Lorraine Ashbourne

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)

Known For: Acting

Born: Manchester, England, UK, 1961-01-07

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1988	Distant Voices, Still Lives	Maisie	69
2	1988	The Dressmaker	Factory Girl	40
3	1989	Resurrected	Reeva	56
4	1993	Fighting for Gemma		0
5	1995	Jack & Sarah	Jackie	67
6	1997	Fever Pitch	Paul's Mum	65
7	2000	A Christmas Carol	Sue Cratchett	63
8	2001	The Martins	Lil	52
9	2005	King Kong	Theatre Actor	69
10	2006	Housewife, 49	Dot	63
11	2008	A Bunch of Amateurs	Jane Jarvis	54
12	2009	Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas		40
13	2009	Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays	Athlete	60
14	2010	Oranges and Sunshine	Nicky	69
15	2010	Thorne: Scaredycat	Ruth Brigstocke	62
16	2013	The Selfish Giant	Mary	73
17	2014	Emotional Fusebox	Marion	68
18	2015	Child 44	Anna	63
19	2016	Bunny and Clive	Bunny	0
20	2016	Adult Life Skills	Marion	61
21	2016	A Street Cat Named Bob	Local Housing Officer	79
22	2017	Breathe	First Woman	74
23	2017	Maigret in Montmartre		70
24	2018	The Queen and I	Violet	64
25	2019	Blinded by the Light	Kathy	69
26	2019	The Bind	Ruth	0
27	2020	No Masks		0
28	2020	A Christmas Carol	Mrs Cratchit (voice)	74
29	2022	I Used to Be Famous	Cheryl	70
30	2023	Allelujah	Mrs Earnshaw	52
31	2024	National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down	Aunty Carol	100
32	2024	Hitpig!	Big Bertha (voice)	64
33	2024	The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim	Olwyn (voice)	66
34		Twenty	Dianna	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	The Bill		67
2	1986	Casualty	Sandy	61
3	1987	Rafferty's Rules	Woman No. 1	60
4	1991	Rich Tea And Sympathy		0
5	1993	Mr. Wroe's Virgins	Anne	53
6	1993	Peak Practice	Tina Greaves	61
7	1994	Pie in the Sky	Maeve Cormack	82
8	1995	Chiller	Susan Taylor	62
9	1996	Silent Witness	Michelle Lafferty	76
10	1997	Midsomer Murders	Daniella Bellini	75
11	1998	Playing the Field	Geraldine Powell	52
12	1998	City Central		0
13	2000	Clocking Off		74
14	2004	New Tricks	Moira Wright	74
15	2006	Jane Eyre	Mrs. Fairfax	77
16	2007	True Dare Kiss	Beth Sweeney	70
17	2008	Lark Rise to Candleford		83
18	2009	Law & Order: UK		69
19	2009	Moving On	Treena	71
20	2009	Murderland	Rachel	61
21	2010	Little Crackers	Miss Meadowcroft	68
22	2011	Vera	Barbara Tullman	74
23	2012	Public Enemies	Marion Sharmer	75
24	2014	Inside No. 9	Carol	80
25	2014	Happy Birthday BBC Two	Narrator	0
26	2015	The Interceptor	Valerie	56
27	2015	Unforgotten	DI Tessa Nixon	76
28	2015	London Spy	Mrs Turner	70
29	2015	London Spy	Mrs. Turner	70
30	2016	Jericho	Lace Polly	63
31	2016	The Crown	Barbara Castle	82
32	2019	Cheat	Angela Shadley	64
33	2020	Alma's Not Normal	Joan	74
34	2020	I Hate Suzie	Karen	65
35	2020	Bridgerton	Mrs. Varley	81
36	2022	Sherwood	Daphne Sparrow	70
37	2024	After the Flood	Molly Marshall	68
38		Riot Women	Jess	0

Lorraine Ashbourne

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