POLITICAL UNREST

Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy star as two very different leaders in a tense thriller

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From the Corrie cobbles to Doctor Foster, Vigil and Gentleman Jack - winning a TV Bafta on the way - Suranne Jones has become one of Britain's best-loved actors. Now, the versatile star is taking on her most powerful role yet, as the British Prime Minister in Hostage, Netflix's new political thriller from Oscar-nominated Matt Charman (Bridge Of Spies).

In Hostage, Suranne plays Abigail Dalton, a politician plunged into chaos when her husband, Dr Alex Anderson, is kidnapped. And she did her homework for the role. "I don't think I'm allowed to say [who], but I did speak to three really high-up women from different parties," Suranne, 46, says. "I read their books and I interviewed them, and that was exciting."