Suranne Jones

I grew up in Oldham and moved to Manchester and London. I didn't go to drama school. I just did a B-Tech.

Becoming a mother and then losing your mother is quite... well, they both change you profoundly, and you have to give yourself time to understand what's happened with that.

There's a strong working-class work ethic in my family, which makes us strong.

I never take my work home with me, because when there is a baby in the bath at home, and you rush back for bath-time, as soon as you get through the door, you know that work is work and home is home.

It's horrible when you go to work and you're not happy.

My brother was older, very bright. He went to university. I wasn't academically bright - maybe at first, when I was little, but it was lost. I started doing a drama workshop and got really into it, then I did a BTec in performing arts and started to work.