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Leanne Best

Acting

Born June 15, 1979 · Liverpool, England, UK

Also known as 리앤 베스트

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.

Filmography37 titles

A Woman of Substance

as Adele Fairley

Ted Lasso

2020as Georgie Tartt

Home Fires

2015as Teresa Fenchurch

Black Mirror

2011as Penny

Line of Duty

2012as PC Jackie Brickford

Black Dog

2023as Dog Lady

Carnival Row

2019as Madame Moira

Cold Feet

1997as Tina Reynolds

The Good Karma Hospital

2017as Debbie Smart

Shetland

2013as Annabel

Ripper Street

2012as Jane Cobden

This City Is Ours: A Crime Family Saga

2025as Lesley Williams

Babs

2017as Rose Deeks

New Tricks

2004as Zoe Baines

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

2015as Min Sakul

Young Wallander

2020as Frida Rask

The Driver

2014as Sarah

Moving On

2009as Lesley

Fortitude

2015as Celia Donnelly

The Bay

2019as Julie Ashworth

The Infiltrator

2016as Bowling Alley Waitress

Tin Star

2017as Penny

Four Lives

2022as Kate

Undercover

2016as Abigail Strickland

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

2017as Eileen

Sebastian

2024as Dionne

Raging Grace

2023as Katherine

Insomnia

as Phoebe

Bolan's Shoes

2023as Penny / Sadie

Little Joe

2019as Mother

From Darkness

as Julie Hind

I Am...

2019as Ava

Native

2018as Awan

Close to Me

as Anna

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death

2014as Woman In Black

The Outcast

as Jeanie Lee

Our Kid

2023as Sarah