Lesley-Ann Brandt is a South African actress. Brandt has acted in a number of New Zealand television series and first came to international notice with her role as a slave girl Naevia in the series . Since January 2016, she plays the role of Mazeon the television series Lucifer.
Brandt's first significant acting role was in the New Zealand television series Diplomatic Immunity. Brandt has appeared in guest roles on the New Zealand hospital soap opera, Shortland Street, and This Is Not My Life, a science fiction series set in the 2020s in the fictional town of Waimoana. Brandt had a role as slave girl Naevia in the first season ' and the prequel miniseries '. She originally auditioned for the role of Sura but the casting director suggested she audition for the role of Naevia instead. Brandt did not return for the subsequent seasons of Spartacus due to production delays following the death of Andy Whitfield. Her manager Steven Jensen stated to TheWrap, "She'd like to go back, but they really haven't gotten the number we're looking for." He said she would reconsider "if they step up". STARZ had no comment. Cynthia Addai-Robinson ultimately replaced Brandt as Naevia. Brandt had a role in the New Zealand coming-of-age feature film The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell. The film, about the victim of a kart racing accident, was filmed in Howick, a suburb of East Auckland. Brandt guest starred in the episodes "Smooth Criminal" and "Food for Thought". Brandt was featured in the film InSight in which she plays nurse Valerie Khoury. In May 2010, Brandt guest starred on Legend of the Seeker, another Rob Tapert/Sam Raimi production filmed in New Zealand. She appeared in the Season 2 season finale "Tears" in the role of Sister Thea. In 2011, she guest appeared in TNT's Memphis Beat, which was followed by a lead role as Cassie in Syfy's highest rated original feature for 2011, Zombie Apocalypse, which also starred Ving Rhames and Taryn Manning. She appeared in the feature film Drift with Sam Worthington and Xavier Samuel, and Duke starring CSI: NY star Carmine Giovinazzo. In 2013, she had a recurring role in the third season of Single Ladies as Naomi Cox. In 2014, she guest starred as Larissa Diaz/Copperhead on Gotham, and appeared as the recurring character Lamia in The Librarians. In 2015, she won the role of Maze in the FOX television series Lucifer. She replaced actress Lina Esco who was released after the first table read. Brandt had reportedly tested for the role and was reconsidered after Esco was released. Brandt is based in Los Angeles.
Personal life
Brandt married her boyfriend of three years, actor Chris Payne Gilbert, in 2015. The couple's first child, son Kingston Payne Brandt-Gilbert, was born in July 2017.
