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

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death

Acting roles

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