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Portrait of Leanne Best

Acting

Leanne Best

Career

Active from 2005 to 2026, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Home Fires
Home Fires
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 43 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Leanne Best Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    0.9, average 2.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.7, average 2.0
  • Situational Comedy
    1.5, average 2.7
  • Satire & Parody
    1.3, average 2.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Character Study 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Class Struggle 2
  • Slow Burn 2
  • Female Empowerment 2
  • Emotional Resilience 2
  • British Setting 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Realistic Portrayal 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Biographical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

50
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Do Not Disturb
Do Not Disturb

TV show · as Mum

2020s

16 titles · average score 66
A Woman of Substance
A Woman of Substance (2026)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Adele Fairley

This City Is Ours
This City Is Ours (2025)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as Lesley Williams

Insomnia
Insomnia (2024)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show · as Phoebe

G'wed
G'wed (2024)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Jodie

Raging Grace
Raging Grace (2023)
GoodWatch score 67

as Katherine

Bolan's Shoes
Bolan's Shoes (2023)
GoodWatch score 47

as Penny / Sadie

The Walk-In
The Walk-In (2022)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Alison

Four Lives
Four Lives (2022)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Kate

Compulsion
Compulsion (2022)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Jenny

Close to Me
Close to Me (2021)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as Anna

Young Wallander
Young Wallander (2020)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Frida Rask

Ted Lasso
Ted Lasso (2020)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Georgie Tartt

2010s

28 titles · average score 66
Carnival Row
Carnival Row (2019)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Madame Moira

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)
GoodWatch score 69

as Eileen

Cotton Wool
Cotton Wool (2017)

as Rachel

Home Fires
Home Fires (2015)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Teresa Fenchurch

From Darkness
From Darkness (2015)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show · as Julie Hind

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
GoodWatch score 79

as Min Sakul

Fortitude
Fortitude (2015)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Celia Donnelly

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014)
GoodWatch score 37

as Woman In Black

Shetland
Shetland (2013)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Annabel

Line of Duty
Line of Duty (2012)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show · as PC Jackie Brickford

Ripper Street
Ripper Street (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Jane Cobden

Black Mirror
Black Mirror (2011)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Penny

2000s

4 titles · average score 67
Moving On
Moving On (2009)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Lesley

New Street Law
New Street Law (2006)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as Claudia Hartson

Heatwave
Heatwave (2005)

as Loz Garrett

New Tricks
New Tricks (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Zoe Baines

1990s

1 title · average score 82
Cold Feet
Cold Feet (1998)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Tina Reynolds