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Leanne Best

{{short description|English actress (born 1979)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}

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| name = Leanne Best

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| alma_mater = Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|6|df=y|15}}

| birth_place = Liverpool, Merseyside, England

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2003–present

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Leanne Best (born 15 June 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/liverpool-actress-leanne-best-talks-8387595|last=Collinson|first=Dawn|date=5 January 2015|title=Liverpool actress Leanne Best talks about her starring role in Woman in Black II: Angel of Death|publisher=Liverpool Echo|access-date=30 August 2015}} Best also appeared as Min Sakul in the sequel Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).{{cite web|url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/post/122264068156/star-wars-7-news-woman-in-black-2s-leanne-best|title=Star Wars 7 News: Woman In Black 2's Leanne Best Outed As Castmember|publisher=Yahoo!|date=20 January 2015|access-date=30 August 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 {{Cite web|title=Meet the cast of Line of Duty series 3|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-10-13/meet-the-cast-of-line-of-duty-series-3/|access-date=5 September 2020|website=Radio Times|language=en}} and in an episode of Ted Lasso as Jamie Tartt’s mum.

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class=unsortable" | Notes

{{dts|2009|format=y}}

! scope="row" | {{sortname|The|Be All and End All}}

| {{sortname|Kyrstal| |nolink=1}}

|

{{dts|2014|format=y}}

! scope="row" | {{sortname|The|Woman in Black: Angel of Death}}

| {{sortname|The|Woman in Black|nolink=1}}

|

{{dts|2015|format=y}}

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Star Wars:|The Force Awakens}}

| {{sortname|Min|Sakul|nolink=1}}

|

rowspan="2" | {{dts|2016|format=y}}

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Native| |nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Awan| |nolink=1}}

|

scope="row" | {{sortname|The|Infiltrator|The Infiltrator (2016 film)}}

| {{sortname|Bowling|Alley Waitress|nolink=1}}

|

rowspan="2"| {{dts|2017|format=y}}

! scope="row" | Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

| {{sortname|Eileen| |nolink=1}}

|

scope="row" | {{sortname|Cotton|Wool|Cotton Wool (2017 Film)}}

| {{sortname|Rachel| |nolink=1}}

| Short film

{{dts|2019|format=y}}

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Little|Joe|Little Joe (film)}}

| {{sortname|Brittany| |nolink=1}}

|

rowspan="2" | {{dts|2021|format=y}}

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Harm| |nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|The|Woman|nolink=1}}

|

scope="row" | {{sortname|Close|To Me|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Anna| |nolink=1}}

|

rowspan="4" | {{dts|2023|format=y}}

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bolan's|Shoes}}

| {{sortname|Penny| |nolink=1}}

|

scope="row" | {{sortname|Raging|Grace}}

| {{sortname|Katherine| |nolink=1}}

|

scope="row" | {{sortname|Black|Dog|nolink=1}}

| {{N/A}}

|

scope="row" | {{sortname|Our|Kid|Our Kid (film)}}

| {{sortname|Sarah| |nolink=1}}

|

{{dts|2024|format=y}}

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sebastian| |Sebastian (2024 film)}}

| {{sortname|Dionne| |nolink=1}}

|

=Television=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

{{dts|2004|format=y}}

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Casualty| |Casualty (TV series)}}

| {{sortname|Karen|Jablon|nolink=1}}

| Episode: "Love and Loathing"

{{dts|2005|format=y}}

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Wire|in the Blood}}

| {{sortname|Terri| |nolink=1}}

| Episode: "Bad Seed"

rowspan="2" | {{dts|2007|format=y}}

! scope="row" | {{sortname|New|Street Law}}

| {{sortname|Claudia|Hartson|nolink=1}}

| Episode: "#2.2"

scope="row" | {{sortname|Mobile| |Mobile (TV series)}}

| {{sortname|Barmaid| |nolink=1}}

| 2 episodes

{{dts|2009|format=y}}

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Moving|On|Moving On (TV series)}}

| {{sortname|Leslie| |nolink=1}}

| Episode: "Dress to Impress"

{{dts|2010|format=y}}–{{dts|2011|format=y}}

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Doctors| |Doctors (2000 TV series)}}

| {{sortname|Colette|Coleman|nolink=1}} / {{sortname|Sam|Bridges|nolink=1}}

| 2 episodes

rowspan="2" | {{dts|2012|format=y}}

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Stepping|Up}}

| {{sortname|Samantha

nolink=1}}

| Episode: "#Home Games

scope="row" | {{sortname|Good|Cop}}

| {{sortname|Emma|Pearson|nolink=1}}

| Episode: "#1.3"

