Lorraine Ashbourne

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

Early life
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.

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 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.

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

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

Stage work
Ashbourne's roles in the theatre include
 * 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, The Relapse by 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)