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.

Known For

Black Mirror

Ted Lasso

New Tricks

Shetland

Line of Duty

Carnival Row

Ripper Street

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

All Movies (18)

• Sebastian2024 · as Dionne
• Raging Grace2023 · as Katherine
• Our Kid2023 · as Sarah
• Black Dog2023 · as Dog Lady
• Bolan's Shoes2023 · as Penny / Sadie
• Harm2021
• Little Joe2019 · as Mother
• Native2018 · as Awan
• Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool2017 · as Eileen
• Cotton Wool2017 · as Rachel
• Babs2017 · as Rose Deeks
• The Infiltrator2016 · as Bowling Alley Waitress
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens2015 · as Min Sakul
• The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death2014 · as Woman In Black
• Salting the Battlefield2014 · as Amber Page
• Lucan2013 · as Sandra Rivett
• The Be All and End All2010 · as Krystal
• Heatwave2005 · as Loz Garrett

All TV Shows (33)

• A Woman of Substance2026 · as Adele Fairley
• This City Is Ours2025 · as Lesley Williams
• Insomnia2024 · as Phoebe
• G'wed2024 · as Jodie
• A Town Called Malice2023 · as Lindsay
• The Walk-In2022 · as Alison
• Compulsion2022 · as Jenny
• Four Lives2022 · as Kate
• Close to Me2021 · as Anna
• Young Wallander2020 · as Frida Rask
• Ted Lasso2020 · as Georgie Tartt
• Carnival Row2019 · as Madame Moira
• I Am...2019 · as Ava
• The Bay2019 · as Julie Ashworth
• Tin Star2017 · as Penny
• The Good Karma Hospital2017 · as Debbie Smart
• Undercover2016 · as Abigail Strickland
• The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells2016 · as Eveline Coombes
• From Darkness2015 · as Julie Hind
• The Outcast2015 · as Jeanie Lee
• Home Fires2015 · as Teresa Fenchurch
• Fortitude2015 · as Celia Donnelly
• The Driver2014 · as Sarah
• Lucan2013 · as Sandra Rivett
• Shetland2013 · as Annabel
• Ripper Street2012 · as Jane Cobden
• Line of Duty2012 · as PC Jackie Brickford
• Black Mirror2011 · as Penny
• Moving On2009 · as Lesley
• New Street Law2006 · as Claudia Hartson
• New Tricks2004 · as Zoe Baines
• Cold Feet1998 · as Tina Reynolds
• Do Not Disturb— · as Mum