Emmerdale actress Mimi Slinger is best known for portraying the role of Leanna Cavanagh on the ITV soap.However, she was killed off by evil serial killer Meena Jutla earlier this year after making the decision to leave the programme.Her farewell saw Leanna get caught up in a gruesome confrontation on the humpbacked bridge.READ NEXT: Strictly's Maisie Smith and Max George look loved-up as they pack on PDA in TescoThe actress, 19, has since admitted that even she was “shocked” when she read the script for her last scenes.In an interview around the time of her soap exit, Mimi said: “I had taken the decision to leave the Dales and I was so looking forward to hearing how the producers were going to engineer my exit.“I was so excited to be given the opportunity to be challenged and show my acting abilities.” She first joined the Emmerdale cast in March 2018 but has since revealed that she also makes music and works as a model too. In 2021, she was signed to top modelling agency Storm Management.She added: “Fingers crossed for anything in the pipeline.