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

This City Is Ours
Lesley Williams · (5 episodes)
2025

Sebastian
Dionne
2024

Insomnia
Phoebe · (6 episodes)
2024

G'wed
Jodie · (6 episodes)
2024

Raging Grace
Katherine
2023

Our Kid
Sarah
2023

Black Dog
Dog Lady
2023

Bolan's Shoes
Penny / Sadie
2023

A Town Called Malice
Lindsay · (6 episodes)
2023

The Walk-In
Alison · (5 episodes)
2022

Compulsion
Jenny · (4 episodes)
2022

Four Lives
Kate · (3 episodes)
2022

Close to Me
Anna · (6 episodes)
2021

Harm
2021

Young Wallander
Frida Rask · (6 episodes)
2020

Ted Lasso
Georgie Tartt · (1 episode)
2020

Little Joe
Mother
2019

Carnival Row
Madame Moira · (4 episodes)
2019

I Am...
Ava · (1 episode)
2019

Native
Awan
2018

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Eileen
2017

Cotton Wool
Rachel
2017

Tin Star
Penny · (3 episodes)
2017

Babs
Rose Deeks
2017

The Good Karma Hospital
Debbie Smart · (6 episodes)
2017

The Infiltrator
Bowling Alley Waitress
2016

Undercover
Abigail Strickland · (6 episodes)
2016

The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
Eveline Coombes · (1 episode)
2016

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Min Sakul
2015

From Darkness
Julie Hind · (4 episodes)
2015

The Outcast
Jeanie Lee · (2 episodes)
2015

Home Fires
Teresa Fenchurch · (12 episodes)
2015

Fortitude
Celia Donnelly · (11 episodes)
2015

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
Woman In Black
2014

Salting the Battlefield
Amber Page
2014

Lucan
Sandra Rivett
2013

Lucan
Sandra Rivett · (1 episode)
2013

Shetland
Annabel · (1 episode)
2013

Ripper Street
Jane Cobden · (9 episodes)
2012

Line of Duty
PC Jackie Brickford · (6 episodes)
2012

Black Mirror
Penny · (1 episode)
2011

The Be All and End All
Krystal
2010

Moving On
Lesley · (1 episode)
2009

New Tricks
Zoe Baines · (1 episode)
2004

Cold Feet
Tina Reynolds · (15 episodes)
1998