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Lorraine Ashbourne
Manchester, England, UK
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 Stretfor…
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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)
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2025
Riot Women
TV show Jess
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2024
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Movie Olwyn (voice)
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2024
Hitpig!
Movie Big Bertha (voice)
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2024
National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down
Movie Aunty Carol
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2024
After the Flood
TV show Molly Marshall
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2023
Allelujah
Movie Mrs Earnshaw
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2022
I Hate Suzie Too
Movie Karen
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2022
I Used to Be Famous
Movie Cheryl
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2022
Sherwood
TV show Daphne Sparrow
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2020
Bridgerton
TV show Mrs. Varley
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2020
A Christmas Carol
Movie Mrs Cratchit (voice)
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2020
No Masks
Movie
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2020
I Hate Suzie
TV show Karen
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2020
Alma's Not Normal
TV show Joan
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2019
The Bind
Movie Ruth
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2019
Blinded by the Light
Movie Kathy
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2019
Cheat
TV show Angela Shadley
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2018
The Queen and I
Movie Violet
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2017
Breathe
Movie First Woman
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2016
The Crown
TV show Barbara Castle
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2016
A Street Cat Named Bob
Movie Local Housing Officer
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2016
Adult Life Skills
Movie Marion
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2016
Jericho
TV show Lace Polly
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2016
Bunny and Clive
Movie Bunny
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2015
London Spy
TV show Mrs. Turner
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2015
Unforgotten
TV show DI Tessa Nixon
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2015
The Interceptor
TV show Valerie
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2015
Child 44
Movie Anna
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2014
Emotional Fusebox
Movie Marion
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2014
Happy Birthday BBC Two
TV show Narrator
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2014
Inside No. 9
TV show Carol
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2013
The Selfish Giant
Movie Mary
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2012
Public Enemies
TV show Marion Sharmer
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2011
Vera
TV show Barbara Tullman
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2010
Little Crackers
TV show Miss Meadowcroft
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2010
Thorne: Scaredycat
Movie Ruth Brigstocke
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2010
Thorne
TV show Ruth Brigstocke
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2010
Oranges and Sunshine
Movie Nicky
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