Biography

Leigh Elaine Takata was born in Hayward, California. Her family relocated to the Atlanta area in the early 1990s. It was there that she began learning how to act and dance. She went on to attend Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA. While there, she acted in a handful of plays produced by the school's theatre group known as Blackfriars. One of them was done in partnership with the Alliance Theatre and was performed at local high schools in the area. Takata also holds a Master of Arts in Professional Writing from Kennesaw State University. Takata currently resides in Phoenix, AZ but continues to travel to work on various productions in which she acts, models and/or dances.
- IMDb mini biography by: Leigh Takata