
Suranne Jones
Actor · b. 1978 · Chadderton, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Sarah Ann Akers, known professionally as Suranne Jones, is an English actress and producer. Known for her numerous collaborations with screenwriter Sally Wainwright, she rose to prominence playing Karen McDonald on ITV's Coronation Street between 2000 and 2004. Upon leaving, she furthered her television career in drama series such as Vincent (2005–2006), Strictly Confidential (2006), Harley Street (2008), and Unforgiven (2009). Jones starred as Detective Rachel Bailey in the police procedural Scott & Bailey (2011–2016), and garnered further attention with headline roles in Single Father, Five Days (both 2010), A Touch of Cloth (2012–2014), and The Crimson Field (2014). For her portrayal of Gemma Foster—a GP who suffers personal betrayal—in Doctor Foster (2015–2017), Jones received several awards, including the 2016 British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. Subsequent credits include Save Me (2018), Vigil (2021–present), and Gentleman Jack (2019–2022). For the latter, on which she served as executive producer, Jones was again nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress. On stage, Jones has appeared in productions of A Few Good Men (2005), Blithe Spirit (2009), Top Girls (2011), Beautiful Thing (2013), Orlando (2014), and Frozen (2018). Jones was born Sarah Ann Jones in Chadderton, Greater Manchester, on 27 August 1978. She has an older brother named Gary. Jones was raised Catholic; her priest suggested to her father she be christened Sarah Ann(e) instead of Suranne, her great-grandmother's name, as Suranne was not "a proper name". She grew up in a house on Foxdenton Lane, surrounded by two farms and their fields and commented that one of her earliest memories is of "cows looking in the window as we ate our tea". As a child she was talkative, and later recounted that her priest would tell her, "I'm praying you can concentrate just a bit more". Jones was educated at Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School in Middleton. Talking of her childhood, she commented, "I think I always wanted to be different and felt very stifled at school". She also said, "I was bullied at school and I let that get hold of me and withdrew into myself — I regret letting that happen." She became a member of the Oldham Theatre Workshop and completed a BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts, which she felt "[wasn't] quite the same as drama school"
Series24
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Coronation Street
1960 · 118 votes
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The Graham Norton Show
2007 · 290 votes
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2005 · 3.5K votes
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1993 · 14 votes
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2019 · 58 votes
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Vigil
2021 · 280 votes
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2001 · 5 votes
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An Audience with...
1978 · 3 votes
- TV4.5Talk Show
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The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 · 4 votes
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The Paul O'Grady Show
2004 · 12 votes
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The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007 · 116 votes
- TV5.0
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RI:SE
2002 · 2 votes
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Playhouse Presents
2012 · 1 votes
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2019 · 215 votes
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Hostage
2025 · 118 votes
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Scott & Bailey
2011 · 83 votes
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Bo' Selecta!
2002 · 17 votes
TV5.8CrimeDramaThriller series which tracks five 24-hour periods in a police investigation.
Five Days
2007 · 40 votes
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Save Me
2018 · 50 votes
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Doctor Foster
2015 · 167 votes
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A Touch of Cloth
2012 · 80 votes
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City Central
1998
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This Morning
1988 · 23 votes
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I Am...
2019 · 24 votes
Movies13
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A Christmas Star
2015 · 45 votes
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Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013 · 1 votes
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Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
2019 · 3 votes
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Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley
2007 · 5 votes
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Christmas Carole
2022 · 19 votes
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Life in the Air
2016 · 2 votes
- MovieDrama
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Punch
2004
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Grace and Goliath
2018 · 5 votes
- MovieDocumentary
As ITV's move from its iconic base on Quay Street to the Orange Tower at MediaCityUK nears completion, this tribute looks back at 56 years of Granada television. Beginning from its inception in 1954, including rare archive footage of its co-founders, brothers Sidney and Cecil Bernstein, replays archive clips of some of the programmes and performances filmed and produced there - from Coronation Street, Prime Suspect, Jewel In the Crown, and Stars In Their Eyes, to the television debuts of The Sex Pistols, Take That, and the Beatles.
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Beautiful Thing
2013 · 3 votes
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Lawless
2013 · 2 votes
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2018 · 2 votes