aleesha is the infant daughter of teenagers demi miller (shana swash) and leo taylor (philip dowling). aleesha's godparents are demi's older brother mickey miller (joe swash) and pauline fowler (wendy richard), whose heart softens towards demi' family after accompanying demi to hospital for aleesha's birth. aleesha is the centre of an ongoing feud between demi's parents keith and rosie miller (gerry cowper) and leo's parents ray and trisha taylor, with she, demi and leo bear the brunt of the turmoil. demi and leo take her with them when they run away together. they leave her with pauline when they have to move into a squat. this leads to leo's death from a heroin overdose, when demi takes some heroin to numb her pain and leo overdoses because he thinks she is dead. aleesha leaves walford with rosie and demi in july 2006 to live in the cotswolds.