Lorraine Ashbourne
Lorraine Ashbourne (born 1961 in Manchester) is an English stage, film and television actress. She attended Wilbraham High School, when living in Fallowfield. She joined Stretford Children's Theatre. She took part in the University of Manchester Stage Society and Manchester Youth Theatre. She joined the Webber Drama School on 19 April 1982. Ashbourne has appeared on British series and television films, including: Playing the Field (1998), Unforgotten (2017), Grantchester (2017), Maigret in Montmartre (2017), Midsomer Murders (2018), The Street, and Jericho. As a stage actor, Lorraine regularly appeared at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, portraying roles such as Kate Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer and Emilia in Othello, acting in both of these alongside her husband Andy Serkis. In 2019, she starred as Barbara Castle in The Crown (2019), and from 2020, she starred as Mrs. Varley in Bridgerton. She played Joan Nuthall in Alma's Not Normal (2020), and was Daphne Sparrow in Sherwood (2022). She played Karen in I Hate Suzie (2024), and appeared in After the Flood (2024)
71 acting credits
Acting · 71
Midsomer Murders
1997
Bridgerton
2020
The Crown
2016
Casualty
1986
Vera
2011
Silent Witness
1996
Peak Practice
1993
New Tricks
2004
Inside No. 9
2014
The Bill
1984
Pie in the Sky
1994
Unforgotten
2015
Rafferty's Rules
1987
Law & Order: UK
2009
Moving On
2009
King Kong
2005
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024
Sherwood
2022
Jane Eyre
2006
London Spy
2015
After the Flood
2024
Playing the Field
1998
Child 44
2015
Hitpig!
2024
The Interceptor
2015
Little Crackers
2010
Thorne
2010
I Hate Suzie
2020
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
Riot Women
2025
Alma's Not Normal
2020
Chiller
1995
City Central
1998
A Street Cat Named Bob
2016
Breathe
2017
Cheat
2019
True Dare Kiss
2007
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
1993
Jericho
2016
Public Enemies
2012
Murderland
2009
Fever Pitch
1997
Blinded by the Light
2019
Jack & Sarah
1995
The Selfish Giant
2013
Allelujah
2023
The Martins
2001
Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988
I Used to Be Famous
2022
Oranges and Sunshine
2010
Rich Tea And Sympathy
1991
Adult Life Skills
2016
Housewife, 49
2006
Resurrected
1989
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008
A Christmas Carol
2020
Thorne: Scaredycat
2010
Happy Birthday BBC Two
2014
The Dressmaker
1988
The Queen and I
2018
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
2009
Fighting for Gemma
1993
National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down
2024
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
No Masks
2020
A Christmas Carol
2000
Emotional Fusebox
2014
Bunny and Clive
2016
The Bind
2019
Twenty
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