Lorraine Ashbourne
Acting
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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)
Filmography
Riot Women
2025
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024
Hitpig!
2024
National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down
2024
After the Flood
2024
Allelujah
2023
I Used to Be Famous
2022
Sherwood
2022
Bridgerton
2020
A Christmas Carol
2020
No Masks
2020
I Hate Suzie
2020
Alma's Not Normal
2020
The Bind
2019
Blinded by the Light
2019
Cheat
2019
The Queen and I
2018
Breathe
2017
A Street Cat Named Bob
2016
The Crown
2016
Adult Life Skills
2016
Jericho
2016
Bunny and Clive
2016
London Spy
2015
Unforgotten
2015
The Interceptor
2015
Child 44
2015
Emotional Fusebox
2014
Happy Birthday BBC Two
2014
Inside No. 9
2014
The Selfish Giant
2013
Public Enemies
2012
Vera
2011
Little Crackers
2010
Thorne: Scaredycat
2010
Thorne
2010
Oranges and Sunshine
2010
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
2009
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
Murderland
2009
Moving On
2009
Law & Order: UK
2009
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
True Dare Kiss
2007
Housewife, 49
2006
Jane Eyre
2006
King Kong
2005
New Tricks
2004
The Martins
2001
A Christmas Carol
2000
City Central
1998
Playing the Field
1998
Fever Pitch
1997
Midsomer Murders
1997
Silent Witness
1996
Jack & Sarah
1995
Number Six
1995
Chiller
1995
Pie in the Sky
1994
Fighting for Gemma
1993
Peak Practice
1993
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
1993
Rich Tea And Sympathy
1991
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
Resurrected
1989
The Dressmaker
1988
Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988
Rafferty's Rules
1987
Casualty
1986
The Bill
1984
Twenty