Leslie Ash
Born: 1960-02-19 in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2021
- To Be Someone as Judy
- Ruth as Jennifer
2019
- Quadrophenia: Our Generation as Self
2011
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
2007
- Would I Lie to You? as Self
2002
2001
1999
- It's Only TV But I Like It as Self
1998
- Fantasy World Cup as Self
1997
1996
- Saturday Live as Self
1995
1994
- An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck as Self - Audience Member
- Harry Enfield and Chums as Self
1993
- Shooting Stars as Self
1992
- Men Behaving Badly as Deborah
1990
- Perfect Scoundrels as Daisy Garland
- Haggard
1988
- This Morning as Self
- Natural Causes as Angie
1987
- The Marksman as Hazel
1986
- Casualty as Vanessa Lytton
1985
- Shadey as Carol Landau
- C.A.T.S. Eyes as Fred Smith
- Home to Roost as Susie Perkins
1984
- The Bill
- Murder: Ultimate Grounds for Divorce as Philippa
1983
- Curse of the Pink Panther as Juleta Shane (AKA Julie Morgan)
- Dead on Time
- The Happy Apple
1982
- Outside Edge as Sharon
- The Tube
- Nutcracker as Sharon
1981
- Seconds Out as Hazel
1980
1979
- Quadrophenia as Steph
1978
- Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse as Natalie Dixon
1958
- The Boy with Two Heads as Jill Page