Lorraine Ashbourne

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Lorraine Ashbourne
Ashbourne in 2013
Born	(1961-01-07) 7 January 1961 (age 63) Manchester, England
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Andy Serkis ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	3, including Ruby and Louis

Lorraine Ashbourne (born 7 January 1961) is an English actress.

Early life

She attended Wilbraham High School, when living in Fallowfield.^[1] She joined Stretford Children's Theatre. ^[2] She took part in the University of Manchester Stage Society and Manchester Youth Theatre.^[3] She joined the Webber Drama School on 19 April 1982.

Career

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 BBC Two in 2004.

As a stage actor, Lorraine regularly appeared at the

In 1987, her boyfriend was actor Glyn Pritchard, who played chef Paul on Crossroads.^[4] She has been the partner of actor Andy Serkis from at least 1993, and had toured in a production in 1991,^[5] living in Hackney.^[6]

On 22 July 2002, Ashbourne married Andy Serkis.^[7] Their three children are all actors: Ruby (b. 1998), Sonny (b. 2000) and Louis (b. 2004).

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage work

Ashbourne's roles in the theatre include^[8][9]

• Miss 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)
• Miss Hoyden,
  John Vanburgh for the Royal Shakespeare Company
  (1995)
• May, Fool For 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)
• Aunt Dan, Aunt Dan and Lemon by Wallace Shawn at the Royal Court Theatre, London (2009)
• Aunty Carol, Till the Stars Come Down by Beth Steel at the National Theatre, London (2024)

References

1. ^ Manchester Evening News Friday 16 April 1982, page 6
2. ^ Manchester Evening News Thursday 21 December 1989, page 23
3. ^ Manchester Evening News Friday 29 January 1982, page 14
4. ^ Manchester Evening News Thursday 26 February 1987, page 40
5. ^ Manchester Evening News Tuesday 11 May 1993, page 8
6. ^ Manchester Evening News Tuesday 22 November 1994, page 25
7. ^ "Gollum's precious moments: Andy Serkis' unexpected journey from The Lord of the Rings to The Hobbit". The Independent. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
8. ISBN 978-0-7136-8490-2
   .
9. ISBN 0-9512017-1-9

External links

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• Profile, bbc.co.uk. Accessed 9 April 2024.