Lorraine Ashbourne

1961

Manchester, United Kingdom

Ashbourne has appeared on British series and television films, including: The Street, True Dare Kiss, Thin Ice, In a Land of Plenty, Boon, Playing the Field, City Central, Peak Practice, The Bill, Pie in the Sky, Casualty, In Suspicious Circumstances, Mr. Wroe"s Virgins, Rich Tea and Sympathy, and London"s Burning. She narrated Happy Birthday British Broadcasting Corporation Two in 2004. As a stage actress, Lorraine regularly appeared at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, playing roles such as Kate Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer and as Emilia in Othello both of which she acted alongside husband Andy Serkis. Her roles in the theatre include Mission Kate Hardcastle, She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1990) She’s in Your Hands by Georges Feydeau at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1990) Jean, Your Home in the West by Rod Wooden at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1991) Crystal, Doctor Heart by Peter Muller at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1991) Rhoda Nunn, The Odd Women by Michael Meyer at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1992) Grushenka,The Brothers Karamazov at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1993) The Kitchen by Arnold Wesker at the Royal Court Theatre, London (1994) Viv, Babies by Jonathon Harvey at the Royal Court Theatre, London (1994) Jocasta, The Phoenician Women by Euripides for the Royal Shakespeare Company (1995) Mission Hoyden, The Relapse by John Vanburgh for the Royal Shakespeare Company (1995) May, Fool Foreign Love by Sam Shepherd at the Donmar Warehouse, London (1996) Emilia, Othello at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (2002) Olga, The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov at the National Theatre, London (2003).

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Ashbourne has appeared on British series and television films, including: The Street, True Dare Kiss, Thin Ice, In a Land of Plenty, Boon, Playing the Field, City Central, Peak Practice, The Bill, Pie in the Sky, Casualty, In Suspicious Circumstances, Mr. Wroe"s Virgins, Rich Tea and Sympathy, and London"s Burning. She narrated Happy Birthday British Broadcasting Corporation Two in 2004.

As a stage actress, Lorraine regularly appeared at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, playing roles such as Kate Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer and as Emilia in Othello both of which she acted alongside husband Andy Serkis.

Her roles in the theatre include Mission Kate Hardcastle, She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1990) She’s in Your Hands by Georges Feydeau at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1990) Jean, Your Home in the West by Rod Wooden at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1991) Crystal, Doctor Heart by Peter Muller at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1991) Rhoda Nunn, The Odd Women by Michael Meyer at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1992) Grushenka,The Brothers Karamazov at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1993) The Kitchen by Arnold Wesker at the Royal Court Theatre, London (1994) Viv, Babies by Jonathon Harvey at the Royal Court Theatre, London (1994) Jocasta, The Phoenician Women by Euripides for the Royal Shakespeare Company (1995) Mission Hoyden, The Relapse by John Vanburgh for the Royal Shakespeare Company (1995) May, Fool Foreign Love by Sam Shepherd at the Donmar Warehouse, London (1996) Emilia, Othello at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (2002) Olga, The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov at the National Theatre, London (2003).

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