Biography
Jane Danson is an English actress best known for playing Leanne Battersby (later Tilsley and Barlow) in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, a role she first took in 1997 and has continued since 2004.
Born Jane Elizabeth Dawson on 8 November 1978 in Bury, Greater Manchester, she began her career under her birth name with a role in the 1991 series GBH. She trained at the Oldham Theatre Workshop and appeared in Children's Ward (1995–1997) and The Grand (1997) before joining Coronation Street. Other credits include PC Gemma Osbourne in The Bill (2002–2003) and roles in Always and Everyone.
Danson won the British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance in 2011 for her work on Coronation Street. She is married to actor Robert Beck.
