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Leanne Best
Acting · Born 1979-06-15 · Liverpool, England, UK
Biography
Leanne Best (born June 15, 1979) is an English actress. She trained at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts and presently lives in southwest London. She is known for her roles as Jane Cobden in the BBC series Ripper Street, Celia Donnelly in Fortitude, and the title role of 'The Woman In Black' in the 2014 film The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death. Best also appeared as Min Sakul in the sequel Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). More recently Best appeared in ITV comedy series Cold Feet in September 2016 as Tina Reynolds. She was also in Line of Duty series 3.
Known for
Black Mirror
Penny
Ted Lasso
Georgie Tartt
Shetland
Annabel
Line of Duty
PC Jackie Brickford
Cold Feet
Tina Reynolds
New Tricks
Zoe Baines
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Min Sakul
Carnival Row
Madame Moira
Ripper Street
Jane Cobden
Tin Star
Penny
Filmography
- 2026A Woman of SubstanceAdele Fairley
- 2025This City Is OursLesley Williams
- 2024SebastianDionne
- 2024InsomniaPhoebe
- 2024G'wedJodie
- 2023Raging GraceKatherine
- 2023Our KidSarah
- 2023Black DogDog Lady
- 2023Bolan's ShoesPenny / Sadie
- 2023A Town Called MaliceLindsay
- 2022The Walk-InAlison
- 2022CompulsionJenny
- 2022Four LivesKate
- 2021Close to MeAnna
- 2021Harm
- 2020Young WallanderFrida Rask
- 2020Ted LassoGeorgie Tartt
- 2019Little JoeMother
- 2019Carnival RowMadame Moira
- 2019I Am...Ava
- 2019The BayJulie Ashworth
- 2018NativeAwan
- 2017Film Stars Don't Die in LiverpoolEileen
- 2017Cotton WoolRachel
- 2017Tin StarPenny
- 2017BabsRose Deeks
- 2017The Good Karma HospitalDebbie Smart
- 2016The InfiltratorBowling Alley Waitress
- 2016UndercoverAbigail Strickland
- 2016The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. WellsEveline Coombes
- 2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensMin Sakul
- 2015From DarknessJulie Hind
- 2015The OutcastJeanie Lee
- 2015Home FiresTeresa Fenchurch
- 2015FortitudeCelia Donnelly
- 2014The Woman in Black 2: Angel of DeathWoman In Black
- 2014The DriverSarah
- 2014Salting the BattlefieldAmber Page
- 2013LucanSandra Rivett
- 2013LucanSandra Rivett
- 2013ShetlandAnnabel
- 2012Ripper StreetJane Cobden
- 2012Line of DutyPC Jackie Brickford
- 2011Black MirrorPenny
- 2010The Be All and End AllKrystal
- 2009Moving OnLesley
- 2006New Street LawClaudia Hartson
- 2005HeatwaveLoz Garrett
- 2004New TricksZoe Baines
- 1998Cold FeetTina Reynolds
- —Do Not DisturbMum
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