Lorraine Ashbourne
35 movies · 40 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 7, 1961 (age 65)
- Place of birth
- Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as
- لورین اشبورن
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.
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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)
Known for
Lorraine Ashbourne: movies and TV shows
Acting (75)
- Upcoming Twenty
as Dianna
- 2025
- 2024 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
as Olwyn (voice)
- 2024 Hitpig!
as Big Bertha (voice)
- 2024 National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down
as Aunty Carol
- 2024
- 2023 Allelujah
as Mrs Earnshaw
- 2022 I Hate Suzie Too
as Karen
- 2022 I Used to Be Famous
as Cheryl
- 2022
- 2020
- 2020 A Christmas Carol
as Mrs Cratchit (voice)
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020
- 2019 The Bind
as Ruth
- 2019 Blinded by the Light
as Kathy
- 2019
- 2018 The Queen and I
as Violet
- 2017 Breathe
as First Woman
- 2016 A Street Cat Named Bob
as Local Housing Officer
- 2016
- 2016 Adult Life Skills
as Marion
- 2016
- 2016 Bunny and Clive
as Bunny
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015 Child 44
as Anna
- 2014 Emotional Fusebox
as Marion
- 2014
- 2014
- 2013 The Selfish Giant
as Mary
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- 2010 Thorne: Scaredycat
as Ruth Brigstocke
- 2010
- 2010 Oranges and Sunshine
as Nicky
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009
- 2008 A Bunch of Amateurs
as Jane Jarvis
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006 Housewife, 49
as Dot
- 2006
- 2006
- 2005 King Kong
as Theatre Actor
- 2004
- 2003
- 2001 The Martins
as Lil
- 2000 A Christmas Carol
as Sue Cratchett
- 1998
- 1998
- 1997 Fever Pitch
as Paul's Mum
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995 Jack & Sarah
as Jackie
- 1995 Number Six
as Susan Taylor
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993
- 1991
- 1991
- 1989 Resurrected
as Reeva
- 1988 The Dressmaker
as Factory Girl
- 1988 Distant Voices, Still Lives
as Maisie
- 1987
- 1986
- 1984