Runner-Up Lesley Fera Signs with Manager Jeff Portnoy
August 9, 2023Lesley Fera, runner-up in the 2022 TV Writing Competition with her pilot Inconceivable, signed with manager Jeff Portnoy in summer 2023.
Lesley Fera is an actor-writer, perhaps best known for her roles on Pretty Lilttle Liars, Southland, and 24. A native Californian, Lesley hails from Corona, a small town where nothing ever happens. At age seven, Santa Claus changed her life forever when he gifted her a vintage aqua-blue Smith-Corona Sterling after bribing him with animal crackers and Moutain Dew. Writing soon became her favorite pastime. Her other hobby was escaping into the magical world of television, which inspired Lesley to pursue a life in the arts.
Those untold hours spent writing and watching the boob tube would finally be put to good use when Lesley joined Bad Pitch Writers Lab in 2018. Since then, Lesley’s written two original TV pilots, four TV specs, a feature, two podcasts, and three short plays. Recent accolades: Runner-up/Script Pipeline TV Writing Contest; WB Writers’ Workshop Finalist.
Lesley has a B.A. from California State University, Fullerton, and an MFA from FSU/Asolo Conservatory. She resides in Los Angeles with her husband, two rescues, and her trusty MacBook Pro.
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