Suranne Jones

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

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.

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.

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.

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.