Name
Lorraine Ashbourne
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1961-01-07 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Manchester, England, UK
Biography
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
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James Bowen, a homeless busker and recovering drug addict, has his life transformed when h...
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In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, ...
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A romantic comedy about a man, a woman and a football team. Based on Nick Hornby's best se...
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Jack always lands on his feet. He lands on his feet when he marries the beautiful Sarah. H...
- 2023 Allelujah as Mrs Earnshaw
- 1988 Distant Voices, Still Lives as Maisie
- 2010 Oranges and Sunshine as Nicky
- 2009 Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays as Athlete
- 2013 The Selfish Giant as Mary
- 2024 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim as Olwyn (voice)
- 2016 Bunny and Clive as Bunny
- 2022 I Used to Be Famous as Cheryl
- Soon Twenty as Dianna
- 1993 Fighting for Gemma
- 2006 Housewife, 49 as Dot
- 1997 Fever Pitch as Paul's Mum
- 2009 Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
- 2015 Child 44 as Anna
- 2016 Adult Life Skills as Marion
- 2000 A Christmas Carol as Sue Cratchett
- 2024 National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down as Aunty Carol
- 1988 The Dressmaker as Factory Girl
- 1995 Jack & Sarah as Jackie
- 2024 Hitpig! as Big Bertha (voice)
- 2008 A Bunch of Amateurs as Jane Jarvis
- 2019 The Bind as Ruth
- 2014 Emotional Fusebox as Marion
- 2016 A Street Cat Named Bob as Local Housing Officer
- 2001 The Martins as Lil
- 2005 King Kong as Theatre Actor
- 2018 The Queen and I as Violet
- 2017 Breathe as First Woman
- 2010 Thorne: Scaredycat as Ruth Brigstocke
- 2019 Blinded by the Light as Kathy
- 1989 Resurrected as Reeva
- 2020 A Christmas Carol as Mrs Cratchit (voice)
- 2020 No Masks
- 1995 Number Six as Susan Taylor
- 2022 I Hate Suzie Too as Karen
- 1984 The Bill ( 3 episodes )
- 1997 Midsomer Murders ( 1 episode ) as Daniella Bellini
- 2007 True Dare Kiss ( 6 episodes ) as Beth Sweeney
- 2009 Law & Order: UK ( 1 episode )
- 1998 Playing the Field ( 32 episodes ) as Geraldine Powell
- 2006 Jane Eyre ( 4 episodes ) as Mrs. Fairfax
- 1998 City Central ( 32 episodes )
- 2020 Alma's Not Normal ( 11 episodes ) as Joan
- 2011 Vera ( 1 episode ) as Barbara Tullman
- 1993 Peak Practice ( 1 episode ) as Tina Greaves
- 2014 Inside No. 9 ( 1 episode ) as Carol
- 2009 Moving On ( 1 episode ) as Treena
- 2015 The Interceptor ( 8 episodes ) as Valerie
- 2004 New Tricks ( 1 episode ) as Moira Wright
- 2012 Public Enemies ( 3 episodes ) as Marion Sharmer
- 2016 Jericho ( 8 episodes ) as Lace Polly
- 2008 Lark Rise to Candleford ( 1 episode )
- 1986 Casualty ( 1 episode ) as Sandy
- 2022 Sherwood ( 12 episodes ) as Daphne Sparrow
- 2015 Unforgotten ( 6 episodes ) as DI Tessa Nixon
- 1994 Pie in the Sky ( 1 episode ) as Maeve Cormack
- 2020 Bridgerton ( 25 episodes ) as Mrs. Varley
- 2010 Little Crackers ( 1 episode ) as Miss Meadowcroft
- 2024 After the Flood ( 12 episodes ) as Molly Marshall
- 2019 Cheat ( 4 episodes ) as Angela Shadley
- 1993 Mr. Wroe's Virgins ( 1 episode ) as Anne
- 2016 The Crown ( 5 episodes ) as Barbara Castle
- 1987 Rafferty's Rules ( 1 episode ) as Woman No. 1
- 1996 Silent Witness ( 1 episode ) as Michelle Lafferty
- 2020 I Hate Suzie ( 1 episode ) as Karen
- 2025 Riot Women ( 6 episodes ) as Jess
- 2014 Happy Birthday BBC Two ( 4 episodes ) as Narrator
- 2015 London Spy ( 2 episodes ) as Mrs. Turner
- 2009 Murderland ( 3 episodes ) as Rachel
- 2010 Thorne ( 6 episodes ) as Ruth Brigstocke
- 1995 Chiller ( 1 episode ) as Susan Taylor
- 1991 In Suspicious Circumstances ( 1 episode ) as Ann Bailey
- 2006 Thin Ice ( 6 episodes ) as Eileen
- 1991 Rich Tea and Sympathy ( 6 episodes ) as Karen Rudge
