Rixt Leddy

Leddy was born in 1976, May 5th. She is a daughter of actor John Leddy and his second wife Jannig Greijdanus . She has an older brother and an older sister, Roos. Arne also works in television as an art director. Older sister Rose is a sculptor. After high school Rixt studied at the Theatre School of Utrecht , where she graduated in 2001. During her studies she starred in Wim T. Schippers sitcom "We are back home". Leddy had gained lots of theater experience by touring The Netherlands with different shows. She and director Karim Traïdia traveled to Morocco to make a play and perform it there. After returning to the Netherlands, Leddy worked a lot with director/writer/actress Sanne Vogel. They developed and starred in the play 'HOP' at Theater Festival 'De Parade'. Rixt also played in Vogel's movie 'The Canary Film, 'The Pop Group' and Bibi's Beauty Blog. One very memorable play is 'Here come the Leddys', which she wrote and played in, together with her father John Leddy. Spring 2005 Leddy got cast for the role of Dian Alberts in The Netherlands' longest running soap opera "Good Times, Bad Times .The role of Dian got Leddy famous in The Netherlands. Rixt was part of the regular cast between October 2005 and February 2008. In the 2006 she combined filming for GTST with filming for Paul Verhoeven's film 'Black Book'. After she left the soap opera she co-starred in the fourth season of 'Gooische Women' . She played the doctor of Peter Paul Muller's character Martin Morero. That same year she played one of the leads in drama series 'Wolfseinde' for two seasons, she played the character of Yolande Hamecourt, a spiritual and clairvoyant visual artist. The next 5 years Rixt worked a lot with Musical Theatre Company 'The People's Opera House. She acted, sang and played the ukulele in their shows. In 2013, Leddy moved to Los Angeles together with her American husband and daughter. SInce then she has returned to The Netherlands once for filming for 'Dames 2' and done some voice-over work. In May 2013 she played a supporting role in the Short Movie "A Wedding'.