Acting
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)
Filmography
Riot Women
Series · 2025
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Film · 2024
National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down
Film · 2024
Hitpig!
Film · 2024
After the Flood
Series · 2024
Allelujah
Film · 2023
I Used to Be Famous
Film · 2022
I Hate Suzie Too
Film · 2022
Sherwood
Series · 2022
A Christmas Carol
Film · 2020
No Masks
Film · 2020
Alma's Not Normal
Series · 2020
Bridgerton
Series · 2020
I Hate Suzie
Series · 2020
The Bind
Film · 2019
Blinded by the Light
Film · 2019
Cheat
Series · 2019
The Queen and I
Film · 2018
Breathe
Film · 2017
Bunny and Clive
Film · 2016
Adult Life Skills
Film · 2016
A Street Cat Named Bob
Film · 2016
Jericho
Series · 2016
The Crown
Series · 2016
Child 44
Film · 2015
The Interceptor
Series · 2015
Unforgotten
Series · 2015
London Spy
Series · 2015
Emotional Fusebox
Film · 2014
Inside No. 9
Series · 2014
Happy Birthday BBC Two
Series · 2014
The Selfish Giant
Film · 2013
Public Enemies
Series · 2012
Vera
Series · 2011
Oranges and Sunshine
Film · 2010
Thorne: Scaredycat
Film · 2010
Little Crackers
Series · 2010
Thorne
Series · 2010
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
Film · 2009
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Film · 2009
Law & Order: UK
Series · 2009
Moving On
Series · 2009
Murderland
Series · 2009
A Bunch of Amateurs
Film · 2008
Lark Rise to Candleford
Series · 2008
True Dare Kiss
Series · 2007
Housewife, 49
Film · 2006
Jane Eyre
Series · 2006
Thin Ice
Series · 2006
King Kong
Film · 2005
New Tricks
Series · 2004
Coming Up
Series · 2003
The Martins
Film · 2001
A Christmas Carol
Film · 2000
Playing the Field
Series · 1998
City Central
Series · 1998
Fever Pitch
Film · 1997
Midsomer Murders
Series · 1997
Silent Witness
Series · 1996
Jack & Sarah
Film · 1995
Number Six
Film · 1995
Chiller
Series · 1995
Pie in the Sky
Series · 1994
Fighting for Gemma
Film · 1993
Peak Practice
Series · 1993
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
Series · 1993
In Suspicious Circumstances
Series · 1991
Rich Tea and Sympathy
Series · 1991
Resurrected
Film · 1989
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Film · 1988
The Dressmaker
Film · 1988
Rafferty's Rules
Series · 1987
Casualty
Series · 1986
The Bill
Series · 1984
Twenty
Film