Full of backchat and looking like a Poundland Spice Girl, a teenage Leanne Battersby stomped on to the cobbles 23 years ago.
Since then, actress Jane Danson has lived through no end of drama as her Weatherfield alter ego. Eloping to Gretna Green was the first of several of Leanne’s marriages, and while high points have included running the bistro and becoming a stepmum to Simon, her lows have seen her turn to drugs and prostitution.
But this year Jane, 42, has faced her toughest storyline yet as Oliver, Leanne’s son with Steve McDonald, was diagnosed with mitochondrial disease.
It’s an illness some patients live with – but the outlook is bleak for Oliver, despite Leanne’s efforts battling doctors and courts.
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