GAVIN & RACY

Ruth Jones takes Pride in new TV role

- BY NICOLA METHVEN TV Editor

RUTH Jones has told how her secret weapon when portraying Jane Austen's Mrs Bennet was her "heaving bosom".

The actress, 59, known for playing Nessa in sitcom Gavin and Stacey, takes on the role in BBC1's new Sunday drama The Other Bennet Sister. It follows Mary, the middle of the five sisters from Pride and Prejudice, who barely gets a look in.

Ruth said: "Mrs Bennet relies very heavily on a heaving bosom. It's almost like her engine, she very rarely gets seen without it, apart from when she is in her nightie. "So that's her secret weapon, and that's all down to the wonderful costume department. I quite liked wearing a corset."