McClure is predictably great as Stella, who seems to operate at a level of numb clinging-on, until the meeting with Charles pushes her into action. Photograph: ITV Vicky McClure as Stella Tomlinson and Dorothy Atkinson as Jessie Cole in Without Sin. She’s not only one of the greatest actors this country has produced, she works harder than most, hasn’t changed one iota and is annoyingly handsome to boot. Stella dives headfirst into finding out who really killed her daughter after a video shows a link amongst Maisy, Cleo, the McKellers and Jessie's boyfriend.

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Stella is from the estate, but she and Paul lived in a big, fancy house, and once drove a Range Rover. Those who now know Vicky McClure as Kate Fleming – by-the-book, middle-class, career-driven – may not recognise her as Lol, the young, big-hearted skinhead who, pre-Line of Duty, was McClure’s most famous role, one that won her a TV Bafta in 2010.Executive producers of Without Sin are Andy Harries, Sian McWilliams, Vicky McClure, Johnny Harris, whilst the drama will be produced by Guy Hescott and directed by Al Mackay. They’ve all got different family set ups and I want kids to be able to feel that they can relate to it. She auditioned for the prestigious Italia Conti School in London aged 14, but the fees were beyond their reach, and pleas to local council and arts organisations (and even family and friends) were unsuccessful. This might not be your first stop for festive cheer, but if you’re up for a top-notch wallow in a miserable guessing game, this is it. Whenever anybody asks me for advice or says, ‘What tips can you give me because I don’t have much money and I need to get into the industry?

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Mercurio tells me that McClure “was the absolute top of our wishlist to play the leading role in Trigger Point because she’s got an amazing gift for bringing authenticity and naturalism to any part. Award-winning actress Vicky McClure ( Line of Duty, This is England, Broadchurch, Trigger Point) will play the leading role of Stella Tomlinson, whose 14-year-old daughter Maisy, is found dead at their family home with the bloodied, hooded figure of Charles Stone (Johnny Harris) standing over her. Vicky says: "Yes, we did a little scene on a tram in this, I wasn't in it but the production team made sure it was mine.For those who already had ITV Hub the broadcaster should have already upgraded the app to the brand new ITVX experience across smart TVs, mobile apps, and browsers.

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Without Sin will air its first episode on ITV1 at 9pm on Monday 15th May, while further episodes will air the following nights. It focuses on the importance of friendship, dementia within families, working-class voices and the great fun of playing detectives!I don’t eat lunch, for instance; I just have a big energy drink while leaning on the back of my car. She appeared in his 1999 film A Room For Romeo Brass and won a Bafta for her role as Lol in the This Is England series. But, unlike many of her fellow actors, she’s from a working-class family – her dad was a joiner and butcher, her mother a hairdresser and stay-at-home mum – and had to rely on free drama training. When he chides her not to be “silly” when she mentions that she wants them to “do more shit together”?