Leah Gottfried

Leah Gottfried (born 1991) is an American Orthodox Jewish actress and filmmaker, best known for creating and starring in the web series Soon By You.

[3][4][5] Gottfried became interested in acting at age eight,[6] and at 11 she began directing friends in recreations of her favorite TV episodes using her mother's camcorder.

[4] At age 14, Gottfried and her mother moved to Los Angeles and she began appearing in commercials for Yamaha ATV and Time Warner Cable, among others.

She has also appeared onstage as Nora Morton in Brighton Beach Memoirs, Gert in Lost in Yonkers, and Anna in The Government Inspector.

The pilot episode, "The Setup", won Best Short at the 2016 Washington Jewish Film Festival,[14][15][2][9] and the first season received over a million views on YouTube.