Leanne Best
Acting1979Liverpool, 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
Acting History
Future
Do Not Disturb
TVas Mum
2026
A Woman of Substance
TVas Adele Fairley
2025
The Bay
TVas Julie Ashworth• 6 eps
This City Is Ours
TVas Lesley Williams
2023
Black Dog
as Dog Lady
Our Kid
as Sarah
Raging Grace
as Katherine
Bolan's Shoes
as Penny / Sadie
A Town Called Malice
TVas Lindsay
Ted Lasso
TVas Georgie Tartt• 1 eps
2022
2021
Close to Me
TVas Anna
2020
Young Wallander
TVas Frida Rask
2019
2018
Native
as Awan
2017
Babs
as Rose Deeks
Cotton Wool
as Rachel
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
as Eileen
The Good Karma Hospital
TVas Debbie Smart
Tin Star
TVas Penny• 3 eps
2016
The Infiltrator
as Bowling Alley Waitress
Undercover
TVas Abigail Strickland• 6 eps
Black Mirror
TVas Penny• 1 eps
Line of Duty
TVas PC Jackie Brickford• 6 eps
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
TVas Eveline Coombes
2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Min Sakul
The Outcast
TVas Jeanie Lee• 2 eps
Fortitude
TVas Celia Donnelly• 11 eps
From Darkness
TVas Julie Hind
Home Fires
TVas Teresa Fenchurch• 12 eps
2014
Salting the Battlefield
as Amber Page
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
as Woman In Black
The Driver
TVas Sarah
Shetland
TVas Annabel• 1 eps
New Tricks
TVas Zoe Baines• 1 eps
2013
2010
The Be All and End All
as Krystal
2009
Moving On
TVas Lesley• 1 eps
2005
Heatwave
as Loz Garrett
1998
Cold Feet
TVas Tina Reynolds