Former Labour MP Glenda Jackson returns to acting

Glenda Jackson, former Labour MP, has announced that she is returning to acting.

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Jackson was the MP for Hampstead and Kilburn from 1992 to 2015, she announced she’d be standing down prior to the election. However, prior to her stint as a member of Parliament, Jackson was a professional actress. She was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for four years and she was a film actress; winning two Oscars and an Emmy over her career.

After two decades in politics, Jackson’s returning to her former profession to star in a Radio 4 adaptation of Emile Zola’s Les Rougon-Macquart. She will play 104-year-old Adelaide Fouque.

The series, Blood, Sex And Money, will span over three seasons and will be broadcast every six months. It will begin on 21st November.

 

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