
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)
Filmography45 titles

Lark Rise to Candleford

Pie in the Sky

The Crown

Bridgerton

Inside No. 9

A Street Cat Named Bob

Jane Eyre

Riot Women

A Christmas Carol

Unforgotten

Midsomer Murders

Silent Witness

Breathe

Vera

New Tricks

The Selfish Giant

Moving On

After the Flood

I Used to Be Famous

Oranges and Sunshine

Law & Order: UK

Sherwood

Blinded by the Light

London Spy

King Kong

A Christmas Carol

Distant Voices, Still Lives

The Bill

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

Hitpig!

I Hate Suzie

Thorne: Sleepyhead

Fever Pitch

Cheat

Resurrected

Jericho

Child 44

Adult Life Skills

Casualty

Chiller

Housewife, 49

The Interceptor

Murderland

Mr. Wroe's Virgins

Fighting for Gemma