Years active 2006–present Name Leah Hackett | Role Actress | |
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Full Name Leah Stephany Bride Rigby Hackett Born 15 August 1985 (age 39) ( 1985-08-15 ) Bolton General Hospital, Greater Manchester | ||
Ice Cream Farm Cheshire - Hollyoaks star takes to the farm - Cow milking
Leah Hackett (born 15 August 1985), is an English actress, most notable for her role as Tina Reilly (née McQueen) in Hollyoaks.
Contents
- Ice Cream Farm Cheshire Hollyoaks star takes to the farm Cow milking
- Ice Cream Farm Cheshire Hollyoaks star takes to the farm Sheep sheering
- Background and personal life
- Hollyoaks
- Other appearances
- Other TV appearances
- Stage appearances
- Filmography
- References
Ice Cream Farm Cheshire - Hollyoaks star takes to the farm - Sheep sheering
Background and personal life
Hackett was born in Bolton, Greater Manchester. She worked in Tyldesley Library as a teenager. She attended Tyldesley Primary School before moving to Fred Longworth High School. She later attended Winstanley College and went on to get a place at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.
She appeared in Reemer's video for the single Maniac.
Hollyoaks
Hackett played timid Tina Reilly in Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks. She played the role for over two years between 3 August 2006, until her character's death on 17 October 2008. She reprised the role for one episode on 20 November 2014.
Other appearances
She also appeared in the Liverpool Nativity on 16 December 2007 as a shepherdess. In July 2008, Hackett was the face selected to launch the Polaroid PoGo. She also appeared in a series of videos promoting the Year of Food and Farming where she milks a cow, shears sheep, collects eggs and makes an ice cream at Blaze Farm in Cheshire. She appeared in a pantomime (Dick Whittington), at Buxton Opera House and she played Alice Witzwarren. She appeared as Clare Saunders in an episode of Doctors, titled "The Mathematics of Marriage", which aired 15 December 2010.