SURANNE: MY It blows my mind how hard being PM must be

Star of new Netflix thriller Hostage is in awe of lot of female politicians

- BY JANINE YAQOOB & LAUREN MORRIS

URANNE Jones is a force to be reckoned with as the country's prime minister in her latest thrilling role in Hostage.

But she insists the power did not go to her head - as she rules out wanting to stand for the position in real life.

Playing Abigail Dalton in the Netflix drama, Suranne, 46, says she found similarities between the political and showbiz worlds, after spending much of her career under the public lens.

And the actress says she felt for women in positions of power in government as they face unfair scrutiny.

"A woman, before she's even put on her very high, hurty shoes, she has a lot of baggage and a lot of things that she is carrying: the way she looks, the way she dresses, the way she has been educated," Suranne said about women in government who have it tougher.

"All of those things. How she behaves with her family or her background, everything, before she starts to go out into the world and getting judged for it.