Meaux Staley-Leonardi

Meaux Staley-Leonardi's documented screen presence begins and — for now — ends with *Come See Me in the Good Light*, the 2025 documentary directed by Ryan White (Plex, Letterboxd). In it, Meaux appears as "Self," alongside a cast that includes poet Megan Falley, Heather Mann, Emily Clay, and Bethy Leonardi. That credit, singular as it is, places Meaux inside a film that's generating real conversation. Ryan White isn't a director who casts carelessly — his previous documentary work has shown a consistent instinct for finding subjects whose stories don't need embellishment, people who carry something the camera can't manufacture. Meaux's inclusion in *Come See Me in the Good Light* suggests they're one of those subjects: someone whose presence in the film is the story, or at least a significant thread of it. Whether Meaux has any background in film, performance, or adjacent creative fields isn't documented in any published source available at the time of writing. No earlier credits appear on Plex or Letterboxd. No prior film or television appearances are documented. That's not necessarily unusual for documentary subjects — most people who appear as "Self" in a nonfiction film aren't industry professionals, and that's often what makes them compelling on screen. What the 2025 release of *Come See Me in the Good Light* does, at minimum, is establish Meaux Staley-Leonardi as a name attached to a real, verifiable work — which is more than can be said for the vast majority of people who've never appeared on screen at all.