Rose Leslie looks unrecognisable in unearthed snaps from her first TV role

Fans know her as Ygritte in Game of Thrones.

But Rose Leslie looked worlds away from her wildling character in unearthed snaps from her first TV role in Banged Up Abroad.

The actress, 34, first entered the showbiz realm back in 2008 when she was cast, aged 20, in the popular docudrama series in an episode about drug smuggling in Peru.

Before GoT: Rose Leslie looks worlds away from her wildling character in Game Of Thrones as unearthed snaps show her first TV role in Banged Up Abroad in 2008

Famous role: The actress, 34, first entered the showbiz realm back in 2008 when she was cast in the popular docudrama series, four years before she was cast on Game Of Thrones

Four years later, Rose got her breakthrough role on the HBO fantasy series where she also met her future husband Kit Harington. 

‘It was an incredible experience, and for me—as an actor—it definitely opened a lot of doors with casting directors, and producers,’ Rose has said of her three season stint on the global hit show.

The talented actress has also starred in other hit shows such as Downton Abbey, Luther and Vigil.

Rose will next be seen in big-budget film Death On The Nile, based on the novel by Agatha Christie, and co-starring Gal Gadot and Kenneth Branagh. 

Worlds apart: Rose played a cocaine smuggler called Kim in the docudrama

Rose married her co-star Kit Harington in 2018 after the couple played unlikely lovers Ygritte and Jon Snow on the show. 

The couple welcomed their first child together at the beginning of 2021, after announcing their pregnancy in October. 

Speaking to the New York Post, in October 2020 Rose gushed of her baby news: 

Loved-up: Rose married her co-star Kit Harington in 2018 after played unlikely lovers Ygritte and Jon Snow on the show

‘I am thrilled to be expecting. I can’t wait to meet the new member of our family!’ 

Ahead of the baby’s arrival, the couple had added to their brood by getting a pandemic puppy in the form of a tiny whippet.

‘It was a wonderful thing,’ she told the newspaper. ‘If we hadn’t been forced to stay behind our front door, we couldn’t properly train her and make sure she didn’t poop all over the house.’   

Cute: Rose and Kit married in 2018 after meeting on the set of Game Of Thrones, where they played unlikely lovers Ygritte and Jon Snow (pictured in 2017)