Leanne Best

Biography

Leanne Best is an actress from Liverpool who studied at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. After graduating she moved to London and worked in waitressing and shops before her first television role, in Casualty in 2004. Small-screen parts followed, among them the Victorian campaigner Jane Cobden in Ripper Street and, in 2016, a wartime school teacher in Home Fires plus police officers in Line of Duty and Undercover. Her stage work has included appearances at Liverpool's Playhouse and Everyman Theatres, where she played Rita in Educating Rita, Lady Macbeth, and Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire. On film she took the lead in The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2014) and was among the fighters in Star Wars: the Force Awakens.

47years old

Turns 48 on June 15in 216 days

Born June 15, 1979Liverpool
Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20

Movie Career

Films: 9
Career span: 10 years2014 to 2024

Genres

Drama100%, 9 films
Horror33%, 3 films
Biography22%, 2 films
Crime22%, 2 films
Mystery22%, 2 films

First and latest

Leanne Best movies on Netflix

Sebastian2024IMDb rating 6.8as Dionne
Bolan's Shoes2023IMDb rating 5.9as Penny / Sadie
Raging Grace2023IMDb rating 5.8as Katherine
Little Joe2019IMDb rating 5.8as Mother
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool2017IMDb rating 6.7as Eileen
Native2016IMDb rating 4.3as Awan
The Infiltrator2016IMDb rating 7.0as Bowling Alley Waitress
Salting the Battlefield2014IMDb rating 6.6as Amber Page
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death2014IMDb rating 4.8as Woman In Black

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death2014 Drama, Horror, Thrilleras Woman In Black
IMDb rating 4.831K votes
Raging Grace2023 Drama, Horror, Mysteryas Katherine
IMDb rating 5.83.0K votes
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool2017as Eileen
IMDb rating 6.711K votes
The Infiltrator2016as Bowling Alley Waitress
IMDb rating 7.086K votes
Little Joe2019as Mother
IMDb rating 5.810K votes
Salting the Battlefield2014as Amber Page
IMDb rating 6.65.0K votes
Bolan's Shoes2023as Penny / Sadie
IMDb rating 5.9267 votes
Native2016as Awan
IMDb rating 4.3622 votes

Worked with

Leanne Best shares two films with Rupert Graves, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Rupert Graves

John Leguizamo

Timothy Spall

Bill Nighy

Vanessa Redgrave

Ralph FiennesBrad FurmanDirector, 1 film

Tom HarperDirector, 1 film

Paul McGuiganDirector, 1 film

Films together

Rupert Graves2 films together, 2014 to 2016
Rupert Graves's page
- Native2016IMDb rating 4.3Best as AwanGraves as Cane
- Salting the Battlefield2014IMDb rating 6.6Best as Amber PageGraves as Stirling Rogers
John Leguizamo1 film together, 2016
John Leguizamo's page
- The Infiltrator2016IMDb rating 7.0Best as Bowling Alley WaitressLeguizamo as Emir Abreu
Timothy Spall1 film together, 2023
Timothy Spall's page
- Bolan's Shoes2023IMDb rating 5.9Best as Penny / SadieSpall as Jimmy
Bill Nighy1 film together, 2014
Bill Nighy's page
- Salting the Battlefield2014IMDb rating 6.6Best as Amber PageNighy as Johnny Worricker
Vanessa Redgrave1 film together, 2017
Vanessa Redgrave's page
- Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool2017IMDb rating 6.7Best as EileenRedgrave as Jean
Ralph Fiennes1 film together, 2014
Ralph Fiennes's page
- Salting the Battlefield2014IMDb rating 6.6Best as Amber PageFiennes as Alec Beasley
Brad FurmanDirector, 1 film, 2016
All films by Brad Furman
- The Infiltrator2016IMDb rating 7.0Best as Bowling Alley Waitress
Tom HarperDirector, 1 film, 2014
All films by Tom Harper
- The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death2014IMDb rating 4.8Best as Woman In Black
Paul McGuiganDirector, 1 film, 2017
All films by Paul McGuigan
- Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool2017IMDb rating 6.7Best as Eileen

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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