Leslie McManus, originally from Chicago, started her stage acting career performing in numerous original pieces at The Second City Training Center, Improv Olympic, Annoyance Theatre and ComedySportz.
She then began working her way into commercials, print ads and voiceovers. Some of these spots include Special K, FTD, Mobil, Schultz Plant Care, Head & Shoulders, AT&T, Yoplait, Ford Motors, Pacificare, & Bud Light.
Once moving to LA in 2001 she quickly made the transition into acting in independent films.
With Screaming Frog she has starred in 5 award winning short films that have been shown in hundreds of festivals around the world.
Leslie has also been featured in 3 independent feature films, the latest of which, Joe Casey’s “Hit Parade”, is now available on DVD.
Currently in post-production, she now eagerly awaits the 2011 final cut of “The Tao of Pinochet” written and directed by Brennan Howard with Blah Cubed Productions.
Leslie is also the co-founder of Screaming Frog Productions.