Leah Hackett

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Leah Hackett
Born Leah Stephany Bride Rigby Hackett
15 August 1985
Bolton, England
Years active 2006 - present

Leah Hackett (born 15 August 1985) , is an English actress born in Bolton, Greater Manchester, and brought up in Leigh then Tyldesley. She attended Fred Longworth High School with fellow Hollyoaks star Anthony Quinlan, then attended Winstanley College, Wigan and later trained at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), which she appeared in a number of stage productions, such as the Lucky Stiff and Vincent in Brixton.

Hackett is famous for playing timid Tina McQueen in Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks. She has played the role since August 2006. She also appeared in the Liverpool Nativity on 16 December 2007.

Hackett is of mixed race father is British but born of English mother and African/American father, mother is English .[citation needed]