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Lorraine Ashbourne
ActorBorn January 7, 1961 (64 years)
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)
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)
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| 2024 | The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim · as Olwyn (voice) |
| 2024 | Hitpig · as Big Bertha (voice) |
| 2024 | Till the Stars Come Down · as Aunty Carol |
| 2024 | After The Flood (TV Series) · as Molly Marshall |
| 2023 | Extraordinary (TV Series) · as Valerie Gold |
| 2022 | Allelujah · as Mrs Earnshaw |
| 2022 | I Used to Be Famous · as Cheryl |
| 2022 | Sherwood (2022) (TV Series) · as Daphne Sparrow |
| 2020 | Bridgerton (TV Series) · as Mrs. Varley |
| 2020 | A Christmas Carol · as Mrs Cratchit (voice) |
| 2020 | Out of Her Mind (TV Series) · as Vanessa |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | I Hate Suzie (TV Series) · as Karen |
| 2020 | Alma's Not Normal (TV Series) · as Joan |
| 2019 | Blinded by the Light · as Kathy |
| 2019 | This Way Up (TV Series) · as Marcia |
| 2019 | The Corrupted · as Pam Cullen |
| 2019 | Cheat (2019) (TV Series) · as Angela Shadley |
| 2018 | The Queen and I · as Violet |
| 2018 | Hilda (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 2017 | Breathe · as First Woman |
| 2017 | Unforgotten: Sunny's Rucksack · as Di Tessa Nixon |
| 2017 | Unforgotten: Flashes of the Past · as Di Tessa Nixon |
| 2016 | Adult Life Skills · as Marion |
| 2016 | The Crown (TV Series) · as Barbara Castle |
| 2016 | A Street Cat Named Bob · as Local Housing Officer |
| 2016 | Maigret (2016) (TV Series) · as Rosa Alfonsi |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | London Spy (TV Series) · as Mrs. Turner |
| 2015 | The Interceptor (TV Series) · as Valerie |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | Unforgotten (TV Series) · as Di Tessa Nixon |
| 2014 | Grantchester (TV Series) · as Cora Maguire |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 (TV Series) · as Carol |
| 2013 | The Selfish Giant · as Mary |
| 2012 | Homefront (2012) (TV Series) · as Cheryl Davies |
| 2012 | The Syndicate (TV Series) · as June Juniper |
| 2012 | Public Enemies (TV Series) · as Marion Sharmer |
| 2011 | Vera (TV Series) · as Barbara Tullman |
| 2010 | Little Crackers (TV Series) · as Miss Meadowcroft |
| 2010 | Thorne: Scaredycat · as Ruth Brigstocke |
| 2010 | Thorne (TV Series) · as Ruth Brigstocke |
| 2010 | Oranges and Sunshine · as Nicky |
| 2010 | Comedy Superstars 2010 · as Catheter Finch |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Murderland (TV Series) · as Rachel |
| 2009 | Jimmy McGovern's Moving On (TV Series) · as Treena |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK (TV Series) |
| 2008 | A Bunch of Amateurs · as Jane Jarvis |
| 2008 | Lark Rise to Candleford (TV Series) |
| 2007 | True Dare Kiss (TV Series) · as Beth Sweeney |
| 2006 | Jane Eyre (2006) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Fairfax |
| 2006 | The Street (TV Series) · as Cath Hanley |
| 2005 | King Kong · as Theatre Actor |
| 2005 | Housewife, 49 · as Dot |
| 2004 | Happy Birthday BBC Two · as Narrator |
| 2003 | Coming Up (TV Series) · as Linda |
| 2003 | Love Again · as Betty Mackereth |
| 2003 | New Tricks (TV Series) · as Moira Wright |
| 2001 | The Martins · as Lil |
| 2001 | In a Land of Plenty (TV Series) · as Edna |
| 2000 | A Christmas Carol · as Sue Cratchett |
| 2000 | Clocking Off (TV Series) |
| 1998 | Playing the Field (TV Series) · as Geraldine Powell |
| 1997 | Fever Pitch · as Paul's Mum |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Daniella Bellini |
| 1996 | Silent Witness (TV Series) · as Michelle Lafferty |
| 1995 | Jack & Sarah · as Jackie |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | Pie in the Sky (TV Series) · as Maeve Cormack |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | Peak Practice (TV Series) · as Tina Greaves |
| 1993 | Mr. Wroe's Virgins (TV Series) · as Anne |
| 1989 | Resurrected · as Reeva |
| 1988 | The Dressmaker · as Factory Girl |
| 1988 | Distant Voices, Still Lives · as Maisie |
| 1988 | London's Burning (TV Series) · as Sue |
| 1987 | Rafferty's Rules (TV Series) · as Woman No. 1 |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Sandy |
| 1986 | |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) |