Lorraine Ashbourne

Known for ActingBorn 1961-01-07 (age 65)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)Read more

Movies & web series

National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down

Lark Rise to Candleford

The Crown

Pie in the Sky

Bridgerton

Inside No. 9

A Street Cat Named Bob

Rafferty's Rules

Riot Women

Jane Eyre

A Christmas Carol

Unforgotten

Breathe

Silent Witness

Vera

Alma's Not Normal

Midsomer Murders

Moving On

New Tricks

The Selfish Giant

After the Flood

I Used to Be Famous

Sherwood

Blinded by the Light

Law & Order: UK

True Dare Kiss

London Spy

Oranges and Sunshine

King Kong

Emotional Fusebox

Little Crackers

Hitpig!

I Hate Suzie

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

A Christmas Carol

Public Enemies

Jack & Sarah

Distant Voices, Still Lives

Thorne

The Bill

Cheat

The Queen and I

Fever Pitch

Jericho

Child 44

Peak Practice

In Suspicious Circumstances

Thorne: Scaredycat