Leesa Rowland
- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Leesa, the daughter of an artist and a college professor, grew up in
Austin, Texas. She studied broadcast journalism at Texas Tech and
acting at the Stella Adler Studio in Los Angeles, CA . Leesa has a vast
cult following for her role as Victoria in Troma Entertainment's Class
of Nuke 'Em High Parts 2 and 3 and also appeared in Return To Nuke 'Em
High. She acted in Troma's television series Troma's Edge along with
Lloyd Kaufman and Debbie Rochon. She co-starred in Travis Campbell's
Slaughter Daughter as Phyllis Adjani as an eccentric mother who drives
her daughter to insanity. The movie won best feature film at Orlando's
7th Annual Freak Show Film Festival. Leesa co-starred in a web series
called Two City Girls with fellow Troma actress Lisa Gaye and also
appeared on Oxygen's Jersey Couture. Leesa's biggest passion in life is
animal advocacy and she has been a vegan most of her life. She has been
active with national non-profit organization Last Chance for Animals
since 1989 and is the founder and president of the New York non-profit
group Animal Ashram.
