Alison Rosalind Bracknell, known professionally as Leah Bracknell, was an English actress who played the role of Zoe Tate in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, for which she was nominated for the 2002 National Television Award for Most Popular Actress and won the 2006 British Soap Award for Best Exit.
16 Facts About Leah Bracknell
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Leah Bracknell was a qualified teacher with the British School of Yoga and designed and produced a jewellery line.
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Leah Bracknell's parents met while filming The World of Suzie Wong in Hong Kong in 1959.
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The adopted name "Leah Bracknell" is an anglicization of her mother's name "Li-Er".
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Leah Bracknell grew up in London and Oxford and spent a year in New Zealand and Fiji.
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Leah Bracknell first appeared on the TV series The Chiffy Kids in 1976, which was directed by her father, David.
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Leah Bracknell appeared in the programme for 16 years until leaving the series in 2005.
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Leah Bracknell was initially due to leave the series for only nine months, but did not return.
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Leah Bracknell appeared in the TV dramas Judge John Deed, Casualty 1907 and in the daytime soap Doctors.
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Leah Bracknell won the 'Best Exit' award at the British Soap Awards in May 2006 for her exit from the role of Zoe Tate.
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Leah Bracknell had two children, and lived her final years in Worthing, Sussex.
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Leah Bracknell taught meditation and yoga in Baildon, Bradford, after leaving Emmerdale.
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In October 2016, Leah Bracknell announced she had been diagnosed with stage IV terminal lung cancer.
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Leah Bracknell appeared on This Morning and Loose Women to talk about her cancer and determination to fight it.
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Leah Bracknell married her longtime partner Jez Hughes in 2017.
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Leah Bracknell died on 15 September 2019 at the age of 55, which was announced on 16 October.