Jacqueline Leonard

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Jacqueline Leonard
Born	1965 Blackpool, England
Spouse(s)	Alex Mansfield

Jacqueline Leonard (born 1965 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English television, film and theatre actress.

Best known for her appearances in long-running British television shows, she played Lorraine Wicks in the London-based soap opera EastEnders, and is currently appearing in the Glasgow-based soap River City as gangster's wife Lydia Murdoch.

Contents 1 Training 2 Television career 3 Film career 4 Theatre career 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Training

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.

[edit] Television career

Leonard is best known for appearing on British television. She has had roles in May to December (1992); A Time to Dance (1992); Inspector Morse (1993) and Peak Practice (1993-1996), where she played Sarah Preston for four series.

Following this she was cast in one of her most notable roles. She played Lorraine Wicks in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1996-1997. Leonard took a year off work when she left EastEnders to relocate from London to Lancashire and care for her sick mother. ^[1]

Subsequent television appearances include Doctors where she played one of the original characters Dr. Caroline Powers from 2000-2001; Nice Guy Eddie (2002); Holby City (2003); The Bill (2004); The Courtroom (2004) and Goldplated (2006). In 2007, Leonard joined the cast of Scottish soap River City playing Lydia Murdoch.

[edit] Film career

Film credits include Chaplin (1992); ID (1995) and There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (1999).

[edit] Theatre career

On stage she has appeared in Look Back in Anger; The Taming of the Shrew; A Midsummer Night's Dream; A Clockwork Orange; Wuthering Heights and Behind The Green Curtain.

[edit] See also

Lorraine Wicks
Lydia Murdoch (River City)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jacqueline Leonard. Daly Pearson Associates.
• Characters - Lydia Murdoch. River City. BBC.
• Characters - Lorraine Wicks. EastEnders. BBC.

Persondata
NAME	Leonard, Jacqueline
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	English television, film and theatre actress
DATE OF BIRTH	1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH