10+ Facts About 'Lucifer' Star Lesley-Ann Brandt Fans Didn't Know

She even paid homage to her country by choosing to have the demon language on Lucifer be Afrikaans.

"It’s the only other language I know how to speak so I just thought it would be cool to bring in my culture and a bit of home in it," she told Cosmopolitan South Africa.

"Our South African women especially the Cape Town girls we are raised tough, ‘ons vat nie kak nie’, but I think what’s cool about the character and what’s great about where women are at now is it’s okay for us to act feminine and masculine."

She relocated there from South Africa when she was 17 and found work on the soap opera Shortland Street.

From there, she had roles in Spartacus, Chuck, and Gotham. She was amazing in each and every role.

"I’m not considered black I’m colored –which isn’t sort of [just] a black and white mix," she told New York Moves.

She's a mix of heritages from East Indian, Dutch, German, and Spanish sources, but she ultimately self-identifies as a Cape colored.

A lot of people confuse this with Method Acting, but it's actually a style of acting created by Sanford Meisner.

It's where the actor focuses on external sources for inspiration, such as other actors and their behavior.

It means "little apple" and it was given to her by her late grandfather.

When she married her husband, Chris Payne Gilbert, he gave her a pendant with the nickname engraved on it. So sweet!

This took place in 2012 at the Nancy Banks Acting Studio.

"It was an incredibly hot day in Los Angeles and I was laying down on the living room floor nursing a beer," she told Brides.

"We talked for the next two hours and laughed a lot, and then at our next rehearsal we kissed."

They got married in 2015 and welcomed a son, Kingston Payne, soon after.

This is one sweet soul.

Thanks to her yoga background, the actress partnered with the Earthchild Project to implement a yoga program into disadvantaged schools.

"The most incredible day. Today I travelled to meet with Johan from @savingthesurvivors Johan is a vet committed to protecting our African wildlife by offering free and low cost services to injured and poached animals." she wrote on Instagram.

"This was also a recon trip to figure how I can be of service and lend my voice and platform to ensuring the beautiful animals of my country are able to thrive in their natural habitat. Excited to share what I come up with in the next few months. As you can see in the last pic, Harvey is officially protected by Maze. Stay tuned and thank you Johan and your team for all you do.

She told Metro that she's been binging Dirty Money on Netflix. She also loves to watch Friends whenever she has the time (caring for a toddler is a lot of work).

Also, the last show that made her cry was Fleabag.

Before she broke into acting, she dabbled in a string of odd jobs to get by.

This included working in IT, sales and marketing, and even freelance makeup. Hey, we all have to start somewhere.

She also did some commercials and print modeling on the side.

This is actually how she got into acting since a casting director told her to consider moving up in the entertainment industry.

She's been practicing for 10 years and has even been teaching her son some moves.

"I show him different yoga poses, and I’ve started teaching him to sit and breathe on a mat. It’s the cutest thing."

She once said that if she wasn't acting, she would want to be a singer.

"My family is very musical. I sang at my first holy communion, and did a lot of plays in school."

Since she is learning how to play guitar, her goal is to combine the two talents eventually.

We would definitely love to hear that!

You would think that it would be difficult to connect with a demon, but Lesley-Ann does it well.

She told BriefTake that she even draws on her experiences as an immigrant to help shape Mazikeen.

She continued:

"You know, very much like Mazikeen in that first season, in which she was like “No one gets me, no one understands me."