Leslie Ash
Date of birth: 1960-02-19
Place of birth: Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
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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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Shadey
1985-05-31
A young man discovers that not only does he have the ability to read minds, but that if he holds a c
Quadrophenia
1979-09-14
Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Ji
Nutcracker
1982-12-17
A Russian ballet dancer defects from the USSR, emigrates to England, and joins a ballet company run
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
1978-02-01
Young Rosie Dixon starts her nurse training at St Adelaide's Hospital, but the student doctors and r
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
1994-10-22
Jimmy Tarbuck parades his comic wares in front of a celebrity audience, including Cilla Black, Bruce
The Boy with Two Heads
1958-07-15
Chris & Jill discover a South American shrunken head with magical powers.
Natural Causes
1988-09-11
Comedy thriller. Walter Bryce hires the professional services of the sinister Vincent to eliminate h
Outside Edge
1982-12-19
The local social cricket team are up to bat and sometimes it seems they are one batsman short of of
Murder: Ultimate Grounds for Divorce
1984-01-01
Roger Cunningham and his wife Valerie go on a camping trip with another couple and find themselves s
Dead on Time
1983-01-01
Bernard Fripp is told by his doctor that he has only 30 minutes left to live. This sets Bernard bumb
An Audience with Elton John
1997-09-27
Elton John entertains a celebrity studio audience, answering questions and singing songs with his gu
Ruth
2021-03-12
Ruth, an elderly lady with dementia, becomes lost within her own home. As she tries to find answers,
To Be Someone
2021-07-09
Life couldn’t be better for entrepreneur and British Mod, Danny. That is until he’s introduced to Ma
A Way of Life: Making Quadrophenia
2006-08-07
Two rival youth cults emerge - the mods and the rockers - with explosive consequences. For Jimmy (Ph
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983-08-12
Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for hi
Quadrophenia: Our Generation
2019-09-21
Quadrophenia: Our Generation documents the making of the film and, with the help of cast members and