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

A Woman of Substance 2026 ★ 7.9
This City Is Ours 2025 ★ 7.3
Insomnia 2024 ★ 6.1
Ted Lasso 2020 ★ 8.3
Young Wallander 2020 ★ 7.0
Carnival Row 2019 ★ 7.7
The Bay 2019 ★ 6.5
Little Joe 2019 ★ 5.8
I Am... 2019 ★ 5.6
Tin Star 2017 ★ 6.6
The Good Karma Hospital 2017 ★ 7.6
The Infiltrator 2016 ★ 6.7
Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015 ★ 7.2
Fortitude 2015 ★ 6.8
Home Fires 2015 ★ 8.2
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death 2014 ★ 5.2
Shetland 2013 ★ 7.5
Line of Duty 2012 ★ 8.2
Ripper Street 2012 ★ 7.4
Black Mirror 2011 ★ 8.3
Moving On 2009 ★ 7.4
New Street Law 2006 ★ 6.6
New Tricks 2004 ★ 7.3
Cold Feet 1998 ★ 7.7