Leanne Battersby
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| Leanne Battersby | ||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Jane Danson | |||||||||
| Duration | 1997-2000, 2004-2006, 2007— | |||||||||
| First appearance | 4 July 1997 | |||||||||
| Book appearances | Coronation Street: The Complete Saga | |||||||||
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| Date of birth | July 2, 1981 | |||||||||
| Status | Divorced | |||||||||
| Home | 14a Victoria Street | |||||||||
| Occupation | Barmaid at the Rovers Return/Works at Bookies | |||||||||
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Leanne Anika Battersby (previously Tilsley) is a fictional character on the soap opera Coronation Street. She is played by Jane Danson.
Leanne and her family were introduced in 1997 as the new "common" family. Leanne was, at that time, a mischievous troublemaker. She was 16 and fresh out of school with no A-levels. Les's biological daughter was Leanne and Toyah was Janice's but the two girls had grown up together and were friends as well as sisters. Les and Janice had lived together for a few years before they got married, which was shortly before they moved into Number 5.
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[edit] Storylines
One of Leanne’s early storylines saw her begin dating and later marry Nick Tilsley. Their relationship was strained, however, when Leanne became pregnant, and Nick demanded that she abort the unborn child. Leanne reluctantly agreed, but their relationship couldn't survive such trauma and they consequently divorced.
Leanne went on to become addicted to cocaine. She ended up deeply in debt to drug dealer Jez Quigley, and upon occasion was forced to sleep with him. Knowing Jez to be capable of extreme violence, she was forced to flee Weatherfield in 2000 to escape Jez's clutches.
In June 2004, Les discovered Leanne dressed as a belly dancer in a back street local bar, serving beer. She returned to the street, and quickly caused trouble for ex-husband Nick and his latest girlfriend Maria Sutherland. Leanne and Maria’s sparring culminated in a brawl in the Rovers Return. Eventually, Leanne's scheming paid off as Nick departed Weatherfield without Maria.
[edit] Jamie and Danny Baldwin
Not long after her return, Leanne started a relationship with Jamie Baldwin. Jamie's stepmother, Frankie Baldwin, hated Leanne and several ferocious slanging matches ensued. Despite her feud with Frankie, Leanne and Jamie became engaged. However, Leanne began an affair with Jamie's dad, Danny Baldwin, which Frankie discovered. When Jamie learned the truth, he proceeded to call off the engagement, and Leanne temporarily departed the street to sort her life out.
Leanne and Danny eventually accepted that their respective relationships were over and consequently decided to reunite. When Danny's father, Mike Baldwin, began to suffer from mental illness, Leanne and Danny were the ones who cared for him. However, their main priority was getting their hands on his estate.
Shortly before Mike's death, Danny had managed to manipulate Mike into making a will giving it all to him, and cutting out his other sons, Mark and Adam Barlow. Yet following Mike's death, Leanne discovered a will that post-dated this one and in it, Mike left Adam his fair share. Despite becoming engaged to Leanne, Danny Baldwin truly loved former wife Frankie and ended his relationship with Leanne in a bid for reconciliation. Leanne was devastated, and took revenge on Danny by blackmailing him with Mike's latest will. Leanne then double-crossed her ex by giving Adam Mike's second will, even after Danny gave her the cash which she demanded. Having totally wrecked Danny's life, Leanne then made her exit to Spain.
[edit] Prostitution
Leanne returned in March 2007 harbouring the secret that she was now working as an escort. Leanne's beloved former stepmother, Janice Battersby, was horrified to discover the truth and made her disapproval very clear. When Leanne began dating Liam Connor, Janice made her realise that she had to choose between Liam and prostitution. Initially, Leanne chose escorting, but later decided that she should allow her heart to rule her head and gave it up for him. In the latter days of her career as a prostitute, Leanne found herself a new client - Liam's brother Paul Connor.
Leanne went into business with Paul's wife, Carla Connor. They decided to open a restaurant together. In order to gather up the cash to make the purchase, Leanne made a brief return to her work as a prostitute. This business deal would ultimately lead to Leanne's exposure, as Carla came across one of her clients who told her the truth. Carla was shocked, and decided to abandon their business arrangement.
When Carla ended her marriage to Paul after finding out about his visits to escorts, he blamed Leanne and attempted revenge. He lured her to a car park where he bundled her into the boot of his car to drive to Liam and inform him of the truth. However, a horrific car crash took place during the journey. Leanne was hospitalised, but survived. Paul, on the other hand, did not pull through and died shortly after the accident. Carla revealed Leanne’s profession to Liam, who was stunned and decided that he wanted nothing more to do with Leanne.
[edit] Valandros
Leanne decided to go ahead with opening the restaurant herself. She borrowed £10,000 from Janice‘s boyfriend Roger Stiles, but initially struggled with her new business. She took on Paul Clayton as cook at the restaurant, and began to feel hope when business improved. Paul eventually invested money in the restaurant acquiring a share of the business.
She then began dating bookmaker Dan Mason, who suggested torching Valandros for the insurance money. Leanne manipulated Paul into carrying this out for her, offering the promise of a relationship between the two of them. Paul agreed, and carried out the arson attack, but was disappointed to realise Leanne had only been using him.
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