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Leanne Best
ActorBorn June 15, 1979 (45 years)
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.
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.
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| 2025 | This City Is Ours (TV Series) · as Lesley Williams |
| 2024 | Sebastian · as Dionne |
| 2024 | Insomnia (2024) (TV Series) · as Phoebe |
| 2024 | G'wed (TV Series) · as Jodie |
| 2023 | Raging Grace · as Katherine |
| 2023 | Our Kid · as Sarah |
| 2023 | Black Dog · as Dog Lady |
| 2023 | Bolan's Shoes · as Penny / Sadie |
| 2023 | A Town Called Malice (TV Series) · as Lindsay |
| 2022 | The Walk-In (TV Series) · as Alison |
| 2022 | Compulsion (TV Series) · as Jenny |
| 2022 | Four Lives (TV Series) · as Kate |
| 2021 | Close To Me (TV Series) · as Anna |
| 2020 | Young Wallander (TV Series) · as Frida Rask |
| 2020 | Ted Lasso (TV Series) · as Georgie Tartt |
| 2020 | Isolation Stories (TV Series) · as Karen |
| 2019 | Little Joe · as Mother |
| 2019 | Carnival Row (TV Series) · as Madame Moira |
| 2019 | I Am... (2019) (TV Series) · as Ava |
| 2019 | The Bay (2019) (TV Series) · as Julie Ashworth |
| 2017 | Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool · as Eileen |
| 2017 | Cotton Wool · as Rachel |
| 2017 | Tin Star (TV Series) · as Penny |
| 2017 | Babs · as Rose Deeks |
| 2017 | The Good Karma Hospital (TV Series) · as Debbie Smart |
| 2016 | Native · as Awan |
| 2016 | The Infiltrator · as Bowling Alley Waitress |
| 2016 | Undercover (2016) (TV Series) · as Abigail Strickland |
| 2016 | The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells (TV Series) · as Eveline Coombes |
| 2015 | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · as Min Sakul |
| 2015 | From Darkness (TV Series) · as Julie Hind |
| 2015 | The Outcast (TV Series) · as Jeanie Lee |
| 2015 | Home Fires (2015) (TV Series) · as Teresa Fenchurch |
| 2015 | Fortitude (TV Series) · as Celia Donnelly |
| 2014 | The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death · as Woman In Black |
| 2014 | The Driver (TV Series) · as Sarah |
| 2014 | Salting the Battlefield · as Amber Page |
| 2013 | Lucan (2013) (TV Series) · as Sandra Rivett |
| 2013 | Shetland (TV Series) · as Annabel |
| 2012 | Ripper Street (TV Series) · as Jane Cobden |
| 2012 | Stepping Up (TV Series) · as Samantha |
| 2012 | Good Cop (TV Series) · as Emma Pearson |
| 2012 | Line of Duty (TV Series) · as Pc Jackie Brickford |
| 2011 | Black Mirror (TV Series) · as Penny |
| 2009 | The Be All and End All · as Krystal |
| 2009 | Jimmy McGovern's Moving On (TV Series) · as Lesley |
| 2007 | Mobile (TV Series) · as Barmaid |
| 2006 | New Street Law (TV Series) · as Claudia Hartson |
| 2003 | New Tricks (TV Series) · as Zoe Baines |
| 2002 | Wire in the Blood (TV Series) · as Terri |
| 2000 | Doctors (TV Series) · as Colette Coleman |
| 1997 | Cold Feet (TV Series) · as Tina Reynolds |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Karen Jablon |