Early Life
Born in Lewisham, London of Jamaican parentage, she grew up with 4 older brothers. She attended Lewisham Bridge School, Lewisham Girls School, Blackhealth Bluecoat School and Vauxhall College. Her experience at school was difficult, and it was not until she completed her education that she was diagnosed as being dyslexic.
Aged ten, Le Mar appeared in a school play called "In on the Island" at the Albany Empire and then attended the Lewisham Drama Club, inspired by her primary school teacher Mr Woodgate. She then Joined Second Wave Women's Drama group, where she performed "Net Full of Holes" also at the Albany Empire and was inspired by workshop facilitator Cathy Kilcoyne.
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