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Suranne Jones

Highest Rated: 38% A Christmas Star (2015)

Lowest Rated: 38% A Christmas Star (2015)

Birthday: Aug 27, 1978

Birthplace: Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK

English actress Suranne Jones started as a soap opera star before becoming one of the top television actors in the United Kingdom. Born in Chadderton in Greater Manchester, she began acting professionally as a teenager. Her first break came when she was cast in the role of Karen McDonald in the long-running soap opera "Coronation Street" (ITV, 1960- ). She stayed with the show for four years and in the process became something of a sex symbol. After leaving the show, she became active in the London theater scene. She never completely left telelvision, however, starring opposite Ray Winstone on "Vincent" (ITV, 2005-06), as a sex therapist in "Strictly Confidential" (ITV, 2006), and as a doctor in "Harley Street" (ITV, 2008). She earned critical acclaim for her unvarnished portrayal of a woman fresh out of prison in the miniseries "Unforgiven" (ITV, 2009). Her steady stream of TV projects continued as she starred with John Hannah in the detective series "A Touch of Cloth" (Sky One, 2012-14), and made a memorable appearance as the android embodiment of the TARDIS in an episode of "Doctor Who" (BBC, 2005- ). She also joined Lesley Sharp in Sally Wainwright's crime drama "Scott & Bailey" (ITV, 2011-16), playing detective Rachel Bailey. Despite her already accomplished career, she hit another level of fame when she played Gemma Foster, a physician who discovers her husband is having an affair, on "Doctor Foster" (BBC One, 2015-17). The show became an international hit and earned Jones a BAFTA award. After "Foster," she starred in the drama "Save Me" (Sky Atlantic, 2018), and played Miss Pinkerton in the mini-series of William Makepeace Thackeray's "Vanity Fair" (ITV, 2018). She found herself again on the international stage when Wainwright cast her as the lead in "Gentleman Jack" (BBC/HBO, 2019- ). Jones starred as 19th Century British landowner and industrialist Anne Lister, who chronicled her life, including her lesbian romances, in a coded diary.

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38% 36% A Christmas Star
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Christmas Carole Carole Mackay (Character) - 2022
38% 36% A Christmas Star Miss Darcy (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dead Clever Julie Bottomley (Character) - 2007

TV

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69% 72% Vigil Amy Silva (Character) 2021 2023
No Score Yet 61% RuPaul's Drag Race UK Judge 2023
93% 74% Maryland Becca (Character),
Executive Producer,
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2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Graham Norton Show Guest 2017 2019 2022
92% 94% Gentleman Jack Anne Lister (Character) 2019 2022
88% No Score Yet I Am Victoria (Character) 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Life and Birth Narrator 2020
100% 85% Save Me Claire (Character) 2018 2020
89% 89% Vanity Fair Miss Pinkerton (Character) 2018
86% 78% Doctor Foster Dr Gemma Foster (Character) 2015 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet SuperNature -- Wild Flyers Narrator 2016
No Score Yet 100% Scott & Bailey DC Rachel Bailey (Character) 2011-2014 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Life in the Air Narrator 2016
No Score Yet 86% The Crimson Field Sister Joan Livesey (Character) 2014
No Score Yet 76% The Secret of Crickley Hall Eve Caleigh (Character) 2012
90% 64% Doctor Who Idris (Guest Star) 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Single Father Unknown (Character) 2010
78% 17% Five Days Laurie Franklin (Character) 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sarah Jane Adventures Unknown (Guest Star) 2009