---
name: "Javicia Leslie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/javicia-leslie"
fi1m_id: "javicia-leslie"
imdb_id: "nm4124560"
tmdb_id: 1697199
wikidata_id: "Q66722739"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 May 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T13:07:10.791131+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Javicia Leslie

## Identity

Javicia Leslie

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/javicia-leslie
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** javicia-leslie
- **IMDb ID:** nm4124560
- **TMDB ID:** 1697199
- **Wikidata ID:** Q66722739
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javicia_Leslie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66722739, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4124560/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1697199

Actor. Born 30 May 1987 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 May 1987, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javicia_Leslie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66722739, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4124560/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1697199

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*High Potential*](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Javicia Leslie is an American actress. She was born on 30 May 1987 in Augsburg, Germany, and raised in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. She attended Hampton University, where she appeared in stage productions including *Seven Guitars*, *for colored girls*, and *Chicago*.

After moving to Los Angeles, Leslie began her screen career with a lead role in the 2016 Lifetime film *Killer Coach*. She became a series regular on *The Family Business* (2018–2025) and *God Friended Me* (2018–2020). She starred as Ryan Wilder / Batwoman in the final two seasons of *Batwoman* (2021–2022) and made crossover appearances in *The Flash* (2021–2023). Other credits include *MacGyver* (2016) as Jesse Colton, the film *Something from Tiffany's* (2022), and *Double Life* (2023). She portrays Detective Daphne Forrester in the series *High Potential* (2024–present).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *High Potential* (2024), Fi1m 72, as Daphne Forrester — [page](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *High Potential* (2024), series, as Daphne Forrester — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md)
- *The Christmas Detective* (2023), as Kate Bennett
- *Double Life* (2023), as Jo Creuzot
- *Something from Tiffany's* (2022), as Sophia
- *We Are Gathered Here Today* (2022), as Jen Stone-Spitz
- *Roped* (2020), as Britney
- *Batwoman* (2019), series, as Ryan Wilder / Batwoman
- *Always a Bridesmaid* (2019), as Corina James
- *Stuck* (2019), as Ebony
- *Carl Weber's The Family Business* (2018), series, as Kendra, Paris Duncan
- *God Friended Me* (2018), series, as Aliyah "Ali" Finer
- *Kat* (2017), as Kelsie
- *Killer Coach* (2017), as Samantha Morgan
- *MacGyver* (2016), series, as Jesse Colton
- *Prototype* (2016), as Waitress
- *The Flash* (2014), series, as Ryan Wilder / Batwoman, Ryan Wilder / Red Death, Ryan Wilder / Red Death / Batwoman

## Gallery

- ![Javicia Leslie](https://film.one/media/person/1360667/gallery-9b0e1986944b.jpg) Javicia Leslie — Lauralaelbart, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/JAVICIA_LESLIE._2020.jpg/1280px-JAVICIA_LESLIE._2020.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Javicia Leslie](https://film.one/media/person/1360667/gallery-20071e305bd4.jpg) Javicia Leslie — Image via TMDB
- ![Javicia Leslie](https://film.one/media/person/1360667/gallery-b07c42b3fcec.jpg) Javicia Leslie — Image via TMDB
- ![Javicia Leslie](https://film.one/media/person/1360667/gallery-5286ea6afdd1.jpg) Javicia Leslie — Image via TMDB

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/javicia-leslie