Acting
Community Rating
5.6
TMDB estimate
Born
February 19, 1960 (age 66)
Born in
Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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.

To Be Someone
as Judy
2021

Ruth
as Jennifer
2021

Quadrophenia: Our Generation
as Self
2019

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
2011

Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2007

A Way of Life: Making Quadrophenia
2006
The Keith Barret Show
2004

Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002

Judge John Deed
2001

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self
2001

Merseybeat
2001
It's Only TV But I Like It
as Self
1999
Fantasy World Cup
as Self
1998

An Audience with Elton John
as Self
1997

Where the Heart Is
1997
Saturday Live
as Self
1996

Bugs
1995

Harry Enfield and Chums
as Self
1994

An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
as Self - Audience Member
1994

Shooting Stars
as Self
1993