Set in the Swinging Sixties, new comedy drama Funny Woman stars Gemma Arterton as Barbara Parker, a Blackpool beauty queen who moves to London in search of fame. Based on Nick Hornby’s 2014 novel Funny Girl, the six-parter follows Barbara’s rise to stardom after she lands a role in a sitcom. Here, Gemma reveals more…
Tell us about Barbara…
Her mum disappeared when she was young and her dad George (David Threlfall) raised her. They have a very close relationship and that’s where she gets her love of comedy from. She wants more from life than being a beauty queen, working in a Blackpool rock shop and becoming a wife,
