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Article: She’s Electric

Posted by green in Leisha Hailey, News on Oct 1st, 2007 | No Comments

The last time I saw Leisha Hailey was at the Women’s Night event in Hollywood in April where she was the guest DJ. She triumphantly managed to win the crowd round after the main event had sent hundreds of Californian grrrls fleeing to the roof party of the Henry Fonda Theatre. It was quite an achievement; not least since comic character actress Jane Lynch had entertained the assembled hard-to-please locals and celebrities, including TV personalities Honey Labrador and Megan Morris.

It’s fair to say that Hailey is the girl we’d most like to do. Or be. Smart, sassy, charming, witty and the social glue who keeps our favourite bunch of girls stuck together. The first I met her at The L Word fan convention in a packed Thistle Hotel at Heathrow, I was struck by how comfortable she is in her skin, like her on-screen persona, Alice. At 34 [sic] years old, Hailey is a delightful mix of emotional maturity and playful mischief. She was an instant hit as Lucy, the punk rocker in the 1997 movies All Over Me, and her career trajectory has gone skywards ever since.
In the last ten years she’s attracted accolades, awards and the attention of k.d. lang as she marked her path. She lives, very happily, in Los Angeles with her partner, Nina Garduno. (more…)