Leanne Best

Leanne Best

Known for
Acting
Born
June 15, 1979 (age 47)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

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Do Not Disturb

Do Not Disturb

TV · as Mum · 1 ep

2026
A Woman of Substance poster

A Woman of Substance

TV · as Adele Fairley · 8 eps

2025
This City Is Ours poster

This City Is Ours

TV · as Lesley Williams · 5 eps

2024
Sebastian poster

Sebastian

Movie · as Dionne

2024
G'wed poster

G'wed

TV · as Jodie · 18 eps

2024
Insomnia poster

Insomnia

TV · as Phoebe · 6 eps

2023
Bolan's Shoes poster

Bolan's Shoes

Movie · as Penny / Sadie

2023
Raging Grace poster

Raging Grace

Movie · as Katherine

2023
Our Kid poster

Our Kid

Movie · as Sarah

2023
Black Dog poster

Black Dog

Movie · as Dog Lady

2023
A Town Called Malice poster

A Town Called Malice

TV · as Lindsay · 6 eps

2022
Four Lives poster

Four Lives

TV · as Kate · 3 eps

2022
Compulsion poster

Compulsion

TV · as Jenny · 4 eps

2022
The Walk-In poster

The Walk-In

TV · as Alison · 5 eps

2021
Harm poster

Harm

Movie

2021
Close to Me poster

Close to Me

TV · as Anna · 6 eps

2020
Ted Lasso poster

Ted Lasso

TV · as Georgie Tartt · 1 ep

2020
Young Wallander poster

Young Wallander

TV · as Frida Rask · 6 eps

2019
Little Joe poster

Little Joe

Movie · as Mother

2019
I Am... poster

I Am...

TV · as Ava · 1 ep

2019
Carnival Row poster

Carnival Row

TV · as Madame Moira · 4 eps

2019
The Bay poster

The Bay

TV · as Julie Ashworth · 6 eps

2018
Native poster

Native

Movie · as Awan

2017
Babs poster

Babs

Movie · as Rose Deeks

2017
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool poster

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Movie · as Eileen

2017
Cotton Wool poster

Cotton Wool

Movie · as Rachel

2017
The Good Karma Hospital poster

The Good Karma Hospital

TV · as Debbie Smart · 6 eps

2017
Tin Star poster

Tin Star

TV · as Penny · 3 eps

2016
The Infiltrator poster

The Infiltrator

Movie · as Bowling Alley Waitress

2016
Undercover poster

Undercover

TV · as Abigail Strickland · 6 eps

2016
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells poster

The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells

TV · as Eveline Coombes · 1 ep

2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens poster

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Movie · as Min Sakul

2015
Fortitude poster

Fortitude

TV · as Celia Donnelly · 11 eps

2015
The Outcast poster

The Outcast

TV · as Jeanie Lee · 2 eps

2015
Home Fires poster

Home Fires

TV · as Teresa Fenchurch · 12 eps

2015
From Darkness poster

From Darkness

TV · as Julie Hind · 4 eps

2014
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death poster

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death

Movie · as Woman In Black

2014
Salting the Battlefield poster

Salting the Battlefield

Movie · as Amber Page

2014
The Driver poster

The Driver

TV · as Sarah · 1 ep

2013
Lucan poster

Lucan

Movie · as Sandra Rivett

2013
Shetland poster

Shetland

TV · as Annabel · 1 ep

2013
Lucan poster

Lucan

TV · as Sandra Rivett · 1 ep

2012
Line of Duty poster

Line of Duty

TV · as PC Jackie Brickford · 6 eps

2012
Ripper Street poster

Ripper Street

TV · as Jane Cobden · 9 eps

2011
Black Mirror poster

Black Mirror

TV · as Penny · 1 ep

2010
The Be All and End All poster

The Be All and End All

Movie · as Krystal

2009
Moving On poster

Moving On

TV · as Lesley · 1 ep

2006
New Street Law poster

New Street Law

TV · as Claudia Hartson · 1 ep

2005
Heatwave poster

Heatwave

Movie · as Loz Garrett

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · as Zoe Baines · 1 ep

1998
Cold Feet poster

Cold Feet

TV · as Tina Reynolds · 15 eps