Jacqueline Leonard

Infobox actor
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name = Jacqueline Leonard
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birthdate = 1965
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notable role = Lorraine Wicks in "EastEnders"
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spouse = 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.

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.

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. [cite news
title = Doctors go on call
publisher = BBC
date = 23 March 2000
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/688406.stm]

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.

Film career

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

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".

ee also

Lorraine Wicks

Lydia Murdoch (River City)

References

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External links

*cite web
title = Jacqueline Leonard
publisher = Daly Pearson Associates
url = http://www.dalypearson.co.uk/page.asp?partid=112
*cite web
title = Characters - Lydia Murdoch
work = River City
publisher = BBC
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/tv/rivercity/characters/lydia_murdoch/
*cite web
title = Characters - Lorraine Wicks
work = EastEnders
publisher = BBC
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/characters_cast/characters/character_lorraine_w.shtml

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