Leanne Battersby

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Leanne Battersby
Alias	Lee Leanne Tilsley Leanne Barlow
Origin	Coronation Street
Occupation	Businesswoman Prostitute Restaurant worker Bar manager
Powers / Skills	Prostitution Exceptional business practicing
Hobby	Depending on her story
Goals	Claim insurance money on her burned down restaurant (succeeded)
Crimes	Arson Prostitution Fraud Incrimination Assault Conspiracy Blackmail Threats of violence
Type of Villain	Envious Fighter

Leanne Battersby is a fictional character and major protagonist of the British Soap Opera Coronation Street. She originally appeared as an anti-villain and supporting antagonist between 1997 to 2007 before later evolving into one of the show's central protagonists from 2008 onwards.

She is currently portrayed by Jane Danson.

Biography

Leanne Battersby first came to Weatherfield in 1997 as a member of the troublesome Battersby family, alongside her half-sister Toyah and their father Les; the family were also joined by Les' wife and Toyah's mother Janice.

As she and the family settled themselves into Weatherfield, Leanne was no stranger to making her presence unease the other residents. This escalates when she steals from the local newsagents the Kabin, and then accusing local cafe owner Roy Cropper of being a pervert after he refused to give her a job. But overtime the family began to tone down, and Leanne later got a job at the Kabin before having a close friendship with local shopkeeper Rita Sullivan.

In 1999, she began dating notorious drug dealer Jez Quigley. But their relationship quickly broke down when Jez got Leanne hooked up in drugs and he forced her to collaborate in his plans to rob The Rovers Return Inn public house. Leanne later went on the run in 2000 to escape Jez's abuse. Soon enough, Jez would later be killed by hardman Jim McDonald for putting the latter's son Steve in hospital for testifying against him in court.

In 2004, Leanne resurfaces and has developed a somewhat antagonistic nature. This first emerged when she is discovered by Les to be working as a lap dancer, after which she embarks on a conflict with local resident Maria Sutherland that involves the pair having a brawl in the pub. Then in 2005, she began dating young taxi driver Jamie Baldwin before having an affair with his father Danny not long afterwards. Leanne soon clashes with Danny's wife Frankie when she finds out about the affair, though she agrees to not tell Jamie for the sake of his well-being. However, when Jamie's estranged mother Carol finds out about it, she confronts Danny and Leanne over the betrayal and eventually forces them to tell Jamie the truth; Jamie is devastated and breaks up with Leanne before disowning Danny for the betrayal.

In 2006, Leanne begins to seduce Danny when he begins having second thoughts about their newfound relationship. They eventually get engaged just as Danny's wealthy father, Mike, begins suffering from Alzheimer's Disease no sooner after his girlfriend Penny had rejected his proposal for marriage. It is then Leanne's antagonistic nature heightens when she willingly collaborates in Danny's scheme to takeover Mike's fortune and urges him to manipulate Mike into giving him power of attorney - which effectively meant Danny would inherit everything from Mike's will once the latter passes away. Leanne also wishes for Danny to give her a cut in the fortune he may obtain from his father's will. Soon when Mike eventually dies, Danny does indeed inherit everything until his half-brother Adam contests the will; thereafter Leanne's relationship with Danny collapses and they split up.

In 2008, Leanne seduced fellow neighbour Paul Clayton and soon planned to get him to help her claim some insurance money. This worked successfully after she tricks Paul into setting her bar on fire before incriminating him for the crime; Paul was left to take the rap whereas she got off without any repercussion.

By 2009, Leanne has mellowed from her past behaviour when she got romantically involved with Adam's uncle Peter Barlow and adopted his son Simon - henceforth Leanne officially became Simon's surrogate mother. She eventually married him in 2010 despite Peter nearly getting killed losing his life in a major disaster that involved a tram crashing onto the street.

In 2011, Leanne finds out that her friend Stella Price is actually her biological mother and that Stella's daughter Eva is also related to Leanne - the pair being half-sisters conceived by Stella. Eventually she begins to bond with them, but nearly breaks up with Peter after finding out that he knew and never told her about it. They soon make up and begin working together at a betting shop. At one point, they throw out wife-beater Chris Gray for abusing his wife Cheryl and then lying to her about him having brain tumour.

In 2012, Leanne's marriage with Peter eventually collapsed when she finds out that he slept with factory boss Carla Connor - the revelation of which is soon exposed to Leanne when she witnesses Peter defending Carla in court after her ex-fiancé Frank Foster had raped her months ago. From then onwards, Leanne has formed a quarrel with Carla after divorcing Peter no sooner had Frank just been murdered by his mother Anne over the circumstances behind Carla's rape ordeal.

Soon enough, Leanne reconciled with her old boyfriend and Peter's nemesis Nick Tilsley. They soon got married and things were going well until Nick hit Leanne on Christmas Day 2013, due to Nick having a hard time coping with brain damage caused by his feud with his brother David Platt. The next year, Leanne divorces Nick and moves forward to gym owner Kal Nazir. They get on well until Kal is killed in a fire accident started by Peter's half-sister Tracy Barlow. That same year, Simon begins abusing Leanne and the situation gets worse when he finds out that she used to be a prostitute who worked for her nefarious client Dan Jones in the past.

Over the following years, Leanne has coped with several incidents both personally and family related.

Trivia

• Jane Danson (the actress who portrays Leanne Battersby) had been nominated for and won several awards in creditation to her character's well-received performance and it's contribution to some of the show's high-prolific storylines.