Thoughtful and bookish, Tina is a bit of a wallflower – completely unlike her rowdy sisters!
‘Why do I always try and please everyone?’
2006 Moves into the village with mum Myra and tearaway sisters Mercedes, Carmel and Michaela. Jailbird sister Jacqui arrives at a later date. Falls for sensitive soul Dom Reilly and takes his virginity! Wonders about the identity of her father but Myra can't recall who he was.
2007 Pushes Dom to propose then gets cold feet on the day of her wedding but Dom talks her round. Employed as a careers assistant at the local comp but is sexually harassed by her boss Pete Webster. Dom is unsympathetic. Turns to brother-in-law Russ for support and sleeps with him. Agrees to be a surrogate for brother-in-law Tony Hutchinson and her infertile sister Jacqui.
2008 Falls pregnant but realises that Russ is the dad not Tony. Pushed by evil half-brother Niall Rafferty and goes into early labour. Gives birth to baby Max and has an emergency hysterectomy. Tina gives Max to Jacqui and Tony but plots to get him back.
Leah was born in 1985 and grew up in Tyldesley in Wigan, Greater Manchester. She went to local schools Tyldesley Primary and then Fred Longworth High School and later studied for 'A' Levels at Wigan's Winstanley College. Leah worked as a Saturday girl at her local library when she was 16.
After school Leah won a place at the prestigious Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts to study acting and she was snapped up by Hollyoaks as soon as she graduated. Leah's Hollyoaks audition was her second ever casting interview and Leah had no professional acting experience before she joined the show.
Outside of Hollyoaks, Leah has made a cameo appearance on the video for Maniac, the debut single of Manchester pop punk band Reemer.
