
Lorraine Ashbourne
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)
Acting (30 movies)

Allelujah
2023

Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988

Oranges and Sunshine
2010

The Selfish Giant
2013

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024

Bunny and Clive
2016

I Used to Be Famous
2022

Housewife, 49
2006

Fever Pitch
1997

Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009

Child 44
2015

Adult Life Skills
2016

A Christmas Carol
2000

National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down
2024

The Dressmaker
1988

Jack & Sarah
1995

Hitpig!
2024

A Bunch of Amateurs
2008

The Bind
2019

Emotional Fusebox
2014

A Street Cat Named Bob
2016

The Martins
2001

King Kong
2005

The Queen and I
2018

Breathe
2017

Thorne: Scaredycat
2010

Blinded by the Light
2019

Resurrected
1989

A Christmas Carol
2020

No Masks
2020
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