Award-winning actress Surrane Jones is back on screens as she leads the cast of the new ITV1 drama Maryland. You can read everything you need to know about Maryland here.
Surrane shot to fame when she first appeared in Coronation Street originally in a small role in 1997 and then as Karen Phillips in 2000. Fans loved her in the role and Surrane remained in the soap for four years before leaving in 2004 and her next role was in the ITV detective drama series, Vincent.
It was during her early career that Suranne changed her name, with Suranne not being her real first name. She was born Sarah Ann Jones and mixed the names together to create Suranne when she joined the trade union Equity and her birth name was already taken. Union rules dictate that each union member must have a different name.
