Lorraine Ashbourne

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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...

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Midsomer MurdersSeries • 1997CasualtySeries • 1986The CrownSeries • 2016Silent WitnessSeries • 1996BridgertonSeries • 2020VeraSeries • 2011Peak PracticeSeries • 1993The BillSeries • 1984New TricksSeries • 2004Inside No. 9Series • 2014UnforgottenSeries • 2015Law & Order: UKSeries • 2009Moving OnSeries • 2009The Lord of the Rings: The War of the RohirrimMovie • 2024Rafferty's RulesSeries • 1987Pie in the SkySeries • 1994King KongMovie • 2005Lark Rise to CandlefordSeries • 2008Child 44Movie • 2015SherwoodSeries • 2022A Street Cat Named BobMovie • 2016Jane EyreSeries • 2006Little CrackersSeries • 2010London SpySeries • 2015