Meet Leo Woodall: The White Lotus's Essex boy turned Bridget Jones star
It’s been a long time since the nation was enraptured by an Essex boy. The sheen of Love Island has completely tarnished and The Only Way Is Essex feels like a distant fever dream.
But then, for a short period in 2022, a fresh delegate had everyone – even those who should know better – weak at the knees. It was The White Lotus’s Jack, a cheeky chappy West Ham fan with a Cockney twang and highly sensitive nipples.
So what about the man behind the Cowabunga neck tattoo? That would be Leo Woodall, the 27-year-old, up-and-coming, Shepherd’s Bush-born actor destined for a breakthrough. Woodall first won hearts as Jack, then as Dexter Mayhew in Netflix’s fresh adaptation of David Nicholls’ bestseller novel, One Day. Soon, he’ll be appearing in the new Bridget Jones film, which is set to release in 2025 and in which it has been speculated he’ll be playing another love interest for Bridget.
The series follows Dexter (Woodall) and Emma (’s ) from the first day they meet at Edinburgh University graduation over the subsequent 20 years, returning to them on the same).
