Leanna Creel began her television career acting in series such as Les femmes de Papa (1989) and Perry Mason - Un éditorial de trop (1991), her most popular role being that of "Tori Scott" in Sauvés par le gong (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, le rêve de la ville (1998) and Allison Forever (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".