Leandra Ashton appeared on Coronation Street between March and June 2016 as Saskia Larson, then-fiancée of Will Chatterton.
After reading Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge University, she graduated from RADA in 2004 and in 2010 founded "Flying Cloud" - a theatre company specialising in new writing plays.
Her onscreen credits include roles in Holby City, The Bill, Life Bites and Doctors, the short film The Sicilian Man, along with the feature films Dangerous Parking, Act of God and I, Anna.
On stage she has appeared in productions of One Night in November, Reverence: A Tale of Abelard and Heloise, Napoli, Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream.