Kate Ashfield (born 28 May 1972) is an English actress, who has appeared in stage, TV and film roles, most famously in her role as Liz in the 2004

zombie comedy The zombie comedy, often called zom com or zomedy, is a film genre that aims to blend zombie horror motifs with slapstick comedy as well as morbid humor. History The earliest roots of the genre can be found in Jean Yarbrough's ''King of the ...

Shaun of the Dead ''Shaun of the Dead'' is a 2004 zombie comedy film directed by Edgar Wright and written by Wright and Simon Pegg. Pegg stars as Shaun, a downtrodden salesman in London who is caught in a zombie apocalypse with his friend Ed ( Nick Frost). The ...

''. She is the co-writer of the 2017 TV series ''

Born to Kill Born to Kill may refer to: Film * ''Born to Kill'' (1947 film), a film noir directed by Robert Wise * ''Born to Kill'' (1967 film), a Spaghetti Western directed by Antonio Mollica * ''Born to Kill'' (1974 film) or ''Cockfighter'', a film direct ...

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Princess Caraboo Mary Baker (née Willcocks; 11 November 1792 (alleged), Witheridge, Devonshire, England – 24 December 1864, Bristol, England) was an English impostor. Posing as the fictional Princess Caraboo, Baker pretended to come from a far-off island kin ...

'' (1994, film) – Ella * ''

Blasted ''Blasted'' is the first play by the British author Sarah Kane. It was first performed in 1995 at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in London. Synopsis The play is set in an expensive hotel room in Leeds. Ian, a foul-mouthed middle-aged tabloid ...

'' (1995, stage) – Cate * ''

Shopping and Fucking ''Shopping and Fucking'' (sometimes billed as ''Shopping and F**king'') is a 1996 play by English playwright Mark Ravenhill. It was Ravenhill's first full-length play. It received its first public reading at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 1 ...

'' (1996, stage) – Lulu * ''

Soldier Soldier ''Soldier Soldier'' is a British television drama series. The title comes from a traditional song of the same name - " Soldier, soldier won't you marry me, with your musket, fife and drum?" - an instrumental version of which was used as its ...

'' (1996, TV) – Cate Hobbs * ''

Woyzeck ''Woyzeck'' () is a stage play written by Georg Büchner. Büchner wrote the play between July and October 1836, yet left it incomplete at his death in February 1837. The play first appeared in 1877 in a heavily edited version by Karl Emil Fr ...

'' (1997, stage) – Marie * '' Closer'' (1998, stage) – Alice * ''

Guest House Paradiso ''Guest House Paradiso'' is a 1999 British slapstick black comedy film written by and starring comic duo Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, who also directed in his film directorial debut. The film is a spin-off of their BBC comedy television ser ...

'' (1999, film) – Ms Hardy * ''

The War Zone ''The War Zone'' is a 1999 British drama film written by Alexander Stuart, directed by Tim Roth in his directorial debut, and starring Ray Winstone, Tilda Swinton, Lara Belmont, and Freddie Cunliffe. The film is based on Stuart's 1989 novel of ...

'' (1999, film) * ''

Watership Down ''Watership Down'' is an adventure novel by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972. Set in Berkshire in southern England, the story features a small group of rabbits. Although they live in their natura ...

'' (1999, TV series) – Primrose (Series 1/2 only) * ''

Storm Damage ''Storm Damage'' is a 2000 British television drama film directed by Simon Cellan Jones, written by Lennie James, and stars Adrian Lester, Mona Hammond and Kate Ashfield. The film is about a young teacher who returns to the children's care home ...

'' (2000, TV) – Kay * ''The Low Down'' (2000) – Ruby * ''

Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry ''Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry'' (1973) is the penultimate novel by the late British avant-garde novelist B. S. Johnson. It is the metafictional account of a disaffected young man, Christie Malry, who applies the principles of double-entry b ...

'' (2000) – Carol * ''

Late Night Shopping ''Late Night Shopping'' is a 2001 comedy film funded by FilmFour Productions, centering on a group of friends who all work the graveyard shifts. Plot Sean, Vincent, Jody and Lenny work graveyard shifts in various soul-killing jobs (the hos ...

'' (2001, film) – Jody * ''

Pure Pure may refer to: Computing * A pure function * A pure virtual function * PureSystems, a family of computer systems introduced by IBM in 2012 * Pure Software, a company founded in 1991 by Reed Hastings to support the Purify tool * Pure-FTPd, F ...

'' (2002, film) – Helen * ''

Crime and Punishment ''Crime and Punishment'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Преступление и наказание, Prestupléniye i nakazániye, prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲɪje ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲɪje) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. ...

