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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 7, 1961
Place of Birth
Manchester, England, UK
Also Known As
- لورین اشبورن
Lorraine Ashbourne
0.9 Popularity
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)
Known For
0.0
Mrs. Jones (voice)
Animal Farm
2025
6.7
Olwyn (voice)
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024
6.4
Big Bertha (voice)
Hitpig!
2024
10.0
Aunty Carol
National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down
2024
6.8
Molly Marshall
After the Flood
2024
5.2
Mrs Earnshaw
Allelujah
2023
7.0
Cheryl
I Used to Be Famous
2022
7.0
Daphne Sparrow
Sherwood
2022
8.1
Mrs. Varley
Bridgerton
2020
7.4
Mrs Cratchit (voice)
A Christmas Carol
2020
Credits
Animal Farm
as Mrs. Jones (voice)
2025
0.0
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
as Olwyn (voice)
2024
6.7
Hitpig!
as Big Bertha (voice)
2024
6.4
National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down
as Aunty Carol
2024
10.0
After the Flood
as Molly Marshall
2024
6.8
Allelujah
as Mrs Earnshaw
2023
5.2
I Used to Be Famous
as Cheryl
2022
7.0
Sherwood
as Daphne Sparrow
2022
7.0
Bridgerton
as Mrs. Varley
2020
8.1
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs Cratchit (voice)
2020
7.4
I Hate Suzie
as Karen
2020
6.5
Alma's Not Normal
as Joan
2020
7.4
The Bind
as Ruth
2019
0.0
Blinded by the Light
as Kathy
2019
6.9
Cheat
as Angela Shadley
2019
6.4
The Queen and I
as Violet
2018
6.4
Breathe
as First Woman
2017
7.4
The Crown
as Barbara Castle
2016
8.2
A Street Cat Named Bob
as Local Housing Officer
2016
7.9
Adult Life Skills
as Marion
2016
6.2
Jericho
as Lace Polly
2016
6.5
Bunny and Clive
as Bunny
2016
0.0
London Spy
as Mrs Turner
2015
7.0
London Spy
as Mrs. Turner
2015
7.0
Unforgotten
as DI Tessa Nixon
2015
7.6
The Interceptor
as Valerie
2015
5.6
Child 44
as Anna
2015
6.3
Emotional Fusebox
as Marion
2014
6.8
🎬
Happy Birthday BBC Two
as Narrator
2014
0.0
Inside No. 9
as Carol
2014
8.0
The Selfish Giant
as Mary
2013
7.3
Public Enemies
as Marion Sharmer
2012
7.5
Vera
as Barbara Tullman
2011
7.4
Little Crackers
as Miss Meadowcroft
2010
6.8
Thorne: Scaredycat
as Ruth Brigstocke
2010
6.2
Oranges and Sunshine
as Nicky
2010
6.9
🎬
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
as Athlete
2009
6.0
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
4.0
Murderland
as Rachel
2009
6.1
Moving On
as Treena
2009
7.1
Law & Order: UK
2009
6.9
A Bunch of Amateurs
as Jane Jarvis
2008
5.4
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
8.3
True Dare Kiss
as Beth Sweeney
2007
7.0
Housewife, 49
as Dot
2006
6.3
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Fairfax
2006
7.7
King Kong
as Theatre Actor
2005
6.9
New Tricks
as Moira Wright
2004
7.4
The Martins
as Lil
2001
5.3
A Christmas Carol
as Sue Cratchett
2000
6.3
Clocking Off
2000
7.4
🎬
City Central
1998
0.0
Playing the Field
as Geraldine Powell
1998
5.2
Fever Pitch
as Paul's Mum
1997
6.5
Midsomer Murders
as Daniella Bellini
1997
7.5
Silent Witness
as Michelle Lafferty
1996
7.6
Jack & Sarah
as Jackie
1995
6.7
Chiller
as Susan Taylor
1995
6.2
Pie in the Sky
as Maeve Cormack
1994
8.2
🎬
Fighting for Gemma
1993
0.0
Peak Practice
as Tina Greaves
1993
6.1
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
as Anne
1993
5.3
🎬
Rich Tea And Sympathy
1991
0.0
Resurrected
as Reeva
1989
5.6
The Dressmaker
as Factory Girl
1988
4.0
Distant Voices, Still Lives
as Maisie
1988
6.9
Rafferty's Rules
as Woman No. 1
1987
6.0
Casualty
as Sandy
1986
6.1
The Bill
1984
6.7
🎬
Riot Women
as Jess
N/A
0.0
Twenty
as Dianna
N/A
0.0