Leanne Best (born 15 June 1979) is an English actress. She is the niece of former Beatle,

Pete Best Randolph Peter Best (né Scanland; born 24 November 1941) is an English musician known as the drummer of the English rock band the Beatles who was dismissed immediately prior to the band achieving worldwide fame. Fired from the group in 1962 ...

. She trained at the

Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) is a performing arts higher education institution in Liverpool, founded by Paul McCartney and Mark Featherstone-Witty and opened in 1996. LIPA offers 11 full-time BA (Hons) degrees in a range ...

and presently lives in southwest London. She is known for her roles as

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in the BBC series ''

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'', Celia Donnelly in '' Fortitude'', and the titular 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 ''

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'' in September 2016 as Tina Reynolds. She was also in ''

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'' series 3.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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Leanne Best
at the

British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ...

* 1980 births Actresses from Liverpool English film actresses English television actresses 21st-century English actresses Living people {{UK-actor-stub