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