Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Also Known As: Leah Lakshmi

Biography: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is a Toronto and Oakland-based poet, writer, educator and social activist. Her writing and performance art focuses on documenting the stories of queer and trans people of color, abuse survivors, mixed-race people and diasporic South Asians and Sri Lankans. A central concern of her work is the interconnection of systems of colonialism, abuse and violence.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Adult: No

Birthday: April 21, 1975

Age: 50 years old

Gender: Female

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Sins Invalid: An Unshamed Claim to Beauty