---
name: "Leanne Best"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leanne-best"
fi1m_id: "leanne-best"
imdb_id: "nm1569065"
tmdb_id: 1370630
wikidata_id: "Q20974081"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 June 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-21T04:04:34.362103+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Leanne Best

## Identity

Leanne Best

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leanne-best
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leanne-best
- **IMDb ID:** nm1569065
- **TMDB ID:** 1370630
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20974081
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leanne_Best, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20974081, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1569065/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1370630

Actor. Born 15 June 1979 in Liverpool, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 June 1979, Liverpool, England, UK
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Also known as:** 리앤 베스트
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 72 (5), 2020s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 70 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 4, Mystery 3, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,071m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leanne_Best, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20974081, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1569065/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1370630

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ripper Street*](https://film.one/tv/ripper-street.md) (74)
- **AMC+:** [*This City Is Ours*](https://film.one/tv/this-city-is-ours.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Leanne Best is an English actress born on 15 June 1979 in Liverpool. She trained at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.

She is known for roles including the title character in *The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death* (2014), Min Sakul in *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015), Celia Donnelly in *Fortitude* (2015), PC Jackie Brickford in *Line of Duty* series 3 (2016), Georgie Tartt in *Ted Lasso* (2020) and Lesley Williams in *This City Is Ours* (2025). She has also appeared in *Black Mirror* (2011) and *Carnival Row* (2019).

Best is the niece of Pete Best, the original drummer for the Beatles.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *This City Is Ours* (2025), Fi1m 73, as Lesley Williams — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-city-is-ours.md)
- *G'wed* (2024), Fi1m 68, as Jodie — [page](https://film.one/tv/gwed.md)
- *Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool* (2017), Fi1m 66, as Eileen — [page](https://film.one/film/film-stars-dont-die-in-liverpool.md)
- *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015), Fi1m 77, as Min Sakul — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-force-awakens.md)
- *Shetland* (2013), Fi1m 62, as Annabel — [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Line of Duty* (2012), Fi1m 79, as PC Jackie Brickford — [page](https://film.one/tv/line-of-duty.md)
- *Ripper Street* (2012), Fi1m 74, as Jane Cobden — [page](https://film.one/tv/ripper-street.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Woman of Substance* (2026), series, as Adele Fairley
- *This City Is Ours* (2025), series, as Lesley Williams — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-city-is-ours.md)
- *Sebastian* (2024), as Dionne
- *Insomnia* (2024), series, as Phoebe
- *G'wed* (2024), series, as Jodie — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/gwed.md)
- *Raging Grace* (2023), as Katherine
- *Our Kid* (2023), as Sarah
- *Black Dog* (2023), as Dog Lady
- *Bolan's Shoes* (2023), as Penny / Sadie
- *A Town Called Malice* (2023), series, as Lindsay
- *The Walk-In* (2022), series, as Alison
- *Compulsion* (2022), series, as Jenny
- *Four Lives* (2022), series, as Kate
- *Close to Me* (2021), series, as Anna
- *Harm* (2021), Actor
- *Young Wallander* (2020), series, as Frida Rask
- *Ted Lasso* (2020), series, as Georgie Tartt — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md)
- *Little Joe* (2019), as Mother
- *Carnival Row* (2019), series, as Madame Moira
- *I Am...* (2019), series, as Ava
- *The Bay* (2019), series, as Julie Ashworth
- *Native* (2018), as Awan
- *Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool* (2017), as Eileen — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/film-stars-dont-die-in-liverpool.md)
- *Cotton Wool* (2017), as Rachel
- *Tin Star* (2017), series, as Penny
- *Babs* (2017), as Rose Deeks
- *The Good Karma Hospital* (2017), series, as Debbie Smart
- *The Infiltrator* (2016), as Bowling Alley Waitress
- *Undercover* (2016), series, as Abigail Strickland
- *The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells* (2016), series, as Eveline Coombes
- *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015), as Min Sakul — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-force-awakens.md)
- *From Darkness* (2015), series, as Julie Hind
- *The Outcast* (2015), series, as Jeanie Lee
- *Home Fires* (2015), series, as Teresa Fenchurch
- *Fortitude* (2015), series, as Celia Donnelly
- *The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death* (2014), as Woman In Black
- *The Driver* (2014), series, as Sarah
- *Salting the Battlefield* (2014), as Amber Page
- *Lucan* (2013), series, as Sandra Rivett
- *Lucan* (2013), as Sandra Rivett
- *Shetland* (2013), series, as Annabel — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Ripper Street* (2012), series, as Jane Cobden — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/ripper-street.md)
- *Line of Duty* (2012), series, as PC Jackie Brickford — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/line-of-duty.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as Penny — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *The Be All and End All* (2010), as Krystal
- *Moving On* (2009), series, as Lesley
- *New Street Law* (2006), series, as Claudia Hartson
- *Heatwave* (2005), as Loz Garrett
- *New Tricks* (2004), series, as Zoe Baines
- *Cold Feet* (1998), series, as Tina Reynolds
- *Do Not Disturb*, series, as Mum

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