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Leslie Ash
Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Leslie Ash is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Deborah Burton in the BBC sitcom Men Behaving Badly, Vanessa Lytton in the BBC medical drama Holby City from 20…
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Leslie Ash is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Deborah Burton in the BBC sitcom Men Behaving Badly, Vanessa Lytton in the BBC medical drama Holby City from 2009 to 2010 and Karen Buckley in the ITV drama Where the Heart Is from 2000 to 2003. Her book My Life Behaving Badly: The Autobiography was published in 2007. Ash appeared in BBC Radio 4's comic radio series, Vent (2007), alongside Neil Pearson, Fiona Allen and Josie Lawrence. In May 2008, Ash worked with Transparent Television to make a documentary about the unregulated cosmetic beauty industry whilst exploring her own experiences. The programme, Leslie Ash: Face to Face was broadcast on ITV on 23 September 2008. In 2009 it was announced that Ash would join the cast of BBC medical drama, Holby City from October 2009, playing the role of executive Vanessa Lytton. In 2009, Ash appeared on daytime TV panel programme Loose Women to discuss her new role in Holby City and her previous health problems. Leslie reappeared on Loose Women on 17 February 2012 where she discussed her new on stage tour of All the Single Ladies where she stars alongside Brooke Kinsella and Tara Flynn. In 2014, Leslie appeared and was a contestant on the BBC programme, Celebrity Masterchef.
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2021
To Be Someone
Movie Judy
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2021
Ruth
Movie Jennifer
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2019
Quadrophenia: Our Generation
Movie Self
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2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV show Self - Participant
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2007
Would I Lie to You?
TV show Self
- 2006
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2004
The Keith Barret Show
TV show
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2002
Harry Hill's TV Burp
TV show
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2001
Judge John Deed
TV show
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2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV show Self
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2001
Merseybeat
TV show
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1999
It's Only TV But I Like It
TV show Self
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1998
Fantasy World Cup
TV show Self
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1997
An Audience with Elton John
Movie Self
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1997
Where the Heart Is
TV show Karen Buckley
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1996
Saturday Live
TV show Self
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1995
Bugs
TV show
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1994
Harry Enfield and Chums
TV show Self
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1994
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Movie Self - Audience Member
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1993
Shooting Stars
TV show Self
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1992
Men Behaving Badly
TV show Deborah
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1990
Perfect Scoundrels
TV show Daisy Garland
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1990
Haggard
TV show
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1988
This Morning
TV show Self
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1988
Natural Causes
Movie Angie
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1987
The Marksman
TV show Hazel
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1986
Casualty
TV show Vanessa Lytton
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1985
Shadey
Movie Carol Landau
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1985
Home to Roost
TV show Susie Perkins
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1985
C.A.T.S. Eyes
TV show Fred Smith
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1984
The Bill
TV show
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1984
Murder: Ultimate Grounds for Divorce
Movie Philippa
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1983
Curse of the Pink Panther
Movie Juleta Shane (AKA Julie Morgan)
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1983
The Happy Apple
TV show
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1983
Dead on Time
Movie
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1982
Outside Edge
Movie Sharon
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1982
Nutcracker
Movie Sharon
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1982
The Tube
TV show
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1981
Plays for Pleasure
TV show Ros Bedwell
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1981
Seconds Out
TV show Hazel
