So you could say her latest role in Sky Atlantic’s I Hate Suzie – which she co-created with Secret Diary of a Call Girl writer Lucy Prebble – is a case of art imitating life.
In the eight-part comic drama, Billie plays Suzie Pickles, a former child star-turned-actor whose world is turned upside down when her phone is hacked and compromising photos are leaked online.
With the help of her best friend and manager, Naomi (Innocent’s Leila Farzad), Suzie tries to keep her life, career and family together in the face of being exposed for who she truly is.
But does she even know the real Suzie? And will she hold on to husband Cob (The Crown’s Daniel Ings) and young son Frank once the truth behind those risqué photos is revealed?
Dark, funny and provocative, I Hate Suzie questions whether, when the mask of ‘celebrity’ slips, any of us would handle our lives being laid bare. Fortunately, as Billie, 37, reveals here, she is nothing like Suzie…
Denne historien er fra August 22, 2020-utgaven av TV Times.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent ? Logg på
Denne historien er fra August 22, 2020-utgaven av TV Times.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent? Logg på
TOO CLOSE for comfort
Cindy frets when wounded Junior plays games
CONFESSION time
Denise tells the Brannings that daughter Chelsea caused the crush at Peggy’s
Joel MURDERED!
But which of the villain's many haters is to blame?
Love HURTS
Sam's injured when he tries to reunite Nick and Leanne
Girl BOSS!
FELICITY WARD introduces us to the female version of David Brent.
ECHOES of the past
ELEN RHYS on swapping solving crimes in Spain for a murder mystery in her native Wales
True DETECTIVES
We celebrate the crime-crackers who will be unravelling mysteries over the coming months...
Double TROUBLE
MICHAEL MCINTYRE on how fresh twists and star power will make this the best series of The Wheel yet
Time to say GOODBYE...
As Emmerdale legend Zak Dingle passes away, actor LISA RILEY pays tribute to her beloved co-star, the late Steve Halliwell
Power & PASSION!
What to expect from a lavish reworking of Dame Jilly Cooper’s steamy saga, set in the cut-throat world of TV