Lorraine Ashbourne
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)
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Movies (35)
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024 · Olwyn (voice)
Super agente Hitpig
2024 · Big Bertha (voice)
National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down
2024 · Aunty Carol
Allelujah
2023 · Mrs Earnshaw
I Hate Suzie Too
2022 · Karen
Yo era famoso
2022 · Cheryl
A Christmas Carol
2020 · Mrs Cratchit (voice)
No Masks
2020
The Bind
2019 · Ruth
La música de mi vida
2019 · Kathy
The Queen and I
2018 · Violet
Una razón para vivir
2017 · First Woman
Un gato callejero llamado Bob
2016 · Local Housing Officer
Adult Life Skills
2016 · Marion
Bunny and Clive
2016 · Bunny
Crímenes Ocultos
2015 · Anna
Emotional Fusebox
2014 · Marion
The Selfish Giant
2013 · Mary
Thorne: Scaredycat
2010 · Ruth Brigstocke
Oranges and Sunshine
2010 · Nicky
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
2009 · Athlete
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008 · Jane Jarvis
Housewife, 49
2006 · Dot
King Kong
2005 · Theatre Actor
The Martins
2001 · Lil
A Christmas Carol
2000 · Sue Cratchett
Fever Pitch
1997 · Paul's Mum
Jack & Sarah
1995 · Jackie
Number Six
1995 · Susan Taylor
Fighting for Gemma
1993
Resurrected
1989 · Reeva
The Dressmaker
1988 · Factory Girl
Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988 · Maisie
Twenty
· Dianna
TV shows (40)
Riot Women
2025 · Jess
After the Flood
2024 · Molly Marshall
Sherwood
2022 · Daphne Sparrow
Bridgerton
2020 · Mrs. Varley
I Hate Suzie
2020 · Karen
Alma's Not Normal
2020 · Joan
Cheat
2019 · Angela Shadley
The Crown
2016 · Barbara Castle
Jericho
2016 · Lace Polly
London Spy
2015 · Mrs. Turner
Unforgotten
2015 · DI Tessa Nixon
The Interceptor
2015 · Valerie
Happy Birthday BBC Two
2014 · Narrator
Inside No. 9
2014 · Carol
Public Enemies
2012 · Marion Sharmer
Vera
2011 · Barbara Tullman
Little Crackers
2010 · Miss Meadowcroft
Thorne
2010 · Ruth Brigstocke
Murderland
2009 · Rachel
Moving On
2009 · Treena
Londres Distrito Criminal
2009
De Lark Rise a Candleford
2008
True Dare Kiss
2007 · Beth Sweeney
Jane Eyre
2006 · Mrs. Fairfax
Thin Ice
2006 · Eileen
New Tricks
2004 · Moira Wright
Coming Up
2003 · Linda
City Central
1998
Playing the Field
1998 · Geraldine Powell
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Daniella Bellini
Silent Witness
1996 · Michelle Lafferty
Chiller
1995 · Susan Taylor
Pie in the Sky
1994 · Maeve Cormack
Peak Practice
1993 · Tina Greaves
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
1993 · Anne
Rich Tea and Sympathy
1991 · Karen Rudge
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991 · Ann Bailey
Rafferty's Rules
1987 · Woman No. 1
Casualty
1986 · Sandy
The Bill
1984