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Jacqueline Jackie Leonard is a Scottish actress. She is known for playing Sarah Preston in the ITV drama ''

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'' from 1993 to 1996,

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soap opera '' EastEnders'' from 1996 to 1997, Dr. Caroline Powers in the

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medical drama '' Doctors'' from 2000 to 2001, Lydia Murdoch in the Scottish soap opera ''

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'' from 2007 to 2010, 2017 to 2019 and again in 2022. And as

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in the ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'' in 2015 and again in 2022.

Early life

Leonard was born in Blackpool,

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, England. She grew up near

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and Falkirk. She was a pupil at Greenlands High School in Blackpool. Leonard trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and was the winner of the Michael Warre Award for Best Actress in 1988.

Career

Leonard has been appearing on British television since the early 1990s. She has had roles in ''

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'' in 1992, ''A Time to Dance'' in 1992, ''

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'' in 1993 and ''

'' 1993 to 1996, where she played Sarah Preston for four series. Following this she was cast as

in the

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soap opera '' EastEnders'', a role she played from 1996 to 1997. She took a year off work when she left '' EastEnders'' to move from

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and care for her sick mother. Leonard subsequently appeared in television series including '' Doctors'' where she played one of the original characters Dr. Caroline Powers from 2000 to 2001, ''Nice Guy Eddie'' (2002), '' Holby City'' (2003), ''

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'' (2004), ''The Courtroom'' (2004), ''

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'' (2006) and ''

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'' (2007), '' Holby City'' (2010). In 2007, Leonard joined the cast of Scottish soap opera ''

'' playing Lydia Murdoch. She quit the role in 2010. In 2017 Leonard reprised the role of Lydia Murdoch, she then quit the role again in 2019 when her character was accidentally killed by her husband Lenny. Although her character was killed off, Leonard continued to appear in the show several times as a ghost only visible to her widower Lenny. Leonard's final appearance was on 30 September 2019. Leonard reprised the role of Lydia Murdoch again in April 2022 after it was confirmed Lydia didn't actually die in the shooting accident. Leonard appeared on screen again from Monday 11th April 2022. Her film credits include '' Chaplin'' (1992), '' ID'' (1995), ''

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'' (1999) and '' The Wicker Tree'' (2011). On stage she has appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'','' A Midsummer Night's Dream'', '' A Clockwork Orange'', ''

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'' and ''Behind the Green Curtain''. In 2011, Leonard auditioned and was shortlisted for the role of

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in '' Coronation Street'' but lost out to former '' EastEnders'' actress

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. In 2014, it was announced that she was joining the cast as

, the ex-wife of established character

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and mother of Katie Armstrong and

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. She made her first appearance in February 2015.

Filmography

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