Jenna Coleman's Mac-wearing detective 'set to replace Vera', say insiders
Jenna Coleman's gritty northern detective investigates an 'illicit' love triangle in Lancashire
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AFTER playing the Queen of England, Jenna Coleman has now reinvented herself as a new Queen of Crime - following the news Vera is coming to an end, TV insiders say.
The 38-year-old star of Victoria has swapped sumptuous gowns for a classic detective's
Mackintosh as she plays a police officer in a new BBC drama The Jetty, set in Lancashire.
Blackpool-born Coleman, currently pregnant with her first child, plays Ember Manningan who is investigating a link between a fire and an illicit love triangle involving underage girls.
Jenna said: "I've been offered so many detectives where you end up being the vehicle for the story, as opposed to a real character, but I could see Ember as fully formed. I felt like the character was living and breathing."
Of Jenna's role, one source commented: "Jenna looks like she's auditioning to be the next Queen of Crime. There is a vacancy, too.
"Vera's Brenda Blethyn has only two more episodes to go in 2025."
Blethyn has played the Mac-wearing sleuth for 14 years but said in April she was quitting.
The Jetty will be available on BBC1 and BBC iPlayer from July 15.
Jenna in first sleuth role (Image: bbc)
Bo Bragason plays amy (Image: BBC)
Amy (Bragason) and friend (Image: BBC)
Jenna's new detective gets to work (Image: bbc)
Jenna on set in Lancashire (Image: bbc)
The former Doctor Who companion turns detective (Image: bbc)