Leslie Ash

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.

Most Known For

Casualty

as Vanessa Lytton

Would I Lie to You?

as Self

The Bill

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as Self - Participant

Shooting Stars

as Self

Harry Hill's TV Burp

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

as Self

Judge John Deed

Where the Heart Is

Men Behaving Badly

as Deborah

Harry Enfield and Chums

as Self

Bugs

The Gentle Touch

It's Only TV But I Like It

as Self

Nutcracker

as Sharon

Curse of the Pink Panther

as Juleta Shane (AKA Julie Morgan)

C.A.T.S. Eyes

as Fred Smith

The Tube

Quadrophenia

as Steph

Home to Roost

as Susie Perkins