AIDS Jokes (Jul 18, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: She's Going to Cry (Jul 11, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jul 11, 2018)
SMILF (2017)
Episode crew as Director
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Deep-Dish Pizza and a Shot of Holy Water (Nov 26, 2017)
- Episode 1x03: Half a Sheet Cake and a Blue-Raspberry Slushie (Nov 19, 2017)
- Episode 1x02: 1800 Filet-o-Fishes and One Small Diet Coke (Nov 12, 2017)
Blunt Talk (2015)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x04: How is It That Every Conversation We Have Comes Back to the Size of Your Penis (Oct 23, 2016)
- Episode 2x03: Your Therapist and His Pussy Are Here (Oct 16, 2016)
Terriers (2010)
Show crew as Staff Writer
- Episode 1x02: Dog and Pony (Sep 15, 2010)
Episode crew as Writer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x12: Quid Pro Quo (Nov 24, 2010)
- Episode 1x05: Manifest Destiny (Oct 6, 2010)