Lorraine Ashbourne
Acting
- Born:
- 1961-01-07
- 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
Filmography
Riot Women
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Hitpig!
National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down
After the Flood
Allelujah
I Hate Suzie Too
I Used to Be Famous
Sherwood
Bridgerton
A Christmas Carol
No Masks
I Hate Suzie
Alma's Not Normal
The Bind
Blinded by the Light
Cheat
The Queen and I
Breathe
A Street Cat Named Bob
The Crown
Adult Life Skills
Jericho
Bunny and Clive
London Spy
Unforgotten
The Interceptor
Child 44
Emotional Fusebox
Happy Birthday BBC Two
Inside No. 9
The Selfish Giant
Public Enemies
Vera
Little Crackers
Thorne: Scaredycat
Thorne
Oranges and Sunshine
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Murderland
Moving On
Law & Order: UK
A Bunch of Amateurs
Lark Rise to Candleford
True Dare Kiss
Housewife, 49
Jane Eyre
Thin Ice
King Kong
New Tricks
Coming Up
The Martins
A Christmas Carol
City Central
Playing the Field
Fever Pitch
Midsomer Murders
Silent Witness
Jack & Sarah
Number Six
Chiller
Pie in the Sky
Fighting for Gemma
Peak Practice
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
Rich Tea and Sympathy
In Suspicious Circumstances
Resurrected
The Dressmaker
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Rafferty's Rules
Casualty
The Bill
Twenty