
Leanne Best
Acting
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
2011 · tv

Ted Lasso
2020 · tv

Shetland
2013 · tv

Line of Duty
2012 · tv

New Tricks
2004 · tv

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · movie

Carnival Row
2019 · tv

Ripper Street
2012 · tv

Moving On
2009 · tv

The Bay
2019 · tv

Cold Feet
1998 · tv

Fortitude
2015 · tv

Tin Star
2017 · tv

The Infiltrator
2016 · movie

This City Is Ours
2025 · tv

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017 · movie

The Good Karma Hospital
2017 · tv

A Woman of Substance
2026 · tv

I Am...
2019 · tv

Insomnia
2024 · tv

Home Fires
2015 · tv

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
2014 · movie

Sebastian
2024 · movie

Young Wallander
2020 · tv

Raging Grace
2023 · movie

Salting the Battlefield
2014 · movie

Undercover
2016 · tv

The Driver
2014 · tv

The Outcast
2015 · tv

Four Lives
2022 · tv