Leslye Headland
| Leslye Headland | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1981 (age 35–36) Westport, Connecticut, United States |
| Occupation | Playwright |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works |
Play Bachelorette (2008) |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Spouse | Rebecca Henderson (m. 2016) |
Play Bachelorette (2008)
Play Assistance (2012)
Movie Bachelorette (2012)
Leslye Headland (born 1981) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. She is best known for the play and 2012 film Bachelorette. Her 2012 play Assistance was sold to NBC as a television series to star Krysten Ritter.
Headland, raised in Westport, Connecticut, graduated in 1999 from Staples High School. She received her BFA from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in 2002.
For four years after college graduation, Headland worked as assistant for film producer Harvey Weinstein. As playwright, she is best known for her Seven Deadly Sins cycle: The series includes Cinephillia (lust), Bachelorette (gluttony), Assistance (greed), Surfer Girl (sloth), Reverb (wrath), and The Accidental Blonde (envy). The seventh remains unannounced. Headland wrote and directed the 2012 film version of Bachelorette. Dramatists Play Service plans to publish Assistance in late 2013.
In 2012, the film version of Headland's play Bachelorette premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Headland directed from her own script; the film co-starred Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan and Isla Fisher as three troubled women who reunite for the wedding of a friend (played by Rebel Wilson) who was ridiculed in high school.
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