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Jane Danson (born Jane Elizabeth Dawson, 8 November 1978) is an English actress. She is known for her portrayal of Leanne Battersby in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, between 1997 and 2000, and from 2004 onwards.
Feb 21, 2022 · Every soap has an iconic legend, and it's no secret that Leanne Battersby has dominated Coronation Street storylines since day one. First arriving onto the cobbles in 1997, Leanne is portrayed by Jane Danson and she has tackled dramatic plotlines like drug addiction and marriage with Peter Barlow.
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Apr 26, 2024 · Leanne Battersby ( Jane Danson) recently became entangled in a sinister cult, and she has well and truly fallen under the spell of charming leader Rowan Cunliffe (Emrhys Cooper), as recent...
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Jane Danson (born Jane Elizabeth Dawson, 8th November 1978 in Bury) has appeared as Leanne Battersby on Coronation Street from July 1997 to August 2000 and from June 2004 onwards. She initially auditioned for the role of Zoe Tattersall. Other television roles have included PC Gemma Osbourne in The Bill, Monica Jones in The Grand, and Eileen Critchley in Alan Bleasdale's G.B.H., which was her TV debut in 1991 (under the name of Jane Dawson). Another early TV appearance was in Children’s Ward.
Jane appeared in the second series of Soapstar Superstar, as did Tupele Dorgu and Antony Cotton (who won). She was eliminated from the first public vote, where she was up against Tupele, despite neither of them actually being in that night's bottom two. After a subsequent Ofcom investigation, ITV1 aired a summary of their findings before Coronation Street on 2nd June 2008.
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Jane Danson was born on 8 November 1978 in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Coronation Street (1960), G.B.H. (1991) and In Suspicious Circumstances (1991). She has been married to Robert Beck since 10 December 2005.
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Jan 2, 2019 · Coronation Street's Leanne Battersby, real name Jane Danson, is competing against the likes of Gemma Collins and Saara Aalto as a contestant on the 2019 series of Dancing on Ice. But who is the soap star?
Jan 4, 2019 · Coronation Street favourite Jane Danson will be going from soap star to reality star this weekend as she competes on the new series of Dancing on Ice. The actress is one of 12 confirmed...
