Leanne Best
Acting Born Jun 15, 1979 Liverpool, England, UK 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- Black Mirror (2011) as Penny
- Ted Lasso (2020) as Georgie Tartt
- Shetland (2013) as Annabel
- New Tricks (2004) as Zoe Baines
- Line of Duty (2012) as PC Jackie Brickford
- Carnival Row (2019) as Madame Moira
- Ripper Street (2012) as Jane Cobden
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) as Min Sakul
- The Bay (2019) as Julie Ashworth
- Moving On (2009) as Lesley
- A Woman of Substance (2026) as Adele Fairley
- Fortitude (2015) as Celia Donnelly
- Tin Star (2017) as Penny
- Cold Feet (1998) as Tina Reynolds
- This City Is Ours (2025) as Lesley Williams
- The Good Karma Hospital (2017) as Debbie Smart
- I Am... (2019) as Ava
- Home Fires (2015) as Teresa Fenchurch
- Undercover (2016) as Abigail Strickland
- The Infiltrator (2016) as Bowling Alley Waitress
- New Street Law (2006) as Claudia Hartson
- Four Lives (2022) as Kate
- Lucan (2013) as Sandra Rivett
- The Driver (2014) as Sarah