Leslie Ash was born 19 February, 1960 in Clapham, London. She is a British actress who is best known for playing Deborah Burton in the sitcom series Men Behaving Badly, Karen Buckley in the ITV's Where the Heart Is between 2000 and 2003, Fred Smith in C.A.T.S. Eyes from 1985 to 1987 and Vanessa Lytton in BBC's Holby City from 2009 to 2010. She has also appeared in Curse of the Pink Panther, The Two Ronnies, The Happy Apple, Merseybeat, Quadrophenia, Seconds Out, The Bill, Haggard, Love Hurts, Perfect Scoundrels, Home to Roost, Stay Lucky, The Marksman, Bugs, Full Mountie and Judge John Deed.
Ash is married to former footballer Lee Chapman, and they have two sons.