Caroline Smith (born 4 March 1958), professionally known as Caroline Ashley, is a Scottish former television actress who is best known for playing Fiona Ryder (née Cunningham) in ''
Take the High Road
''Take the High Road'' (renamed ''High Road'' from 1994 to 2003) was a Scottish soap opera produced by Scottish Television, which started in February 1980 as an ITV network daytime programme, and was broadcast until 2003. It was set in the ficti ...
'' from the first episode in 1980 until 1993.
Life and career
Ashley was born on 4 March 1958 in
Coatbridge
Coatbridge ( sco, Cotbrig or Coatbrig, gd, Drochaid a' Chòta) is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, about east of Glasgow city centre, set in the central Lowlands. Along with neighbouring town Airdrie, Coatbridge forms the area known as ...
, Scotland. She was educated at the
Queen Margaret College in Edinburgh and, aged 21, joined the original cast of ''Take the High Road'' when filming began in 1979. It was her first professional engagement.
She played Fiona Ryder (née Cunningham) in ''
Take the High Road
''Take the High Road'' (renamed ''High Road'' from 1994 to 2003) was a Scottish soap opera produced by Scottish Television, which started in February 1980 as an ITV network daytime programme, and was broadcast until 2003. It was set in the ficti ...
'' from the first episode in 1980 until 1993 and was one of the programme's longest-running characters.
[Elder, pp. 57–59.]
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1958 births
Living people
People from Coatbridge
Scottish soap opera actresses
Scottish television actresses
Take the High Road
Alumni of Queen Margaret University
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