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Jacqueline Leonard

Jacqueline Leonard
Born 28 November 1965
Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Occupation Actress
Television Peak Practice (1993–1996)
EastEnders (1996–1997)
Doctors (2000–2001)
River City (2007–2010, 2017—)
Coronation Street (2015)
Spouse(s) Alex Mansfield

Jacqueline Leonard is an English actress. She is best known for playing Sarah Preston in the ITV drama Peak Practice from 1993 to 1996, Lorraine Wicks in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1996 to 1997, Dr. Caroline Powers in the BBC medical drama Doctors from 2000 to 2001, Lydia Murdoch in the Scottish soap opera River City from 2007 to 2010 and again from 2017 onwards, and as Linda Hancock in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street in 2015.

Jacqueline Leonard was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. She was a pupil at Greenlands High School in Blackpool. 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.

Leonard has been appearing on British television since the early 1990s. She has had roles in May to December in 1992, A Time to Dance in 1992, Inspector Morse in 1993 and Peak Practice 1993 to 1996, where she played Sarah Preston for four series. Following this she was cast as Lorraine Wicks in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from which she played the role from 1996 to 1997. She took a year off work when she left EastEnders to move from London to Lancashire and care for her sick mother.


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