---
name: "Leslie Stefanson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leslie-stefanson"
fi1m_id: "leslie-stefanson"
imdb_id: "nm0005462"
tmdb_id: 21474
wikidata_id: "Q431874"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 May 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T00:37:14.793020+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."
---

# Leslie Stefanson

## Identity

Leslie Stefanson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leslie-stefanson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leslie-stefanson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005462
- **TMDB ID:** 21474
- **Wikidata ID:** Q431874
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Stefanson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q431874, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005462/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21474

Actor. Born 10 May 1971 in Fargo, North Dakota, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 May 1971, Fargo, North Dakota, USA
- **Active:** 1997–2000
- **Also known as:** Leslie Ann Stefanson
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 64 (2), 2000s 81 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 66 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Family 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $740m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Stefanson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q431874, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005462/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21474

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Flubber*](https://film.one/film/flubber.md) (50)

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## Biography

Leslie Stefanson, also credited as Leslie Ann Stefanson, is an American actress and sculptor. Born on 10 May 1971 in Fargo, North Dakota, she graduated with a degree in English literature from Barnard College in 1993. She began her career with small film roles in the mid-1990s and appeared in advertisements while modelling.

Stefanson is known for her performances in *The General's Daughter* (1999) as Captain Elisabeth Campbell, *Unbreakable* (2000) as Kelly, *As Good as It Gets* (1997), *Flubber* (1997) and *The Hunted* (2003). She also appeared in the television miniseries *Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot* (2001) as Joan Bennett Kennedy. Her acting credits span 1994 to 2003, with archival footage used in *Glass* (2019).

Since around 2002 she has been the partner of actor James Spader. Stefanson now works as a sculptor in New York City, creating bronze and terracotta pieces; one of her sculptures won the top prize from the National Sculpture Society in 2019.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Unbreakable* (2000), Fi1m 81, as Kelly — [page](https://film.one/film/unbreakable.md)
- *As Good as It Gets* (1997), Fi1m 77, as Cafe 24 Waitress — [page](https://film.one/film/as-good-as-it-gets.md)
- *Flubber* (1997), Fi1m 50, as Sylvia — [page](https://film.one/film/flubber.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Glass* (2019), as Woman on Train
- *Alien Hunter* (2003), as Nyla Olson
- *The Hunted* (2003), as Irene Kravitz
- *MDs* (2002), series, as Shelly Pangborn
- *Desert Saints* (2002), as Agent Donna Marbury
- *The Stickup* (2002), as Natalie Wright
- *Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot* (2001), series, as Joan Bennett Kennedy
- *Unbreakable* (2000), as Kelly — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/unbreakable.md)
- *Beautiful* (2000), as Joyce Parkins
- *Delivered* (1999), as Claire
- *The General's Daughter* (1999), as Captain Elisabeth Campbell
- *Break Up* (1998), as Shelly
- *An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn* (1998), as Michelle Rafferty
- *As Good as It Gets* (1997), as Cafe 24 Waitress — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/as-good-as-it-gets.md)
- *Flubber* (1997), as Sylvia — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/flubber.md)
- *Fool's Paradise* (1997), as Liz
- *The Mirror Has Two Faces* (1996), as Sara Myers

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