Leslie Ash
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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 4.558 |
Birthday | 1960-02-19 |
Place of Birth | Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK |
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1979
Quadrophenia
7.054/242
Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While af...
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Quadrophenia
1978
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
3/4
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Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
1974
The Boy with Two Heads
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Chris and Jill discover a South American shrunken head with magical powers.
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The Boy with Two Heads
1974
Farewell to Chico
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An adventure story for children involving the shrunken head of a South American with-doctor. In seven episodes
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Farewell to Chico
1974
Chico Makes the Rain
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An adventure story for children involving the shrunken head of a South American witch-doctor. In seven episodes
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Chico Makes the Rain
1974
Secret Cave
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Secret Cave
1974
Magic Football
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Magic Football
1974
Chaser for Chico
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Chaser for Chico
1974
Chico Makes Magic
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Chico Makes Magic
1974
Mysterious Box
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Mysterious Box
1988
Natural Causes
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Comedy thriller. Walter Bryce hires the professional services of the sinister Vincent to eliminate his rich, neurotic wife, Celia. All this to achieve...
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Natural Causes
1982
Outside Edge
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The local social cricket team are up to bat and sometimes it seems they are one batsman short of of an eleven. There are good secrets and not so good...
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Outside Edge
1984
Murder: Ultimate Grounds for Divorce
8/1
Roger Cunningham and his wife Valerie go on a camping trip with another couple and find themselves stranded. Arguments arise, and secrets begin coming...
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Murder: Ultimate Grounds for Divorce
1983
Dead on Time
6.417/6
Bernard Fripp is told by his doctor that he has only 30 minutes left to live. This sets Bernard bumbling off on a mission to live his final minutes to...
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Dead on Time
1997
An Audience with Elton John
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Elton John entertains a celebrity studio audience, answering questions and singing songs with his guests.
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2021
Ruth
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Ruth, an elderly lady with dementia, becomes lost within her own home. As she tries to find answers, she ends up losing herself further, confusing rea...
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Ruth
2021
To Be Someone
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2006
A Way of Life: Making Quadrophenia
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A Way of Life: Making Quadrophenia
1983
Curse of the Pink Panther
4.633/165
Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. However, Clouseau's enemy, Dreyfus, rigs the Su...
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1985
Shadey
4.4/5
A young man discovers that not only does he have the ability to read minds, but that if he holds a camera next to his head he can transmit the thought...
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Shadey
1982
Nutcracker
2/2
A Russian ballet dancer defects from the USSR, emigrates to England, and joins a ballet company run by a powerful, wealthy lady (Joan Collins).
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Nutcracker
1994
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
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Jimmy Tarbuck parades his comic wares in front of a celebrity audience, including Cilla Black, Bruce Forsyth, Billy Connolly, Michael Parkinson, Harry...
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