Suranne Jones

Suranne Jones, star of Gentleman Jack and Corrie, opens up about a trait of her late mum she's hoping her son will inherit too.

I had a really good relationship with my mother.” I had a really good relationship with my mother. The Manchester-born star reportedly said: “There are different icons [in my life]. I had a lot of women in my family, my mum and her sisters, who were always very strong women in different ways, good Northern women.”

Suranne Jones is back as Anne Lister for a second season.

She challenged the status quo by rarely taking part in activities that, in society’s eyes, were for women and quickly became known as "Gentleman Jack" to locals. The popular locations were filled with stunning Georgian era costumes and 19th century carriages amongst other period props. The BBC One drama, which stars Suranne Jones, premiered in 2019 to critical acclaim.

Suranne Jones will reprise her role as Lister for season two, Sophie Rundle returns as Ann Walker, and Gemma Whelan will once again play Anne's sister, Marian.

Street scenes for the series were filmed at Salt’s Mill, a former textile mill in Saltaire, and at Park Square, a Georgian public square in Leeds. The ruins of the 12th century Rievaulx Abbey also feature in season two as the location of a hustings. The real estate which Anne’s family owned and where they lived features extensively in the series with many of the scenes set at the hall actually filmed there.

Gentleman Jack star Suranne Jones has opened up about losing her dad while filming the hit BBC period drama.

With Mariana it’s been ups and downs, and emotionally draining and taxing.” She falls fast and hard. Ann is under the care of a doctor in York due to her fragile mental health, while Anne is busy putting the final touches to her house Shibden Hall so that the pair can move in together. My brain was obviously going, 'This is not important.'” In the moving interview, the star, who is mum to her six-year-old son with husband of four years, magazine editor Laurence Akers, went on to say that it’s understandably a time she’s not yet ready to relive. “To have a parent pass of the thing that you are reminded of all the time…

Gentleman Jack star Sophie Rundle has teased some "heart-wrenching" moments in the upcoming season two ahead of its premiere on Sunday night.

Suranne Jones, who plays Anne added: "Season two will bring you plot twists, new characters. Like this story? MORE: Suranne Jones wows in Gentleman Jack season two first-look

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She found the lockdown restrictions on set to be a constant reminder of the virus that had taken her father. To have a parent pass of the thing that you are reminded of all the time… "I'm not ready to watch it because it's so full of memories mixed up with stuff," she added. Raised as Catholic, Suranne says she developed a phobia of wrists - carpophobia - after seeing images of Jesus on the cross. Her character married Steve McDonald, played by Simon Gregson, twice - the first time for a £10 bet and the second time after she and Steve realised they really did love each other. While Suranne has been on our screens for more than two decades, you may not know much about her life away from the cameras.

SURANNE JONES has revealed how playing fearless Anne Lister in Gentleman Jack inspired her to carry on after she struggled with depression.

She’s almost in the next scene before you’ve got to the next scene, so it’s a challenge. She said: “Lister is so intelligent and she’s so ahead of every single character. She said: “I’ve talked a lot about my own mental health. And she admits to being worried about the day she will have to say goodbye to her genre-busting character. She said at an event in Halifax to launch the new series: “In the first series it was all about the chase, and if anyone’s been in a relationship or a marriage we all know that the reality is slightly different.” She owned a colliery — and Suranne reckons she was the first Conservative of her kind. And while her fans witnessed a slick production last night when they tuned in to Gentleman Jack, it was a different matter behind the scenes. Her condition improved and she came off the medication before appearing in the first series of Gentleman Jack. Suranne’s mum Jenny — who she has described as her “icon” for her “real strength of character” — was diagnosed with vascular dementia in her fifties and passed away in 2016. But Suranne, 43, has revealed she was inspired to carry on by the real-life story of her bolshie, sex-mad 19th-century lesbian character who challenged the norms of the day. The actress suffered a public breakdown after losing both of her parents in the past six years and had to seek treatment. SURANNE JONES has revealed how playing fearless Anne Lister in Gentleman Jack inspired her to carry on after she struggled with depression and anxiety.

Suranne Jones is back as controversial landowner Anne Lister as Gentleman Jack returns to BBC tonight (April 10). The hotly anticipated second series kicks ...

Stay up to date with the latest celebrity and TV news with showbiz updates from our daily newsletter here. While Suranne Jones’s exact net worth is not known, it is estimated to be around £3.6 million. However, as the pair consider moving in together at Shibden Hall, Ann's protective family step in to try and slow things down.

If striding were an Olympic sport, Anne Lister, the diarist, landowner, businesswoman and “first modern lesbian”, would win the gold medal. She was back o.

The actress, 43, has spoken openly about her mental health in the past as she struggled to deal with the death or her mother in 2016 and then the death of ...

'She slowly got worse and she developed dementia and she was in a home. It did to a certain point.' Speaking at the press launch for Gentleman Jack series two in Halifax, she explained: 'I’ve talked a lot about my own mental health. Suranne told Fearne, 39: 'The pandemic hit, and my dad got sick. On set: She added: 'What I did was go straight into work because I thought well, I'll take a job because I want to show that I'm back in the game' The actress, 43, has spoken openly about her mental health in the past as she struggled to deal with the death of her mother in 2016 and then the death of her father in January last year.

It's been three years since Anne Lister sauntered across our screens, but this opening episode was worth the wait.

Rundle brings sweetness and substance to a character that could easily be insipid, but series two looks set to explore whether she might be just a little vanilla for Lister’s tastes. Not only was Lister increasingly concerned about Walker’s hesitancy to share their assets, but Walker’s family seemed determined to disrupt the happy couple’s plans. Good!”, it felt like she had never been away.

Suranne Jones is pictured in her role of Anne Lister in the BBC drama Gentleman Jack alongside actress Sophie Rundle who plays wife Ann Walker. (MCPIX/ ...

Thank you for your timing, Suranne Jones & Sophie Rundle,” one social media user wrote on Sunday. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. It just makes the whole thing even better.”

The series two premiere saw Suranne Jones return as Halifax businesswoman and 'first modern lesbian' Anne Lister while Sophie Rundle also took centre stage as ...

Missing baby Anne/Ann of series 1, but can't wait to see where the drama goes" CharlesDup said: "Couldn't keep up with the pace of new Gentleman Jack on my screen, after months of anticipation, been turned up to 11. bit of a trek even in a car," said @TimBonvilleGinn.