Leah Bracknell

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Leah Bracknell (born July 12, 1964 in London) is an English character actress.

She came to public attention playing the role of vet and land owner, Zoe Tate, in popular ITV1 soap opera, Emmerdale for 16 years (with breaks, including two spells of maternity leave) until leaving the serial in 2005. Her character, Zoe Tate was the first lesbian on a British soap and is one of the longest-featured gay characters on television.

She won the "Best Exit" award at the British Soap Awards in May 2006 for her exit from the role of Zoe Tate. She is part of the Screen Actors Guild.

[edit] DVD

Whilst at Emmerdale she was commissioned by Helen Parker at Universal Pictures to produce a DVD entitled Yoga and You. Filmed on location in Ibiza the title still sells strongly as is widely regarded as one of the best celebrity fronted fitness videos of the past ten years.

[edit] Personal life

The daughter of film director David Bracknell, Bracknell is married to theatre critic Lyall Watson. The couple have two children, daughters, Lily and Maya.