Lorraine Ashbourne (born 10 April 1961) is an English actress.

Career

Ashbourne has appeared on British series and television films, including: '' The Street'', ''

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'', '' Thin Ice'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Playing the Field'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Pie in the Sky'', '' Casualty'', ''

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'', ''Mr Wroe's Virgins'', ''Rich Tea and Sympathy'', and '' London's Burning''. She narrated '' Happy Birthday BBC Two'' in 2004. As a stage actor, Lorraine regularly appeared at the

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, portraying roles such as Kate Hardcastle in ''

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'' and Emilia in ''

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'', acting in both of these alongside her husband Andy Serkis.

Personal life

On 22 July 2002, Ashbourne married actor Andy Serkis. Together they have three children, all actors –

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(b. 1998), Sonny (b. 2000) and Louis (b. 2004).

Filmography

Film

Television

Work in the theatre

Ashbourne's roles in the theatre includeThe Royal Exchange Theatre Company Words & Pictures 1976-1998, 1998, * Miss Kate Hardcastle, ''

'' by

Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, dramatist and poet, who is best known for his novel '' The Vicar of Wakefield'' (1766), his pastoral poem '' The Deserted Village'' (1770), and his ...

at the

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(1990) * ''She's in Your Hands'' by Georges Feydeau at the

(1990) * Jean, ''Your Home in the West'' by Rod Wooden at the

(1991) * Crystal, ''Doctor Heart'' by Peter Muller at the

(1991) * Rhoda Nunn, ''The Odd Women'' by Michael Meyer at the

(1992) * Grushenka,''

The Brothers Karamazov ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (russian: Братья Карамазовы, ''Brat'ya Karamazovy'', ), also translated as ''The Karamazov Brothers'', is the last novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky spent nearly two years writing '' ...

'' at the

(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

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for the

Royal Shakespeare Company The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and produces around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly in London, St ...

(1995) * Miss Hoyden, '' The Relapse'' by

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for the

(1995) * May, ''Fool For Love'' by Sam Shepherd at the

Donmar Warehouse The Donmar Warehouse is a 251-seat, not-for-profit theatre in Covent Garden, London, England. It first opened on 18 July 1977. Sam Mendes, Michael Grandage and Josie Rourke have all served as artistic director, a post held since 2019 by Mi ...

, London (1996) * Emilia, ''

'' at the

(2002) * Olga, '' The Three Sisters'' by

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at the National Theatre, London (2003) * Aunt Dan, '' Aunt Dan and Lemon'' by Wallace Shawn at the Royal Court Theatre, London (2009)

References

External links

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