Background
Jones was born in Stoke on Trent and grew up in Street Ives, Cambridgeshire, where she attended Street Ivo School, before studying at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in Wood Green, in north London, graduating in 2006.
Jones was born in Stoke on Trent and grew up in Street Ives, Cambridgeshire, where she attended Street Ivo School, before studying at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in Wood Green, in north London, graduating in 2006.
Apart from two minor productions, including Karaoke Wedding at the Union Theatre and Enchanted: The Rock Opera at Valley Gardens, Pontefract, Jones" first professional role was that of Tracy Turnblad in the 2007 London West End production of Hairspray. Leanne starred in a production of the Jonathan Larson musical Tick, Tick. Boom! at the Union Theatre in 2010.
Leanne sang with YouTube comedy sensation Miranda Sings at the Leicester Square theatre.
Leanne has her own one-woman show called Have You Met Mission Jones?, which has played at Freedom Bar in Soho and also The Delfont Room. Leanne revisited the role of Tracy Turnblad for the 2010 DUCTAC performance of Hairspray in Dubai.
Jones went on tour in 2010 with the comedy play The Naked Truth, taking over the role of "Bev" from Lisa Riley. She also performed in a production of Beauty and the Beast at the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage for the 2011/2012 Pantomime season.
In 2014, Jones appeared as an auditioner on the 3rd series of reality singing competition The Voice United Kingdom, singing "Skyfall", but she was not selected by any of the mentors.