Suranne Jones

At 45 years old, Suranne Jones has this physical status:

Suranne Jones, an English actress and producer, born 27 August 1978).

Karen McDonald appeared on Coronation Street from 2000 to 2004 and rose to fame as Karen McDonald.

She continued her television career after leaving, including Vincent (2005–2006), Strictly Confidential (2006), and Harley Street (2008).

Ruth Slater, a convicted murderer portrayed in the mini-series Unforgiven (2009) received acclaim. Jane Bailey appeared in the crime procedural Scott & Bailey, her second time with screenwriter Sally Wainwright after Unfortune.

She gained further notice for her appearances in Single Father, Five Days (both 2010) and The Crimson Field (2014), as well as stage performances including A Few Good Men (2005), Blithe Spirit (2009), Beautiful Thing (2013), and Orlando (2014).

In Doctor Foster (2015-2017), Jones played Gemma Foster, a highly successful GP who suffers from personal betrayal, and received several accolades, including the BAFTA Television Award and the BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress.

Following the conclusion of Doctor Foster's death, Jones returned to theatre, starring in a Frozen production for which she received favourable feedback.

Jones has appeared on television in Save Me (2018) and Gentleman Jack (2019), the latter her third collaboration with Wainwright.

Early life

On the 27th of August 1978, Jones was born Sarah Anne Jones in Chadderton, Greater Manchester. Gary is her older brother. Jones was raised as a Catholic, but her priest suggested that Sarah Anne be named after her father rather than Suranne, her great-grandmother's name; Suranne was not "a proper name." She grew up in a house on Foxdenton Lane, surrounded by two farms and their fields, and she said one of her earliest memories is of "cows peeking in the window as we ate our tea." She was a child chatting, and later announced that her priest would tell her, "I'm hoping you can concentrate just a bit more." Jones suffers from carpophobia, a fear of wrists, which she believes may have arisened from watching videos of Christ's crucifixion and stigmata as a child.

Jones attended Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School in Middleton. "I think I always wanted to be different and felt very stifled at school," she said of her childhood. "I was bullied at school, and I let that get hold of me and into myself," she continued. She completed a BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts at the Manchester School of Acting, which she said "wasn't] quite the same as drama school."

Personal life

Jones, a freelance scriptwriter, and former magazine editor Laurence Akers live in Muswell Hill, London. The couple met in 2013 at the wedding of Jones' long-time friend, actress Sally Lindsay, to musician Steve White. They were married in 2014 and had been married. In an interview with Vogue, Jones said that her legal name had changed to Sarah Anne Akers. In March 2016, she gave birth to a son.

Jones has been involved with numerous charitable groups. Jenny was diagnosed with breast cancer as a child while her mother Jenny was a teenager, and Jones said, "At the time we did a breast cancer campaign together, we had a breast cancer campaign." I do still do a lot of charity runs." Jones has also worked with Christian Aid, visiting Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo to help with HIV, women's rights, and child soldiers.

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Career

Jones began acting professionally at the age of 16. "She came to the stage at 8," Andrew Billen of The Times said, acknowledging her early work as a child. Jones later said that her first appearance as Gloria was in Wait Until Dark at the age of 8. Jones took the stage name 'Suranne' as her birth name was already taken, and union laws mandate that each union member must have a unique name upon joining the trade union Equity. She began to act in the theatre after she had obtained an agent at 15. Jones started on television in 1997, with a small role in Coronation Street as Mandy Phillips, Chris Collins' girlfriend (Matthew Marsden). She was later cast in a television commercial for Maltesers, guest starred in episodes of series such as City Central, and appeared in a small role in My Wonderful Life. She auditioned for the role of Charity Dingle on Emmerdale's soap opera, becoming one of the final four actresses to be selected for the role, though Emma Atkins was later given the lead. She also auditioned for Geena Gregory on Coronation Street, but she felt she knew Jennifer James would win the role despite seeing her at the auditions.

Coronation Street bosses called Jones in 2000, just weeks after she failed to audition for Geena Gregory, and they introduced her to a new face. Karen Phillips (no relation to Mandy) appeared on her first appearance on June 21. The character, after marrying Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson), adopted Karen McDonald and became Karen McDonald. With episodes involving feuds between her and rival Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) receiving high viewing ratings, the role gained Jones public notice. Jones began modelling for men's magazines, such as FHM and Loaded, saying: "I was 21, and within three weeks of joining Corrie, I was in Barbados doing a bikini shoot [...] I was quite impressed, and I'd just say yes to everything because I wanted to keep my job." Do this and you'll be the new young funky sexy girl,' the press officer says.' At the time, we were all doing it at the same time, but I realized very quickly that I needed to concentrate on what I was doing.

Jones would leave Coronation Street after four years of playing Karen in May 2004. "I was living and breathing Karen McDonald," she said about working on a soap opera. On Boxing Day 2004, she made her last appearance as Karen. Jones later remarked, "I just knew, although she's fantastic and I'm loving her, I've got to get out."

