Name
Leslie Ash
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1960-02-19 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Biography
Leslie Ash is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Deborah Burton in the BBC sitcom Men Behaving Badly, Vanessa Lytton in the BBC medical drama Holby City from 2009 to 2010 and Karen Buckley in the ITV drama Where the Heart Is from 2000 to 2003. Her book My Life Behaving Badly: The Autobiography was published in 2007. Ash appeared in BBC Radio 4's comic radio series, Vent (2007), alongside Neil Pearson, Fiona Allen and Josie Lawrence.
In May 2008, Ash worked with Transparent Television to make a documentary about the unregulated cosmetic beauty industry whilst exploring her own experiences. The programme, Leslie Ash: Face to Face was broadcast on ITV on 23 September 2008.
In 2009 it was announced that Ash would join the cast of BBC medical drama, Holby City from October 2009, playing the role of executive Vanessa Lytton. In 2009, Ash appeared on daytime TV panel programme Loose Women to discuss her new role in Holby City and her previous health problems. Leslie reappeared on Loose Women on 17 February 2012 where she discussed her new on stage tour of All the Single Ladies where she stars alongside Brooke Kinsella and Tara Flynn.
In 2014, Leslie appeared and was a contestant on the BBC programme, Celebrity Masterchef.
Known For
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- 1985 Shadey as Carol Landau
- 1979 Quadrophenia as Steph
- 1982 Nutcracker as Sharon
- 1978 Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse as Natalie Dixon
- 1994 An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck as Self - Audience Member
- 1958 The Boy with Two Heads as Jill Page
- 1988 Natural Causes as Angie
- 1982 Outside Edge as Sharon
- 1984 Murder: Ultimate Grounds for Divorce as Philippa
- 1983 Dead on Time
- 1997 An Audience with Elton John as Self
- 2021 Ruth as Jennifer
- 2021 To Be Someone as Judy
- 2006 A Way of Life: Making Quadrophenia
- 1983 Curse of the Pink Panther as Juleta Shane (AKA Julie Morgan)
- 2019 Quadrophenia: Our Generation as Self
- Soon The Story of Quadrophenia as Self
- 1995 Bugs ( 1 episode )
- 1988 This Morning ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 Men Behaving Badly ( 41 episodes ) as Deborah
- 2002 Harry Hill's TV Burp ( 1 episode )
- 1993 Shooting Stars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2001 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1984 The Bill ( 1 episode )
- 1980 The Gentle Touch ( 1 episode )
- 2007 Would I Lie to You? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2001 Judge John Deed ( 1 episode )
- 2004 The Keith Barret Show ( 1 episode )
- 1990 Haggard ( 14 episodes )
- 1982 The Tube ( 118 episodes )
- 2001 Merseybeat ( 38 episodes )
- 1983 The Happy Apple ( 7 episodes )
- 1999 It's Only TV But I Like It ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1981 Seconds Out ( 13 episodes ) as Hazel
- 1998 Fantasy World Cup ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1986 Casualty ( 1 episode ) as Vanessa Lytton
- 1987 The Marksman ( 3 episodes ) as Hazel
- 1990 Perfect Scoundrels ( 1 episode ) as Daisy Garland
- 1985 Home to Roost ( 1 episode ) as Susie Perkins
- 2011 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip ( 1 episode ) as Self - Participant
- 1994 Harry Enfield and Chums ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1996 Saturday Live ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1985 C.A.T.S. Eyes ( 30 episodes ) as Fred Smith
- 1997 Where the Heart Is ( 40 episodes ) as Karen Buckley
- 1981 Plays for Pleasure ( 1 episode ) as Ros Bedwell
