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Daniela Jolanta Denby-Ashe (born 9 August 1978) is an English actress. She is best known for playing
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on the soap opera ''
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'',
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on the period drama ''
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'', and
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on the
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sitcom ''
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''. She also played Lorraine Donnegan on the drama series '' Waterloo Road''.


Early life

Denby-Ashe was born in
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on 9 August 1978, the daughter of Polish immigrants; her father's original name was Miroslaw Pszkit. Before her parents married, they decided to adopt a more British-sounding surname, so they each chose a surname they liked from the telephone directory and hyphenated them. Denby-Ashe is fluent in English, Polish, and French, learning the latter from her grandmother, who was raised in France until
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broke out. She began studying
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at the age of two and tap at a later stage; from the ages of 10 to 16, she attended several drama schools, including the
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.


Career

Denby-Ashe first gained film experience on the children's video ''Nursery Rhymes 2'' from
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. She appeared in many television commercials as a child actor which then led on to children's drama such as Kevin & Co, as well as the
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sitcom ''
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''. Denby-Ashe also appeared briefly alongside
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and
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in season 3 episode 6 of ''
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''. Her big break came in 1995 when she landed the role of
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in the
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soap opera ''
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''. She played this character until 1999. The following year she got the role of
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in the BBC sitcom ''
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''. Daniela took a break from ''My Family'' for the fourth series in 2003, but returned to the role in 2004. The eleventh and final series first aired on
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from June 2011. In 2005 she took the lead role of
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in the BBC TV drama adaptation of
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's '' North & South'', and in 2006 played
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in the
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TV series ''
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'' episode '' Greeks Bearing Gifts''. Her other television roles include ''
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'', '' Rescue Me'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. From 2003 she appeared in the Radio 4 comedy '' Ring Around the Bath''. In 2007, she starred as
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's secretary in '' Maxwell'', a
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drama about his life. In December 2008 she appeared in
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's supernatural drama series ''
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'', and in October 2010 she starred in an episode of the
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detective drama ''
Midsomer Murders ''Midsomer Murders'' is a British crime drama television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the '' Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series (created by Caroline Graham), and broadcast on two channels of I ...
''. In April 2009 she appeared in the fourth series of the BBC drama '' Waterloo Road'' as deceitful supply teacher, Jem Allen. In April 2012, she returned to the drama as a new regular character, Lorraine Donegan. The character then appeared regularly throughout the eighth series. She appeared in two episodes of the
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sitcom ''Mum'' in 2019.


Filmography


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Denby-Ashe, Daniela 1978 births Living people English people of Polish descent English soap opera actresses English stage actresses English television actresses English radio actresses Actresses from London 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses