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Leanne Roxton

40 years old, Leanne is married to Teddy.

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Leanne is youngest sister. She is loud, loves being the centre of attention and is completely self-obsessed. She has good ideas for the business, but has no idea how to execute them.

She specialises in nails. Leanne's main aim in life is to be better than Bel.

Kelly Harrison on Leanne

Kelly admits she was instantly compelled by the out-there and audacious character of Leanne Roxton, and couldn’t wait to step into her shoes.

There is one person who’s opinion she secretly cares about a great deal... that's Bel

"From the moment I read Leanne I loved her and wanted to be her. She is fun, and sassy, she is bitchy, naughty and she couldn’t care less what anyone thinks about her. She opens her mouth before she thinks and she is extremely glamorous.

"However, while Leanne may be all bravado there is a huge amount of vulnerability to her, and as much as she says she doesn’t give a monkeys what people think, there is one person who’s opinion she secretly cares about a great deal. That’s Bel, her older sister and it is the fact that Bel barely thinks about her which makes Leanne incredibly jealous and bitter."

Kelly explains what is in store through this series for her larger-than-life character, Leanne.

"At the beginning of the series Leanne invites her older sister, Bel, to return to the family-run beauty salon, which Bel used to run 20 odd years ago. However, as the series progresses her jealousy of Bel grows rapidly, because she feels like Bel walks into the salon and takes over her world.

"So Leanne attempts to create her own self as a brand, a beauty guru, but underneath all of that she doesn’t realise the web of deceit which is being weaved by someone very close to her. Leanne is oblivious to anything outside of her own bubble, which she has created to make herself look bigger and better and more loved than anybody else, because she hasn’t had much real love from anybody in her life. Leanne’s story is one of glitz and glamour but also one of pain and turmoil."