Leanna Creel began her television career acting in series such as
Ein Zwilling kommt selten allein (1989) and Perry Mason und das Loch im Alibi (1991), her most popular role being that of "Tori Scott"
in California High School - Pausenstreß und erste Liebe (1989). She graduated from UCLA in 1993 with a BA (Honors) in
History and, in 1996, she also earned an MFA in Film & Television.
In 1997, she turned away from acting and produced her first movie
Mixed Signals (1997) starring Jason London. She later continued to produce such motion
pictures as Dancer, Texas (1998) and Ran an die Braut (2001). In 2001, Leanna wrote and directed her
short film Offside (2001), the tale of the Christmas Truce of 1914, when
British and German soldiers put down their guns and played a game of
soccer in no man's land. In 1997, she co-founded the production company
"Ignite Entertainment" and later resigned in 1999 to start "Anomaly
Productions".