Back In Action: What do we know about Leela Owen from Netflix's latest action comedy? Details explored

Netflix’s new film, Back in Action, is currently creating a whole lot of buzz as it brings cool action and comedy back to life with an all-star cast, which includes Cameron Diaz and along with Jamie Foxx.

Nonetheless, Netflix also caters to its audience with a fresh face and a rising star with the introduction of Leela Owen who is a young actress making her way into the world of glamour and Hollywood.

Here is everything we could find out about Leela Owen which also includes her role in Netflix’s new film Back in Action.

Back in Action star Leela Owen

Leela Owen is a 21-year-old actress from Georgia, who takes up the role of a supporting actress in Back in Action. The Netflix action-comedy film revolves around two former secret agents who are played by Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx. They are now brought back into this scary helm and they try their best to keep their past lives a secret from their kids.

Leela Owen portrays the role of Annalise, Alice's best friend. McKenna Roberts plays the role of Alice, the on-screen daughter of Diaz and Foxx.

Even though Owen’s role is quite a minor one in Back in Action, it undoubtedly is an extremely crucial and a significant step for her in her growing career.

Reflecting on her journey to get to where she is today, Owen revealed her love and passion for acting as she seriously began pursuing acting at the age of 15. She worked as a background actor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Spider-Man: Homecoming.

She talked about the experience as it felt extremely transformative, saying,

“…being on set gave me a new sense of purpose I had never felt. Especially watching the actors and just knowing right then and there that was what I wanted to do.”

Owen’s also worked on other projects which include Doom Patrol and Disney+’s Just Beyond.

In an interview, the Back in Action star Leela Owen touched on how acting has impacted her character making her more empathetic, saying,

"I think the most rewarding aspect of being an actress for me has been how empathetic it has made me. When you act, you are removing your mind from your body and putting in the mind of someone totally new (whoever you’re playing). I make myself get in the head and feeling of whoever I am playing and because this is my job I do it a lot. Over the years it has made me so much more aware of how people perceive every situation different and have different thoughts about everything even if the same exact thing is happening to two different people. It has changed the whole way I look at life and at people in a way that I wish everyone could experience.”

It has also been revealed that a lot of Owen’s accomplishments can be attributed to the steady support and love that she has received from her mother. Owen has constantly been talking about the role that her mother played in shaping, balancing, and maintaining her career right up from filming audition tapes.

Building a career, one role at a time

Leela Owen’s first major acting role was in a 2022 Christmas holiday film titled It’s Christmas Again, where she portrayed Abbey Walker, the lead character.

The film built up on her capability to clutch onto a story, as Abbey’s journey of remembering what Christmas means in a very charming way rang a bell amongst the audience watching