Samantha "Sammy" Leslie (born 1966) is a female Irish hotelier, media personality and reality television show judge.
She is the trustee of the Castle Leslie estate in County Monaghan, being responsible for a hotel, a spa, an equestrian centre and an organic cookery school.
[2][3] During her early twenties, Leslie began reorganizing the estate, which at that stage was not in the best state of any business.
[2] Castle Leslie was the venue of the wedding of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and the former model and charity campaigner Heather Mills in 2002.
[5] In an edition of the RTÉ Radio 1 programme Conversations with Eamon Dunphy, presented by Eamon Dunphy and broadcast on Saturday 27 October 2007, Leslie spoke of her close relationship with her father, Desmond Leslie, who was a writer and an RAF pilot, her unusual family life and her experiences being reared in the castle.