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.
TV credits
Rated 7.9 out of 10
A Woman of Substance
2026
Rated 7.3 out of 10
This City Is Ours
2025
Rated 6.1 out of 10
Insomnia
2024
Rated 6.3 out of 10
G'wed
2024
Rated 5.4 out of 10
A Town Called Malice
2023
Rated 7.0 out of 10
The Walk-In
2022
Rated 5.8 out of 10
Compulsion
2022
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Four Lives
2022
Rated 5.3 out of 10
Close to Me
2021
Rated 7.1 out of 10
Young Wallander
2020
Rated 8.4 out of 10
Ted Lasso
2020
Rated 7.7 out of 10
Carnival Row
2019
Rated 5.6 out of 10
I Am...
2019
Rated 6.5 out of 10
The Bay
2019
Rated 6.6 out of 10
Tin Star
2017
Rated 7.6 out of 10
The Good Karma Hospital
2017
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Undercover
2016
Rated 6.0 out of 10
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
2016
Rated 5.7 out of 10
From Darkness
2015
Rated 5.1 out of 10
The Outcast
2015
Rated 8.2 out of 10
Home Fires
2015
Rated 6.8 out of 10
Fortitude
2015
Rated 7.1 out of 10
The Driver
2014
Rated 7.1 out of 10
Lucan
2013