Leanne Best

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.

The Be All and End All (2010)

At fifteen Robbie has only one thing on his mind - losing his virginity. The problem is that he's in hospital with a fatal heart condition. And who has to overcome the odds and help him fulfil his final wish? His best friend Ziggy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Webb
CAST:  Eugene Byrne  •  Neve McIntosh  •  Josh Bolt  •  Leanne Best

At fifteen Robbie has only one thing on his mind - losing his virginity. The problem is that he's in hospital with a fatal heart condition. And who has to overcome the odds and help him fulfil his final wish? His best friend Ziggy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Webb
CAST:  Eugene Byrne  •  Neve McIntosh  •  Josh Bolt  •  Leanne Best

Salting the Battlefield (2014)

David Hare concludes his trilogy of films about MI5 renegade Johnny Worricker with another fugue on power, secrets and the British establishment. Johnny Worricker goes on the run with Margot Tyrell across Europe, and with the net closing in, the former MI5 man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Hare
CAST:  Bill Nighy  •  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Ralph Fiennes  •  Ewen Bremner

David Hare concludes his trilogy of films about MI5 renegade Johnny Worricker with another fugue on power, secrets and the British establishment. Johnny Worricker goes on the run with Margot Tyrell across Europe, and with the net closing in, the former MI5 man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Hare
CAST:  Bill Nighy  •  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Ralph Fiennes  •  Ewen Bremner

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

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Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J.J. Abrams
CAST:  Mark Hamill  •  Carrie Fisher  •  Harrison Ford  •  Anthony Daniels

Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J.J. Abrams
CAST:  Mark Hamill  •  Carrie Fisher  •  Harrison Ford  •  Anthony Daniels

The Infiltrator (2016)

A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brad Furman
CAST:  Diane Kruger  •  John Leguizamo  •  Bryan Cranston  •  Benjamin Bratt

A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brad Furman
CAST:  Diane Kruger  •  John Leguizamo  •  Bryan Cranston  •  Benjamin Bratt

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014)

40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Harper
CAST:  Helen McCrory  •  Jeremy Irvine  •  Phoebe Fox  •  Ned Dennehy

40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Harper
CAST:  Helen McCrory  •  Jeremy Irvine  •  Phoebe Fox  •  Ned Dennehy

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)

Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter Turner, quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Annette Bening  •  Jamie Bell  •  Julie Walters  •  Vanessa Redgrave

Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter Turner, quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Annette Bening  •  Jamie Bell  •  Julie Walters  •  Vanessa Redgrave

Babs (2017)

This is the story of Dame Barbara Windsor, the Cockney kid with a dazzling smile and talent to match. Preparing to perform in the theatre one cold evening in 1993, the cheeky, chirpy blonde Babs recounts the people and events that have shaped her life and career ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dominic Leclerc
CAST:  Jaime Winstone  •  Samantha Spiro  •  Nick Moran  •  Leanne Best

This is the story of Dame Barbara Windsor, the Cockney kid with a dazzling smile and talent to match. Preparing to perform in the theatre one cold evening in 1993, the cheeky, chirpy blonde Babs recounts the people and events that have shaped her life and career ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dominic Leclerc
CAST:  Jaime Winstone  •  Samantha Spiro  •  Nick Moran  •  Leanne Best

Native (2018)

Two scientists are selected to travel across the universe to the source of a distant transmission and potential life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Fitzsimmons
CAST:  Rupert Graves  •  Ellie Kendrick  •  Pollyanna McIntosh  •  Ian Hart

Two scientists are selected to travel across the universe to the source of a distant transmission and potential life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Fitzsimmons
CAST:  Rupert Graves  •  Ellie Kendrick  •  Pollyanna McIntosh  •  Ian Hart

Little Joe (2019)

Alice, a single mother who is more dedicated to her work as a genetic engineer than to her teenage son Joe, develops a new variety of flower that is supposed to have the ability to make its owner happy thanks to its special chemical properties.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jessica Hausner
CAST:  Emily Beecham  •  Ben Whishaw  •  Kerry Fox  •  Phénix Brossard

Alice, a single mother who is more dedicated to her work as a genetic engineer than to her teenage son Joe, develops a new variety of flower that is supposed to have the ability to make its owner happy thanks to its special chemical properties.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jessica Hausner
CAST:  Emily Beecham  •  Ben Whishaw  •  Kerry Fox  •  Phénix Brossard

Lucan (2013)

Drama about infamous aristocrat Lord Lucan, who mysteriously disappeared in 1974 after being accused of murdering his children's nanny.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Shergold
CAST:  Rory Kinnear  •  Catherine McCormack  •  Christopher Eccleston  •  Alistair Petrie

Drama about infamous aristocrat Lord Lucan, who mysteriously disappeared in 1974 after being accused of murdering his children's nanny.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Shergold
CAST:  Rory Kinnear  •  Catherine McCormack  •  Christopher Eccleston  •  Alistair Petrie

Cotton Wool (2017)

A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold things together as their roles are reversed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Connor
CAST:  Leanne Best  •  Max Vento  •  Katie Quinn  •  Crissy Rock

A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold things together as their roles are reversed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Connor
CAST:  Leanne Best  •  Max Vento  •  Katie Quinn  •  Crissy Rock

Harm (2021)

When a lonely estate agent sells a house to Alice, a charismatic social media influencer, the two strike up an unlikely friendship. But as her obsession with Alice’s seemingly perfect world intensifies, the lines between the online world and reality become ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atri Banerjee
CAST:  Leanne Best

When a lonely estate agent sells a house to Alice, a charismatic social media influencer, the two strike up an unlikely friendship. But as her obsession with Alice’s seemingly perfect world intensifies, the lines between the online world and reality become ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atri Banerjee
CAST:  Leanne Best

Raging Grace (2023)

An undocumented Filipina immigrant lands a job as a careworker for a seemingly terminal old man, securing a better life for her and her daughter. But a dark discovery threatens to destroy everything she’s strived for and holds dear.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paris Zarcilla
CAST:  Max Eigenmann  •  David Hayman  •  Leanne Best  •  Jaeden Paige Boadilla

An undocumented Filipina immigrant lands a job as a careworker for a seemingly terminal old man, securing a better life for her and her daughter. But a dark discovery threatens to destroy everything she’s strived for and holds dear.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paris Zarcilla
CAST:  Max Eigenmann  •  David Hayman  •  Leanne Best  •  Jaeden Paige Boadilla

Sebastian (2024)

Max, a 25-year-old aspiring writer living in London, begins a double life as a sex worker in order to research his debut novel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikko Mäkelä
CAST:  Ruaridh Mollica  •  Hiftu Quasem  •  Jonathan Hyde  •  Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Max, a 25-year-old aspiring writer living in London, begins a double life as a sex worker in order to research his debut novel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikko Mäkelä
CAST:  Ruaridh Mollica  •  Hiftu Quasem  •  Jonathan Hyde  •  Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Bolan's Shoes (2023)

A love letter to 70s glam rock told through the eyes of two children who grew up in a children’s home and were involved in an accident after attending a T-Rex concert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ian Puleston-Davies
CAST:  Timothy Spall  •  Leanne Best  •  Mark Lewis Jones  •  Dyfan Dwyfor

A love letter to 70s glam rock told through the eyes of two children who grew up in a children’s home and were involved in an accident after attending a T-Rex concert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ian Puleston-Davies
CAST:  Timothy Spall  •  Leanne Best  •  Mark Lewis Jones  •  Dyfan Dwyfor