'' (2002, miniseries) – Dounia * '' Beyond Borders'' (2003, film) – Kat * ''

Pollyanna ''Pollyanna'' is a 1913 novel by American author Eleanor H. Porter, considered a classic of children's literature. The book's success led to Porter's soon writing a sequel, ''Pollyanna Grows Up'' (1915). Eleven more ''Pollyanna'' sequels, know ...

'' (2003, film) – Nancy * ''

Killing Hitler ''Killing Hitler'' is a BBC drama examining the ''Operation Foxley'' plot to kill Adolf Hitler. Written and directed by Jeremy Lovering, it was first broadcast on 30 March 2003. Cast * Peter McDonald as LB/X * Kenneth Cranham as Brigadier S ...

'' (2003, TV) – Rachel * ''

This Little Life ''This Little Life'' is a 2003 TV film drama starring Kate Ashfield, Peter Mullan and Linda Bassett. The story follows the life of a married couple following the premature birth of their son. The film was produced by Stewart Mackinnon (Headline ...

'' (2003, TV) – Sadie MacGregor * ''

The Trouble with Men and Women ''The Trouble with Men and Women'' is a 2005 film written and directed by Tony Fisher and starring Joseph McFadden and Kate Ashfield. Plot Serious and intense Matt is tired of mooning over a woman who has deserted him for a life in the Unite ...

'' (2003, TV) – Susie * ''

Fakers ''Fakers'' is a 2004 United Kingdom, British film directed by Richard Janes and starring Matthew Rhys as con-man with a big debt to pay off to wanna-be crime lord Art Malik. It was produced by Richard Janes Claire Bee and Todd Kleparski, three g ...

'' (2004, film) – Eve Evans * ''

Spivs In the United Kingdom, the word spiv is slang for a type of petty criminal who deals in illicit, typically black market, goods. The word was particularly used during the Second World War and in the post-war period when many goods were rationed du ...

'' (2004, film) – Jenny * ''

'' (2004, film) – Liz * '' The Baker'' (2007, film) – Rhiannon * '' Talk to Me'' (2007, TV series) – Kelly * ''

Random Quest "Random Quest" is a science fiction short story, which is also a love story, by British writer John Wyndham. It was included in his 1961 collection '' Consider Her Ways and Others''. It has been dramatised three times, twice under its original na ...

'' (2006, TV) – Ottilie/Kate * '' The Best Man'' (2005, TV – released as ''Unhitched'' on US DVD) – Becka * ''

Secret Smile ''Secret Smile'' is a British drama serial in two parts shown by ITV in December 2005. It is set in Acton, London and is based on the 2003 Nicci French book of the same name, directed by Christopher Menaul and starring David Tennant, Claire G ...

'' (2005, TV) – Miranda * ''

Leave Before the Lights Come On "Leave Before the Lights Come On" is a song by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys. The song was released on 14 August 2006 as the band's third single in the United Kingdom. The song was not included on the band's debut album '' Whatever Peo ...

Video – Arctic Monkeys'' (2006) – Suicidal Lady * '' Tsunami: The Aftermath'' (2006, TV) – Ellen * '' The Children'' (2008 three-part TV drama) – Natasha * ''

Never Better ''Never Better'' is a British television sitcom which started on BBC Two from 10 January to 14 February 2008. It stars Stephen Mangan as recovering alcoholic Keith Merchant and Kate Ashfield as his suffering wife Anita. The series is written by F ...

'' (2008, TV series) – Anita Merchant * ''

Collision In physics, a collision is any event in which two or more bodies exert forces on each other in a relatively short time. Although the most common use of the word ''collision'' refers to incidents in which two or more objects collide with great fo ...

'' (2009, five part TV drama) – Ann Stallwood * ''

The Diary of Anne Frank ''The Diary of a Young Girl'', also known as ''The Diary of Anne Frank'', is a book of the writings from the Dutch-language diary kept by Anne Frank while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherl ...

'' (2009, five-part TV drama) –

Miep Gies Hermine "Miep" Gies (; ; 15 February 1909 – 11 January 2010) was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank, her family (Otto Frank, Margot Frank, Edith Frank) and four other Dutch Jews (Fritz Pfeffer, Hermann van Pels, Auguste van Pels, Pet ...

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Agatha Christie's Poirot ''Poirot'' (also known as ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'') is a British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. David Suchet starred as the eponymous detective, Agatha Christie's fictional Her ...

'' (2010, TV adaptation of Agatha Christie novel ''

Three Act Tragedy ''Three Act Tragedy'' is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1934 under the title ''Murder in Three Acts'' and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in ...

