Former Labour MP Glenda Jackson returns to acting

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

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.