Background
Jacqueline Leonard was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
Jacqueline Leonard was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Artist
She is best known for playing Sarah Preston in the Independent Television drama Peak Practice from 1993 to 1996, Lorraine Wicks in the British Broadcasting Corporation soap opera EastEnders from 1996 to 1997, Doctor Caroline Powers in the British Broadcasting Corporation medical drama Doctors from 2000 to 2001, Lydia Murdoch in the Scottish soap opera River City from 2007 to 2009 and as Linda Hancock in the Independent Television soap opera Coronation Street in 2015. She was a pupil at Greenlands High School in Blackpool. 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 British Broadcasting Corporation soap opera EastEnders from which she played the role from 1996 to 1997. Leonard subsequently appeared in television series including Doctors where she played one of the original characters Doctor Caroline Powers from 2000 to 2001, Nice Guy Eddie (2002), Holby City (2003), The Bill (2004), The Courtroom (2004), Goldplated (2006) and Hollyoaks (2007), Holby City (2010).
In 2007, Leonard joined the cast of Scottish soap opera River City playing Lydia Murdoch. Her film credits include Chaplin (1992), Idaho (1995), There"s Only One Jimmy Grimble (1999) and The Wicker Tree (2011).
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.
In 2011, Leonard auditioned and was shortlisted for the role of Stella Price in Coronation Street but lost out to former EastEnders actress Michelle Collins. She made her first appearance in February 2015.