Jones said she was approached several times after her departure from Coronation Street, that she declined. "All the money to go off and eat a crocodile's knob, or whatever." Jones appeared in an ITV's detective drama series Vincent, with Ray Winstone in the title role; this was Jones' first television appearance since leaving Coronation Street the previous year. She appeared in A Few Good Men opposite Rob Lowe and John Barrowman, earning her the Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in the same year. She appeared in the musical version Celebrate Oliver. This week was the first time a film was shown on BBC1. In 2006, she appeared in the pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarves at the Manchester Opera House alongside Justin Moorhouse and fellow Coronation Street actor John Savident. She appeared in Kay Mellor's Strictly Confidential, in which she played a bisexual sex therapist.

Jones appeared in a Yorkshire and London black comedy, Dead Clever, starring Helen Baxendale and Dean Lennox Kelly on ITV1. Jones undertook a national tour in autumn 2007 as the actor of Terms of Endearment, where she appeared as Emma, opposite Linda Gray and John Bowe. Martha, one of the female leads in the ITV medical drama Harley Street in 2008, appeared in the ITV medical film "British Open Sources." Her appearance received mixed reviews, with one commentator focusing on her character's "ludicrous" received pronunciation accent; the program's tepid critical reception, as well as poor viewer numbers, signalled its end after only one series's conclusion.

Jones appeared in Unforgiven, a three-part drama on ITV1, where she plays Ruth Slater, a woman released from jail after serving a 15-year prison term for the murder of two policemen. Jones, a brown-haired blonde, dyed her hair "tobacco yellow" with "wide roots; Jones joked that, although not filming, she "should have worn a wig." In addition, Ruth's character had no make-up throughout, with Jones claiming she was left feeling "quite exposed" but "Ruth would not have worn any make-up, I don't think." Jones received raves for her portrayal, with Brian Viner of The Independent writing: "Amazing results, the stuff of Bafta awards if ever I saw it." Heck, she might even be able to be thrown into the films and give the Golden Globes a piece of North Country sense. "Five stars all round, not six for Jones," Viner summed up his Unforgiven review. "I loved the job," Jones later said. They don't appear all the time. Both the broadsheets and tabloids confirmed it. I suppose it gave me a little bit of credibility.

Later this year, she appeared in "Mona Lisa's Revenge" in The Sarah Jane Adventures' two-part series "Mona Lisa's Revenge" later in the year. Jones appeared in No.l Coward's production of Blithe Spirit, which ran until late January 2010. Jones was nominated for the Times Breakthrough Award at the 2010 South Bank Show Awards, but the last ever event was lost to David Blandy. "You do question 'What am I breaking into?" she said when describing her candidation.' Am I bucking through the image of people who only believed I was a screaming banshee in Coronation Street? Is it true that I've worked hard and I've gained more? Is it true that now it's alright to say that I'm alright? I don't know what I was doing wrong, but I did know it was exciting to feel included and patted on the back for a lot of hard work." By Andrew Billen of The Times, Jones was categorized as one of "those brave, talented few few who earn their wings on a soap and then fly gracefully beyond it." In March 2010, Jones appeared in Five Days, a non-connected sequel to the 2007 series of the same name, as the female lead DC Laurie Franklin. On BBC1, she appeared as Sarah in Single Father, a character who falls in love with a widower, Dave (David Tennant), who was married to her best friend before her death.

A cover of Cyndi Lauper's "Reality Colors" with Jones, performed by Manchester Show Choir, was released on December 18, 2010.

Jones played the central role of Idris in the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Wife" in May 2011; when the Doctor's'soul' of the Doctor's TARDIS is extracted from the ship, Idris becomes the ship's new host, allowing the TARDIS to connect with the Doctor through Idris. Jones was cast as a result of writer Neil Gaiman's request for an actress, "odd; beautiful but strange-looking, and very funny" to play Idris. "Suranne Jones arguably sets the bar by which all guest stars must now be judged here," Dan Martin, a Guardian writer, wrote. Jones appeared in ITV's detective series, Scott & Bailey, opposite Lesley Sharp, who plays DC Janet Scott. Jones and Sally Lindsay, her late Coronation Street co-star, are based on an original concept. After a good showing result and moderate critical success, Scott & Bailey's latest four series between 2012 and 2016, with Jones acting as an executive producer on series five.

In the Minerva Theatre's production of Top Girls by Caryl Churchill in Chichester, Jones played Marlene, a career-woman living in Thatcher's Britain. "Suranne Jones captures beautifully the deepest regrets of Marlene's going to be the go-getting Marlene," Michael Billington, a writer for The Guardian. Later, the project was moved to Trafalgar Studios in the West End. Jones would appear alongside John Hannah in a spoof detective drama written by Charlie Brooker and Daniel Maier, A Touch of Cloth, in August 2011. The show aired on Sky One in August 2012. Jones portrays DC Anne Oldman, the "plucky, no-nonsense sidekick" of DCI Jack Cloth (Hannah). Jones began filming The Secret of Crickley Hall, a BBC1 dramatization of James Herbert's 2006 best-selling book. Eve Caleigh, a woman who goes to Crickley Hall in an attempt to recover from her son's death but then be haunted by supernatural events, leads her role. Jones characterized the film as a "classic haunted house spine-chiller with an emotional family tale at its heart." In a 20th anniversary revival of Jonathan Harvey's play Beautiful Thing, Jones returned to the London stage in 2013. The play was performed at the Arts Theatre, London, between 13 April and May, before being staged for a short national tour. Jones appeared on Playhouse Presents: "Stage Door Johnnies," a parody of obsessive theatre enthusiasts that is broadcast on Sky Arts, in 2013. Jones, a young judge who was "battling to keep her head above water in the murky depths of the justice system," in Lawless, a television pilot series on Sky1 later this year as part of the Drama Matters series.

