Leanne Best
Acting • Born 1979-06-15
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.
Filmography
50 credits
Bolan's Shoes
Movie • 2023
Penny / Sadie
Raging Grace
Movie • 2023
Katherine
Our Kid
Movie • 2023
Sarah
Sebastian
Movie • 2024
Dionne
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
Movie • 2014
Woman In Black
Native
Movie • 2018
Awan
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Movie • 2015
Min Sakul
Black Dog
Movie • 2023
Dog Lady
Salting the Battlefield
Movie • 2014
Amber Page
Babs
Movie • 2017
Rose Deeks
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Movie • 2017
Eileen
Lucan
Movie • 2013
Sandra Rivett
Little Joe
Movie • 2019
Mother
Cotton Wool
Movie • 2017
Rachel
The Infiltrator
Movie • 2016
Bowling Alley Waitress
The Be All and End All
Movie • 2010
Krystal
Harm
Movie • 2021
Heatwave
Movie • 2005
Loz Garrett
New Tricks
TV • 2004
Zoe Baines
Close to Me
TV • 2021
Anna
Moving On
TV • 2009
Lesley
Ted Lasso
TV • 2020
Georgie Tartt
Undercover
TV • 2016
Abigail Strickland
Fortitude
TV • 2015
Celia Donnelly
Shetland
TV • 2013
Annabel
Four Lives
TV • 2022
Kate
The Good Karma Hospital
TV • 2017
Debbie Smart
Line of Duty
TV • 2012
PC Jackie Brickford
Black Mirror
TV • 2011
Penny
Compulsion
TV • 2022
Jenny
The Outcast
TV • 2015
Jeanie Lee
G'wed
TV • 2024
Jodie
The Walk-In
TV • 2022
Alison
Lucan
TV • 2013
Sandra Rivett
Insomnia
TV • 2024
Phoebe
A Town Called Malice
TV • 2023
Lindsay
I Am...
TV • 2019
Ava
Ripper Street
TV • 2012
Jane Cobden
Carnival Row
TV • 2019
Madame Moira
Tin Star
TV • 2017
Penny
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
TV • 2016
Eveline Coombes
Cold Feet
TV • 1998
Tina Reynolds
Home Fires
TV • 2015
Teresa Fenchurch
From Darkness
TV • 2015
Julie Hind
Young Wallander
TV • 2020
Frida Rask
This City Is Ours
TV • 2025
Lesley Williams
Do Not Disturb
TV
Mum
The Driver
TV • 2014
Sarah
The Bay
TV • 2019
Julie Ashworth
A Woman of Substance
TV • 2026
Adele Fairley