Leanne
Battersby
Leanne
Battersby
Married: Nick Tilsley (30
January 1998, Kircudbright Registry Office)
Children:
Played by: Jane Danson
Appeared: 4 July 1997 - 23 August 2000, June 7, 2004 -
In July 1997, Leanne Battersby and her family - father Les, step-mother Janice and step-sister Toyah moved to No5 Coronation Street much to the horror of the residents. To help keep Leanne out of trouble during the school holidays, Janice got a job for her as a cleaner at Underworld where Janice worked, but she was soon sacked for being lazy and rude to the workers.
Leanne soon caught the eye of Nick Tilsley, and they had to meet in secret as Nick's mother, Gail Platt , didn't approve of the Battersby family. Leanne then decided to go to college in September 1997 to study hairdressing so she could be near her Nick. They became so close in fact, that they ran away to Scotland to get married in secret. It came as a shock to both families when they found out a week later that they were married. Both sets of families blamed each other. To act as a more responsible married woman, Leanne quit college and started work in the Kabin under Rita Sullivan's watchful eye. With Leanne's pay the two lovebirds moved into No4 with Ashley Peacock.
Things went great for a while until Nick found out that his father Brian Tilsley's killer was due out of prison, and he persuaded Leanne to befriend Darren Whitely to entrap him so he'd have to go back to prison. Things didn`t go according to plan and Leanne's safety and marriage were threatened when Darren broke into her house. Leanne was so scared she told Gail what went on and together they put Darren back into prison as he had broke parole violations - even though it was Nick's fault in the first place.
Things took an unexpected turn when Nick's beloved grandad Alf Roberts died suddenly in his sleep on New Years Day 1999, which ironically was Nick's 18th Birthday. They soon cheered up when they discovered that Alf has left them some money in his will. They used the money to go on holiday to Canada as the honeymoon they never had. After they came back from Canada, their happiness over the trip subsided when Leanne found out she was pregnant. Scared by the prospect of being tied down, Nick persuauded Leanne to have an abortion and to tell everyone that she had a miscarriage. Leanne agreed at first, then later regretted it. This was the beginning of an end to their marriage as Nick couldn't understand why Leanne was so emotional about everything. Disgusted with both parents' interference, in April 1999 Nick decided to run away, starting a new life in Canada, but Leanne refused to go with him as she soon saw how spineless and pathetic he really was.
Newly single again, Leanne started dating Vikram Desi, who worked at the corner shop. Lots of partying and late nights soon took their toll on Leanne and she resigned from the Kabin after a misunderstanding about money that had gone missing. Leanne soon found a job straight away as a barmaid at the Rovers. She has soon learned the business of pulling pints as well as pulling fellas since her split with Nick.
Leanne developed a cocaine habit and got involved with dealer Jez Quigley. She owed him money and got desparate. She was going to allow him to rob the pub but at the last minute backed out and landed herself in hospital after a fight with one of Quigley's goons. Leanne was scared, and decided to leave Weatherfield. Mark Redman was leaving too and they went to Amsterdam. Later Leanne traveled to Australia, doing bar work to keep herself. Nothing more was heard from Leanne until she turned up in a lap dancing club in Weatherfield in June 2004. Les discovered her and brought her back to Coronation Street where ' she has wasted no time in giving Maria a good pasting for what she did to Toyah. There appears to be lingering bitterness (and attraction?) towards her ex husband Nick, though so time will tell how that develops.
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