{{dts|2013|format=y}}

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Lucan

Lucan (British TV series)}}

| Sandra Rivett

| 2 episodes

{{dts|2013|format=y}}–{{dts|2014|format=y}}

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ripper|Street

}

| Jane Cobden

| 10 episodes

|-

| rowspan="4" | {{dts|2014|format=y}}

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Shetland| |Shetland (TV series)}}

| Annabel

| Episode: "Dead Water: Part 2"

|-

! scope="row" | {{sortname|The|Driver|The Driver (TV series)}}

| Sarah

| Episode: "#1.1"

|-

! scope="row" | Salting the Battlefield

| Amber Page

| Television movie

|-

! scope="row" | {{sortname|New|Tricks}}

| Zoe Baines

| Episode: "#The English Defence"

|-

| rowspan="3" | {{dts|2015|format=y}}

! scope="row" | From Darkness

| Julie Hind

| 4 episodes

|-

! scope="row" | Fortitude

| Celia Donnelly

| Episode: "#1.8"

|-

! scope="row" | The Outcast

| Jeanie Lee

| 2 episodes

|-

| {{dts|2015|format=y}}–{{dts|2016|format=y}}

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Home|Fires |Home Fires (British TV series)}}

| Teresa Fenchurch

| 12 episodes

|-

| rowspan="4" | {{dts|2016|format=y}}

! scope="row" | Line of Duty

| PC Jackie Brickford

| 3 episodes

|-

! scope="row" | Black Mirror

| Penny

| Episode: "Shut Up and Dance"

|-

! scope="row" | Undercover

| Abigail Strickland

| 4 episodes

|-

! scope="row" | The Nightmare Worlds of H. G. Wells

| Eveline Coombes

| Episode: "The Purple Pileus"

|-

| {{dts|2016|format=y}}–{{dts|2017|format=y}}

! scope="row" | Cold Feet

| Tina Reynolds

| Main cast, 15 episodes

|-

| rowspan="2" | {{dts|2017|format=y}}

! scope="row" | Babs

| Rose Deeks

| Television movie

|-

! scope="row" | The Good Karma Hospital

| Debbie Smart

| 2 episodes

|-

| {{dts|2017|format=y}}–{{dts|2020|format=y}}

! scope="row" | Tin Star

| Helen

| 5 episodes

|-

| rowspan="2" | {{dts|2019|format=y}}

! scope="row" | I Am...

| Ava

| Episode: "I Am Nicola"

|-

! scope="row" | Carnival Row

| Madame Moira

| 4 episodes

|-

| {{dts|2020|format=y}}–{{dts|2022|format=y}}

! scope="row" | Young Wallander

| Frida Rask

| 12 episodes

|-

| rowspan="3" | {{dts|2022|format=y}}

! scope="row" | The Walk-In

| Alison

| 5 episodes

|-

! scope="row" | Four Lives

| Kate

| 3 episodes

|-

! scope="row" | Compulsion

| Jenny Challoner

| 4 episodes

|-

| rowspan="2" | {{dts|2023|format=y}}

! scope="row" | A Town Called Malice

| D.I. Lindsay

| 6 episodes

|-

! scope="row" | Ted Lasso

| Georgie Tartt

| Episode: "Mom City"{{Cite web |last=Gomez |first=Dessi |date=23 May 2023 |title=5 Shocking Reveals from 'Ted Lasso' Season 3, Episode 11 |url=https://www.thewrap.com/ted-lasso-season-3-episode-11-shocking-reveals/ |access-date=24 May 2023 |language=en-US}}

|-

| {{dts|2024|format=y}}

! scope="row" | G'wed

| Jodie

| 5 episodes

|-

| {{dts|2024|format=y}}

! scope="row" | The Bay

| Julie Ashworth

| Series 5

|-

|}

Awards and nominations

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! Year

! Award

! Category

! Nominated work

! Result

2012

| TMA Awards

| Best Performance

| The Matchbox

| {{nominated}}

2017

| TV Times Awards

| Best Newcomer

| Cold Feet

| {{nominated}}

rowspan=10|2018

| Out of the Can Film Festival

| Special Achievement Award - For Contribution to Film and TV

| {{n/a}}

| {{won}}

Los Angeles Film Awards

| Best Actress

| rowspan=9|Cotton Wool

| {{won}}

Los Angeles Film Awards (Annual Ceremony)

| Best Actress of 2019

| {{nominated}}

European Independent Film Awards

| rowspan=2|Best Actress

| {{won}}

rowspan=2|New York Film Awards

| {{nominated}}

Best Duo (with Crissy Rock)

| {{nominated}}

Manchester Screenplays and Shorts Film Festival

| rowspan=4|Best Actress

| {{won}}

Unrestricted View Film Festival

| {{won}}

New Renaissance Film Festival

| {{nominated}}

The Monthly Film Festival{{cite web|url=https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-february-2019/|title=Best of February 2019|website=The Monthly Film Festival}}

| {{won}}

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20170429000117/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bd7647656 Leanne Best] at the British Film Institute
  • {{IMDb name|1569065}}

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Category:1979 births

Category:Actresses from Liverpool

Category:English film actresses

Category:English television actresses

Category:21st-century English actresses

Category:Living people

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