acting
Originally from Chicago, Leslie holds an MFA in Acting from UC Irvine and a BA in Theatre & English Lit from Butler University. She has performed regionally at Utah Shakespeare Festival, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, A Noise Within and New Swan, among others. Her wide-ranging work in LA includes improv & sketch comedy, indie films, and numerous national commercial campaigns. Leslie is currently an adjunct faculty member at AMDA College of the Performing Arts.
writing
DAME: an all female digital sketch team
Dame Sketch is Amanda Buffington, Siobhan Doherty, Leslie Lank and Misa Moosekian
Birthday Party Short Film Trilogy
Birthday Party
Jess is turning 30 and questioning everything. Ben is fed up with the expectations of adulthood. Two college friends reconnect over their shared anxieties and unrealized dreams, uncovering long lost potential along the way.
Happy Returns
Sophie has her shit together. Ben doesn't. Or is it the other way around? Two siblings fight, make each other laugh, and share understandings like only siblings can, as they try their best to find their footing in life.
Fine
A mutual connection drops the ball, causing an awkward and unexpected encounter between Sophie, whose tightly-wound life has unraveled, and Jess, who recently unraveled her own in pursuit of happiness.
Other Writing