Leanne Anika Tilsley (also Battersby and Barlow) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Jane Danson. It was announced in February 1997 that a "family from hell" would be introduced to Coronation Street. This included Les (Bruce Jones) and Janice Battersby (Vicky Entwistle), Les's daughter Leanne and Janice's daughter Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor). Leanne made her first appearance on 4 July 1997. Danson left the series in 2000 and returned in 2004. Danson later took maternity leave in 2006 and returned in early 2007. Danson took another maternity break in 2009 and returned in the same year. She is the 19th long-standing character as of February 2016 and is considered as a soap veteran.
Leanne's storylines include numerous affairs, prostitution, drug-abuse, insurance fraud, discovering her biological mother was new landlady of the Rovers, Stella Price (Michelle Collins), a miscarriage, an abortion, and a custody battle for her step-son, Simon. Leanne has had numerous relationships within the show. She married Nick Tilsley in 1998, but they divorced a year later. She later married Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) in the show's live 50th anniversary episode, but later split from him, after his affair with Carla Connor (Alison King) was exposed. After a volatile reconciliation, she and Nick married for the second time in January 2013. In late January 2014, Nick decided it was best for them to be apart, as he thought it would be too awful for Leanne to cope with his long-term brain damage. They pair remained as friends, until Leanne started dating Nick's personal trainer, Kal Nazir (Jimi Mistry). They became engaged on the night of Kal's death in May 2015 and the following month, Leanne began enduring parental abuse from her stepson, Simon, as his behaviour spiralled out of control.
Hey oooh oooh
Yeah yeah
I make some paper but it ain't nothing changed now
I'm the same chris we can still chill now
Still young but I feel a little grown now
Still at home but I can help with the bills now
It's been a while I just wanna get closer
I got my own room you can stay over
I got my license we can dip in my rover
And we can ride forever
Cause all I need is you
I just wanna spend everyday with you
Anything I have I'd change for you
Sometimes I feel like I can runaway with you
If it's with you
Let's take some time
Let me change your life
Girl you're so beautiful
There's nothing I won't do
To feel how it feels to be with you
All I need is you
And [?] told me I should stay focused
I'm on the phone with you right before my show hits
I hide the stress so nobody never notice
But sometimes I gotta get away from show biz
So I appreciate everything you doing
You always seem to help me get through it
So I couldn't imagine my life
Without having a friend in my corner to hold it down...
Like you
I just wanna spend everyday with you
Anything I have I'd change for you
Sometimes I feel like I can runaway with you
If it's with you
Let's take some time
Let me change your life
Girl you're so beautiful
There's nothing I won't do
To feel how it feels to be with you
All I need is you
(You, you, you, you, you)
All I need is you
(Said you, you, you, you)
All I need is you
Sometimes I wish I could spend my life with you
And I just sit up every night
Is this what love feels like
I'm turning over and checking my phone to see if you called
I save every message you leave
Just to hear your voice
I wanna hear you say
Let's get away, let's get away
So many girls in the world but all I wanna do
Is travel around the world and just be...
With you
I just wanna spend everyday with you
Anything I have I'd change for you
Sometimes I feel like I can runaway with you
If it's with you
Let's take some time
Let me change your life
Girl you're so beautiful
There's nothing I won't do
To feel how it feels to be with you
All I need is you
(You, you, you, you)
Let's take some time
Let me change your life
Girl you're so beautiful
There's nothing I won't do
To feel how it feels to be with you