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Doctor Foster's leading lady Suranne Jones admits she drew on personal experiences to play betrayed GP Gemma

Published: 15:34 EST, 10 October 2015 | Updated: 17:49 EST, 10 October 2015

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She impressed the nation with her portrayal of GP Gemma Foster in the recent hit BBC drama Doctor Foster.

And Suranne Jones has now revealed that she drew on very real experiences to play the emotive part.

The 37-year-old actress revealed that two of her close friends have been cheated on in the past and that she had them in mind as the action played out in front of the cameras.

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Powerful: Suranne Jones has revealed that she drew on very real experiences to play the part of GP Gemma Foster in the recent hit BBC drama Doctor Foster

In the five-part series doting wife Gemma becomes suspicious that her partner Simon, Bertie Carvel, is playing away from home - only to discover he'd been sleeping with a much younger woman for the past two years.

Suranne told the Sun: 'Unfortunately I've got two friends who this has happened to.

'Some of the things that they found themselves doing, whether it is just the start of looking at someone's email or checking someone's mobile phone, what that can lead to is quite something.'

In the know: The 37-year-old actress has revealed two of her close friends have been cheated on in the past, and she had them in mind as the action played out in front of the camera

Award worthy: In Wednesday's series finale Gemma - a successful GP living the apparent good life in a quaint town in Hertfordshire - exposed her hubby's infidelity at a dinner party

When asked if she had taken her role home with her, Suranne, who has been happily married to magazine editor Laurence Akers since August, replied: 'I just went in and said, 'What's for tea?', and fell asleep.'

In Wednesday's series finale Gemma - a successful GP living the apparent good life in a quaint town in Hertfordshire - exposed her hubby's infidelity at a dinner party in front of her husband, his mistress and her shocked parents.

Most people had been convinced that Gemma would kill her unfaithful partner in a dramatic bloodbath but her outburst ended with Kate smacking her round the back of the head before storming out with Simon trailing behind.

Not what it seems: In the five-part series doting wife Gemma becomes suspicious that her partner Simon, Bertie Carvel, is playing away from home - only to discover he'd been sleeping with a much younger woman

Dark and stormy: Most people had been convinced that Gemma would kill her unfaithful partner in a dramatic bloodbath but her outburst ended with Kate smacking her round the back of the head before storming out

But, despite praising the nail-biting finale, fans were left disappointed that Simon emerged unscathed - and was instead allowed to move on with his life, apparently scot-free.

By the end, Gemma was sat with her son Tom having a coffee in Parminster town square, while her lying husband was playing happy families with his pregnant 23-year-old lover, Kate Parks.

But whether Simon is yet to be further punished is still an unanswered question.

A BBC source told Ratio Times that 'no decision' had yet been made with regard to a second series and that the door was 'still open' for the embattled Doctor Foster to return to our screens.

'We are waiting to see how the dust settles before deciding definitively but at the moment no decision has been made,' the source added. 'Put it this way, it's never say never.'