Leslie Ash
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 19, 1960 (age 66)
- Birthplace
- Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Biography
Leslie Ash is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Deborah Burton in the BBC sitcom Men Behaving Badly, Vanessa Lytton in the BBC medical drama Holby City from 2009 to 2010 and Karen Buckley in the ITV drama Where the Heart Is from 2000 to 2003. Her book My Life Behaving Badly: The Autobiography was published in 2007. Ash appeared in BBC Radio 4's comic radio series, Vent (2007), alongside Neil Pearson, Fiona Allen and Josie Lawrence. In May 2008, Ash worked with Transparent Television to make a documentary about the unregulated cosmetic beauty industry whilst exploring her own experiences. The programme, Leslie Ash: Face to Face was broadcast on ITV on 23 September 2008. In 2009 it was announced that Ash would join the cast of BBC medical drama, Holby City from October 2009, playing the role of executive Vanessa Lytton. In 2009, Ash appeared on daytime TV panel programme Loose Women to discuss her new role in Holby City and her previous health problems. Leslie reappeared on Loose Women on 17 February 2012 where she discussed her new on stage tour of All the Single Ladies where she stars alongside Brooke Kinsella and Tara Flynn. In 2014, Leslie appeared and was a contestant on the BBC programme, Celebrity Masterchef.
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Filmography
The Story of Quadrophenia
Movie · as Self
Ruth
Movie · as Jennifer
To Be Someone
Movie · as Judy
Quadrophenia: Our Generation
Movie · as Self
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep
Would I Lie to You?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Way of Life: Making Quadrophenia
Movie
The Keith Barret Show
TV · 1 ep
Harry Hill's TV Burp
TV · 1 ep
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Judge John Deed
TV · 1 ep
Merseybeat
TV · 38 eps
It's Only TV But I Like It
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Fantasy World Cup
TV · as Self · 1 ep
An Audience with Elton John
Movie · as Self
Where the Heart Is
TV · as Karen Buckley · 40 eps
Saturday Live
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bugs
TV · 1 ep
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Movie · as Self - Audience Member
Harry Enfield and Chums
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Shooting Stars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Men Behaving Badly
TV · as Deborah · 41 eps
Haggard
TV · 14 eps
Perfect Scoundrels
TV · as Daisy Garland · 1 ep
Natural Causes
Movie · as Angie
This Morning
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Marksman
TV · as Hazel · 3 eps
Casualty
TV · as Vanessa Lytton · 1 ep
Shadey
Movie · as Carol Landau
Home to Roost
TV · as Susie Perkins · 1 ep
C.A.T.S. Eyes
TV · as Fred Smith · 30 eps
Murder: Ultimate Grounds for Divorce
Movie · as Philippa
The Bill
TV · 1 ep
Dead on Time
Movie · as Girl in Cafe
Curse of the Pink Panther
Movie · as Juleta Shane (AKA Julie Morgan)
The Happy Apple
TV · 7 eps
Nutcracker
Movie · as Sharon
Outside Edge
Movie · as Sharon
The Tube
TV · 25 eps
Seconds Out
TV · as Hazel · 13 eps
Plays for Pleasure
TV · as Ros Bedwell · 1 ep
The Gentle Touch
TV · 1 ep
Quadrophenia
Movie · as Steph
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
Movie · as Natalie Dixon
The Boy with Two Heads
Movie · as Jill Page