Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 15, 1979
Place of Birth:
Liverpool, England, UK
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Leanne Best
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sebastian | Dionne |
| 2023 | Bolan's Shoes | Penny / Sadie |
| 2023 | Raging Grace | Katherine |
| 2023 | Our Kid | Sarah |
| 2023 | Black Dog | Dog Lady |
| 2021 | Harm | |
| 2019 | Little Joe | Mother |
| 2018 | Native | Awan |
| 2017 | Babs | Rose Deeks |
| 2017 | Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Eileen |
| 2017 | Cotton Wool | Rachel |
| 2016 | The Infiltrator | Bowling Alley Waitress |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Min Sakul |
| 2014 | The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death | Woman In Black |
| 2014 | Salting the Battlefield | Amber Page |
| 2013 | Lucan | Sandra Rivett |
| 2010 | The Be All and End All | Krystal |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | This City Is Ours | Lesley Williams |
| 2024 | G'wed | Jodie |
| 2024 | Insomnia | Phoebe |
| 2023 | A Town Called Malice | Lindsay |
| 2022 | Four Lives | Kate |
| 2022 | Compulsion | Jenny |
| 2022 | The Walk-In | Alison |
| 2021 | Close to Me | Anna |
| 2020 | Ted Lasso | Georgie Tartt |
| 2020 | Young Wallander | Frida Rask |
| 2019 | I Am... | Ava |
| 2019 | Carnival Row | Madame Moira |
| 2017 | The Good Karma Hospital | Debbie Smart |
| 2017 | Tin Star | Penny |
| 2016 | Undercover | Abigail Strickland |
| 2016 | The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells | Eveline Coombes |
| 2015 | Fortitude | Celia Donnelly |
| 2015 | The Outcast | Jeanie Lee |
| 2015 | From Darkness | Julie Hind |
| 2015 | Home Fires | Teresa Fenchurch |
| 2013 | Shetland | Annabel |
| 2013 | Lucan | Sandra Rivett |
| 2012 | Line of Duty | PC Jackie Brickford |
| 2012 | Ripper Street | Jane Cobden |
| 2011 | Black Mirror | Penny |
| 2009 | Moving On | Lesley |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Zoe Baines |
| 1998 | Cold Feet | Tina Reynolds |