Jones was cast opposite Hermione Norris and Oona Chaplin in The Crimson Field, a BBC drama set in a field hospital in France during the First World War. Jones' first acting appearance in a period drama was on television in April 2014. Jones appeared in Sarah Ruhl's stage adaptation of Virginia Woolf's Orlando at the Royal Exchange in Manchester in February 2014. Criticals generally applauded the play, with Jones' appearance being described as "superb" by Matt Trueman in The Guardian.

Jones starred as the title character in the BBC One thriller Doctor Foster in September 2015 as a GP whose life begins to unravel as she suspects her husband of adultery. The show received widespread critical acclaim, with Radio Times noting that "a career-best Suranne Jones was unstoppably brilliant"; the magazine ranked Doctor Foster second in a roundup of the Top 40 Best television shows of 2015. Jones received the National Television Guild Award for Best Actress, the Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress (female), and the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress at the respective 2016 ceremonies for her appearance.

The second series of Doctor Foster premiered in September 2017, receiving a warm response. After hearing writer Mike Bartlett's script, Jones, who was initially reluctant to film another series, was perplexed. She also appeared in the program's second series, which was shot in fall 2016. Also in September 2017, a shooting of Vanity Fair as a group was launched. The 1848 novel of the same name was published in the 1848. Jones portrayed Miss Pinkerton, the haught former headmistress of protagonist Becky Sharp's protagonist (Olivia Cooke), on air in September.

Jones appeared in the Sky Atlantic drama Save Me in February 2018, portraying the mother of a missing teen. Jones' appearance received praise, with Rebecca Nicholson of The Guardian writing: "You get the feeling that Jones could act naughty in her sleep, but she is actually subtle." Jones returned to the West End of Bryony Lavery's stage play Frozen at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from February to May 2018. Nancy was portrayed by Jones as the bemoaning mother of an incarcerated child alongside Jason Watkins. Jones' presence was well-received by various reviewers, but The Independent called him "unflinchingly truthful and spontaneous." Jones missed the last four performances of the show's three-month run due to sickness, citing the play's "deeply affecting" subject matter as a contributing factor.

Jones started filming BBC and HBO co-production Gentleman Jack, written, produced and directed by Sally Wainwright later this month. Jones had signed up in July 2017 to play Anne Lister, a lesbian Yorkshire industrialist in the 1830s. Jones' fourth collaboration with Wainwright has been described by The Independent as "a central part of Wainwright's unofficial repertory firm."

In the United States and a month later in the United Kingdom, James Poniewozik of The New York Times wrote, "Jones' appearance is a marvel, exuding vitality, charisma, and sexual conviction." Anne is also gifted with compassion, compassion, and glimpses of vulnerability, which make her more than just a flawless Regency-era Mary Sue." "Jones is a gale force wind on the show," Jones' performance was also praised by Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe. At a time of ignorance and intolerance, she presents us with a dynamic woman living out gender fluidity and attracted to women. Anne rejects social convention and has the resources to do it, as she persistently and inadvertently pursues her aspirations. Jones, on the other hand, unveils a deep sadness that can be terribly sad. It's the year's best, most faceted show, but few seem to worry about it. On April 10, 2022, "Gentleman Jack" returned to BBC One for his second series.

Jones wrote the script for Save Me Too, the second series of Save Me Too, in July 2019, with a 14-week shoot starting the following month. Save Me Too was announced on April 1, 2020, and in 2022, a third season is anticipated.

As part of the BBC Children In Need album Got It Covered, Jones and the Half Moon Theatre's joint cover of "Symphony" was unveiled on November 1, 2019. On the album's cover song "It Must Be Love," Jones performed uncredited vocals.

Jones appeared in the title role of "I Am Victoria" in BAFTA's second series of one-off dramas focusing on various women's topics, in this case mental health problems. Jones took the lead role of DCI Amy Silva in the six-episode BBC series "Vigil," which aired weekly in the United Kingdom from 29 August 2021 to 23 December in the United States, and streamed all episodes on December 23. The submarine thriller with an embedded lesbian love tale attracted an initial audience of 13.4 million viewers, making it the BBC's most popular drama in years.

"Maryland," a three-part drama set on the Isle of Man, was announced as the first project by Jones and her partner Laurence Akers in March 2022.

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