
Leanne Best
Department: Acting
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

Bolan's Shoes
2023

Raging Grace
2023

Our Kid
2023

Sebastian
2024

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
2014

Native
2018

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015

Black Dog
2023

Salting the Battlefield
2014

Babs
2017

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017

Lucan
2013

Little Joe
2019

Cotton Wool
2017

The Infiltrator
2016

The Be All and End All
2010

Harm
2021

Heatwave
2005

New Tricks
2004

Close to Me
2021

Moving On
2009

Ted Lasso
2020

Undercover
2016

Fortitude
2015

Shetland
2013

Four Lives
2022

The Good Karma Hospital
2017

Line of Duty
2012

Black Mirror
2011

Compulsion
2022

The Outcast
2015

G'wed
2024

The Walk-In
2022

Lucan
2013

Insomnia
2024

A Town Called Malice
2023

I Am...
2019

Carnival Row
2019

Cold Feet
1998

From Darkness
2015

Home Fires
2015

The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
2016

Ripper Street
2012

Tin Star
2017

Young Wallander
2020

This City Is Ours
2025

Do Not Disturb
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The Driver
2014

The Bay
2019

A Woman of Substance
2026