'') – Muriel Wills * '' 7 Lives'' (2011, film) – Cynthia * ''

New Tricks ''New Tricks'' is a British television police procedural The police show, or police crime drama, is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasizes the investigative procedure of a police officer or department as the ...

'' (2011, TV series) – Hilary Newell * ''

Silent Witness ''Silent Witness'' is a British crime drama television series produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in 1996, the series was created by Nigel McC ...

'' (2011, TV drama) – Chief Inspector Rebecca Woods * ''

United United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two f ...

'' (2011, TV drama) – Alma George * '' Late Bloomers'' (2011, film) – Giulia * ''

Byzantium Byzantium () or Byzantion ( grc, Βυζάντιον) was an ancient Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and Istanbul today. The Greek name ''Byzantion'' and its Latinization ''Byzantium'' cont ...

'' (2012, film) – Gabi * ''

When the Lights Went Out ''When the Lights Went Out'' is a 2012 British supernatural horror film directed by Pat Holden and starring Kate Ashfield, Tasha Connor, Steven Waddington, Craig Parkinson, Martin Compston, and Jo Hartley. It was released in the UK on 13 Septe ...

'' (2012, film) – Jenny Maynard * '' Line of Duty (series 1)'' (2012, TV series) – Jools Gates * ''

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 ...

'' (2013, TV series) – Helen Caxton * '' Believe'' (2013, film) – Helen * ''

Nymphomaniac Hypersexuality is extremely frequent or suddenly increased libido. It is controversial whether it should be included as a clinical diagnosis used by mental healthcare professionals. Nymphomania and satyriasis were terms previously used for the c ...

'' (2013, film) – Therapist * ''

Still A still is an apparatus used to distill liquid mixtures by heating to selectively boil and then cooling to condense the vapor. A still uses the same concepts as a basic distillation apparatus, but on a much larger scale. Stills have been use ...

'' (2014, film) – Margaret * '' Hangman'' (2015, film) – Beth Miller * '' Secrets and Lies'' (2015, TV series) – Vanessa Richardson * ''

Sick of It "Sick of It" is the first single from the 2013 album ''Rise'' from the Christian rock band Skillet. The single was released on SoundCloud on April 8, 2013 and was released in the iTunes Store on April 9, and was released to US rock radio on Apr ...

,'' (2018, TV series) – Zoe * ''

Sanditon ''Sanditon'' (1817) is an unfinished novel by the English writer Jane Austen. In January 1817, Austen began work on a new novel she called ''The Brothers'', later titled ''Sanditon'', and completed eleven chapters before stopping work in mid- ...

'', (2019, TV drama) – Mary Parker * ''

A Confession ''A Confession'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Исповедь, Íspovedʹ), or ''My Confession'', is a short work on the subject of melancholia, philosophy and religion by the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. It was written in 1879 to ...

'' (2019, TV drama) – Yvonne Fulcher * ''

Life Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from that which does not, and is defined by the capacity for growth, reaction to stimuli, metabolism, energ ...

'' (2020, TV drama) - Rachel * ''There’s Always Hope (2020, Feature Drama) - Samantha * ''

His Dark Materials ''His Dark Materials'' is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman consisting of '' Northern Lights'' (1995; published as ''The Golden Compass'' in North America), ''The Subtle Knife'' (1997), and ''The Amber Spyglass'' (2000). It follows ...

'' (2022, TV series) - Atal (voice)

Awards and nominations

She has won three awards out of seven nominations: *2000 BIFA Nominee Best Actress, ''The Low Down'' *2001

Shooting Stars Award The Shooting Stars Awards are presented annually by the pan-European network organization European Film Promotion (EFP) to emerging actors from Europe. "Shooting Stars" is an initiative of the EFP for the international promotion and networking of p ...

United Kingdom *2001 BIFA Best Actress, ''

'' *2003 BIFA Best Actress, ''

'' *2004 Royal Television Society Best Female Actor, ''This Little Life'' *2005

Empire Awards The Empire Awards was an annual British awards ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in the local and global film industry. Winners were awarded the Empire Award statuette. The awards, first presented in 1996, were presented by the British f ...

Best British Actress, ''Shaun of the Dead'' *2018

British Independent Film Award The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) is an organisation that celebrates, supports and promotes British independent cinema and filmmaking talent in United Kingdom. Nominations for the annual awards ceremony are announced in early November, ...

(BIFA) Best Television Drama, ''Born to Kill''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashfield, Kate 1972 births Living people Actresses from Birmingham, West Midlands Alumni of Rose Bruford College English film actresses English television actresses English stage actresses English voice actresses People educated at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls People educated at King Edward VI Five Ways Actresses from Oldham 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses