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Jacqueline Leonard (born 1965 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English television, film and theatre actress. Best known for her appearances in long-running British television shows, she played Lorraine Wicks in the London-based soap opera EastEnders, and also appeared in the Glasgow-based soap River City as gangster's wife Lydia Murdoch. Jacqueline Leonard was a pupil of Greenlands High School in Blackpool (now Bispham High School Arts College). Leonard trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and was the winner of the Michael Warre Award for Best Actress in 1988. Leonard is... MORE

Jacqueline Leonard (born 1965 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English television, film and theatre actress. Best known for her appearances in long-running British television shows, she played Lorraine Wicks in the London-based soap opera EastEnders, and also appeared in the Glasgow-based soap River City as gangster's wife Lydia Murdoch. Jacqueline Leonard was a pupil of Greenlands High School in Blackpool (now Bispham High School Arts College). Leonard trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and was the winner of the Michael Warre Award for Best Actress in 1988. Leonard is best known for appearing on British television. She has had roles in May to December (1992); A Time to Dance (1992); Inspector Morse (1993) and Peak Practice (1993–1996), where she played Sarah Preston for four series. Following this she was cast in one of her most notable roles. She played Lorraine Wicks in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1996-97. Leonard took a year off work when she left EastEnders to relocate from London to Lancashire and care for her sick mother. Subsequent television appearances include Doctors where she played one of the original characters Dr. Caroline Powers from LESS