Leanne Wilson (born 27 December 1980) is a British television actress. Wilson grew up in

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, England with her younger brother Matt, and sister, Olivia. She attended

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. As a girl Wilson was determined to be an actress, and she studied Performing Arts at

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and attended drama classes in the evenings and at weekends at the

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. Her big break came as Jess Brown in the Canadian

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series '' Tracker'', appearing in 8 episodes between 2001–2002. She appeared in 20 episodes of the

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day-time medical drama series ''

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'' in 2001 as

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and later appeared as nurse Claire Guildford in 90 episodes of the

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medical drama ''

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'' (2003–2005). She appeared in the BBC's ''

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'' as herself in 2005, presented an award at the Disney Awards and made a couple of appearances on GMTV. After leaving ''Casualty'' Wilson appeared in Channel 4's comedy series ''

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'' in 2007. She has also appeared in numerous commercials and is currently pursuing her acting career in

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. She appeared in the films ''

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'' in 2000, and ''

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'' in 2006. In 2009 Wilson appeared in 18 episodes of the comedy TV series ''Workshop''. She has filmed a pilot for a new sitcom called ''T.V or Not T.V'', is shooting an episode of ''The Anthony Falcon Show'' and has appeared in ''

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'' (2010) for NBC/FOX and ''

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'' (2011).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Leanne 1980 births People educated at The Knights Templar School, Baldock English soap opera actresses English television actresses People from Hitchin Living people Alumni of the Sylvia Young Theatre School Actresses from Hertfordshire