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