Riot Women
2025 · TV Show
as Jess
Lorraine Ashbourne
1961-01-07
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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
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024 · Movie
as Olwyn (voice)
National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down
2024 · Movie
as Aunty Carol
Hitpig!
2024 · Movie
as Big Bertha (voice)
After the Flood
2024 · TV Show
as Molly Marshall
Allelujah
2023 · Movie
as Mrs Earnshaw
I Used to Be Famous
2022 · Movie
as Cheryl
I Hate Suzie Too
2022 · Movie
as Karen
Sherwood
2022 · TV Show
as Daphne Sparrow
A Christmas Carol
2020 · Movie
as Mrs Cratchit (voice)
No Masks
2020 · Movie
Alma's Not Normal
2020 · TV Show
as Joan
Bridgerton
2020 · TV Show
as Mrs. Varley
I Hate Suzie
2020 · TV Show
as Karen
The Bind
2019 · Movie
as Ruth
Blinded by the Light
2019 · Movie
as Kathy
Cheat
2019 · TV Show
as Angela Shadley
The Queen and I
2018 · Movie
as Violet
Breathe
2017 · Movie
as First Woman
Bunny and Clive
2016 · Movie
as Bunny
Adult Life Skills
2016 · Movie
as Marion
A Street Cat Named Bob
2016 · Movie
as Local Housing Officer
Jericho
2016 · TV Show
as Lace Polly
The Crown
2016 · TV Show
as Barbara Castle
Child 44
2015 · Movie
as Anna
The Interceptor
2015 · TV Show
as Valerie
Unforgotten
2015 · TV Show
as DI Tessa Nixon
London Spy
2015 · TV Show
as Mrs. Turner
Emotional Fusebox
2014 · Movie
as Marion
Inside No. 9
2014 · TV Show
as Carol
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Happy Birthday BBC Two
2014 · TV Show
as Narrator
The Selfish Giant
2013 · Movie
as Mary
Public Enemies
2012 · TV Show
as Marion Sharmer
Vera
2011 · TV Show
as Barbara Tullman
Oranges and Sunshine
2010 · Movie
as Nicky
Thorne: Scaredycat
2010 · Movie
as Ruth Brigstocke
Little Crackers
2010 · TV Show
as Miss Meadowcroft
Thorne
2010 · TV Show
as Ruth Brigstocke
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Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
2009 · Movie
as Athlete
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009 · Movie
Law & Order: UK
2009 · TV Show
Moving On
2009 · TV Show
as Treena
Murderland
2009 · TV Show
as Rachel
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008 · Movie
as Jane Jarvis
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008 · TV Show
True Dare Kiss
2007 · TV Show
as Beth Sweeney
Housewife, 49
2006 · Movie
as Dot
Jane Eyre
2006 · TV Show
as Mrs. Fairfax
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Thin Ice
2006 · TV Show
as Eileen
King Kong
2005 · Movie
as Theatre Actor
New Tricks
2004 · TV Show
as Moira Wright
The Martins
2001 · Movie
as Lil
A Christmas Carol
2000 · Movie
as Sue Cratchett
Playing the Field
1998 · TV Show
as Geraldine Powell
City Central
1998 · TV Show
Fever Pitch
1997 · Movie
as Paul's Mum
Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV Show
as Daniella Bellini
Silent Witness
1996 · TV Show
as Michelle Lafferty
Jack & Sarah
1995 · Movie
as Jackie
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Number Six
1995 · Movie
as Susan Taylor
Chiller
1995 · TV Show
as Susan Taylor
Pie in the Sky
1994 · TV Show
as Maeve Cormack
Fighting for Gemma
1993 · Movie
Peak Practice
1993 · TV Show
as Tina Greaves
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
1993 · TV Show
as Anne
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Rich Tea And Sympathy
1991 · TV Show
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991 · TV Show
as Ann Bailey
Resurrected
1989 · Movie
as Reeva
Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988 · Movie
as Maisie
The Dressmaker
1988 · Movie
as Factory Girl
Rafferty's Rules
1987 · TV Show
as Woman No. 1
Casualty
1986 · TV Show
as Sandy
The Bill
1984 · TV Show
Twenty
· Movie
as Dianna
