Lorraine Ashbourne
Acting
1961-01-07 · Manchester, England, UK
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 · Series
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024 · Movie
Hitpig!
2024 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down
2024 · Movie
After the Flood
2024 · Series
Allelujah
2023 · Movie
I Hate Suzie Too
2022 · Movie
I Used to Be Famous
2022 · Movie
Sherwood
2022 · Series
Bridgerton
2020 · Series
A Christmas Carol
2020 · Movie
No Masks
2020 · Movie
I Hate Suzie
2020 · Series
Alma's Not Normal
2020 · Series
The Bind
2019 · Movie
Blinded by the Light
2019 · Movie
Cheat
2019 · Series
The Queen and I
2018 · Movie
Breathe
2017 · Movie
The Crown
2016 · Series
A Street Cat Named Bob
2016 · Movie
Adult Life Skills
2016 · Movie
Jericho
2016 · Series
Bunny and Clive
2016 · Movie
London Spy
2015 · Series
Unforgotten
2015 · Series
The Interceptor
2015 · Series
Child 44
2015 · Movie
Emotional Fusebox
2014 · Movie
Happy Birthday BBC Two
2014 · Series
Inside No. 9
2014 · Series
The Selfish Giant
2013 · Movie
Public Enemies
2012 · Series
Vera
2011 · Series
Little Crackers
2010 · Series
Thorne: Scaredycat
2010 · Movie
Thorne
2010 · Series
Oranges and Sunshine
2010 · Movie
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
2009 · Movie
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009 · Movie
Murderland
2009 · Series
Moving On
2009 · Series
Law & Order: UK
2009 · Series
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008 · Movie
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008 · Series
True Dare Kiss
2007 · Series
Housewife, 49
2006 · Movie
Jane Eyre
2006 · Series
Thin Ice
2006 · Series
King Kong
2005 · Movie
New Tricks
2004 · Series
The Martins
2001 · Movie
A Christmas Carol
2000 · Movie
City Central
1998 · Series
Playing the Field
1998 · Series
Fever Pitch
1997 · Movie
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Series
Silent Witness
1996 · Series
Jack & Sarah
1995 · Movie
Number Six
1995 · Movie
Chiller
1995 · Series
Pie in the Sky
1994 · Series
Fighting for Gemma
1993 · Movie
Peak Practice
1993 · Series
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
1993 · Series
Rich Tea And Sympathy
1991 · Series
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991 · Series
Resurrected
1989 · Movie
The Dressmaker
1988 · Movie
Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988 · Movie
Rafferty's Rules
1987 · Series
Casualty
1986 · Series
The Bill
1984 · Series
Twenty
Movie