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.
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Movies (18)
Sebastian
as Dionne
2024
Raging Grace
as Katherine
2023
Our Kid
as Sarah
2023
Black Dog
as Dog Lady
2023
Bolan's Shoes
as Penny / Sadie
2023
Harm
2021
Little Joe
as Mother
2019
Native
as Awan
2018
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
as Eileen
2017
Cotton Wool
as Rachel
2017
Babs
as Rose Deeks
2017
The Infiltrator
as Bowling Alley Waitress
2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Min Sakul
2015
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
as Woman In Black
2014
Salting the Battlefield
as Amber Page
2014
Lucan
as Sandra Rivett
2013
The Be All and End All
as Krystal
2010
Heatwave
as Loz Garrett
2005
TV Shows (30)
This City Is Ours
as Lesley Williams
2025
Insomnia
as Phoebe
2024
G'wed
as Jodie
2024
A Town Called Malice
as Lindsay
2023
The Walk-In
as Alison
2022
Compulsion
as Jenny
2022
Four Lives
as Kate
2022
Close to Me
as Anna
2021
Young Wallander
as Frida Rask
2020
Ted Lasso
as Georgie Tartt
2020
Carnival Row
as Madame Moira
2019
I Am...
as Ava
2019
Do Not Disturb
as Mum
2019
Tin Star
as Penny
2017
The Good Karma Hospital
as Debbie Smart
2017
Undercover
as Abigail Strickland
2016
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
as Eveline Coombes
2016
From Darkness
as Julie Hind
2015
The Outcast
as Jeanie Lee
2015
Home Fires
as Teresa Fenchurch
2015
Fortitude
as Celia Donnelly
2015
The Driver
as Sarah
2014
Lucan
as Sandra Rivett
2013
Shetland
as Annabel
2013
Ripper Street
as Jane Cobden
2012
Line of Duty
as PC Jackie Brickford
2012
Black Mirror
as Penny
2011
Moving On
as Lesley
2009
New Tricks
as Zoe Baines
2004
Cold Feet
as Tina Reynolds
1998