Leslie Ash
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 19, 1960 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 45
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
Filmography
To Be Someone
2021Movie
Judy
Ruth
2021Movie
Jennifer
Quadrophenia: Our Generation
2019Movie
Self
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011TV
Self - Participant
Would I Lie to You?
2007TV
Self
A Way of Life: Making Quadrophenia
2006Movie
The Keith Barret Show
2004TV
Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002TV
Judge John Deed
2001TV
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001TV
Self
Merseybeat
2001TV
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999TV
Self
Fantasy World Cup
1998TV
Self
An Audience with Elton John
1997Movie
Self
Where the Heart Is
1997TV
Karen Buckley
Saturday Live
1996TV
Self
Bugs
1995TV
Harry Enfield and Chums
1994TV
Self
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
1994Movie
Self - Audience Member
Shooting Stars
1993TV
Self
Men Behaving Badly
1992TV
Deborah
Perfect Scoundrels
1990TV
Daisy Garland
Haggard
1990TV
This Morning
1988TV
Self
Natural Causes
1988Movie
Angie
The Marksman
1987TV
Hazel
Casualty
1986TV
Vanessa Lytton
Shadey
1985Movie
Carol Landau
Home to Roost
1985TV
Susie Perkins
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985TV
Fred Smith
The Bill
1984TV
Murder: Ultimate Grounds for Divorce
1984Movie
Philippa
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983Movie
Juleta Shane (AKA Julie Morgan)
The Happy Apple
1983TV
Dead on Time
1983Movie
Girl in Cafe
Outside Edge
1982Movie
Sharon
Nutcracker
1982Movie
Sharon
The Tube
1982TV
Plays for Pleasure
1981TV
Ros Bedwell
Seconds Out
1981TV
Hazel
The Gentle Touch
1980TV
Quadrophenia
1979Movie
Steph
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
1978Movie
Natalie Dixon
The Boy with Two Heads
1958Movie
Jill Page
The Story of Quadrophenia
Movie
Self