Having bid farewell to Vera’s old mac, Brenda Blethyn is embracing power-dressing as Emma Harte, the formidable tycoon at the heart of Barbara Taylor Bradford’s novels

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11 MARCH

The Vera star on her glam new role… Spanning six decades, A Woman of Substance, adapted from Barbara Taylor Bradford’s 1979 bestseller, charts the rise of Emma Harte from impoverished maid to the worl

THE IRISH ACTOR HAS AN IMPRESSIVE ROSTER OF CHARACTERS TO HER NAME, WITH EVEN JUICIER ROLES TO COME. SHE TALKS TO HANNAH NATHANSON ABOUT HER COMMITMENT TO SHOWING UP AND HER REFUSAL TO QUIETEN DOWN