{"id":697343,"date":"2026-07-17T21:43:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T21:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/697343\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T21:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T21:43:16","slug":"tv-star-enjoys-wonderful-day-in-york-receiving-top-honour-yorkmix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/697343\/","title":{"rendered":"TV star enjoys \u2018wonderful day\u2019 in York receiving top honour | YorkMix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead wp-block-paragraph\">A TV star has been honoured at the University of York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BAFTA-winning actor Suranne Jones is one of the university\u2019s honorary graduates this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of Britain\u2019s leading performers, she first came to fame in Coronation Street.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She\u2019s since starred in dramas including\u00a0Scott &amp; Bailey, Vigil, Save Me, as well as the BBC comedy\u00a0Film Club, and Gentleman Jack \u2013 for which she filmed scenes in York.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suranne\u00a0earned a BAFTA for Best Leading Actress for her role in\u00a0Doctor Foster, in which she recently returned for a third series. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She has also appeared in the Netflix thriller\u00a0Hostage\u00a0and ITV\u2019s\u00a0Maryland and Frauds, both of which she co-created and executive produced through TeamAkers Productions, the company she runs with her husband, Laurence Akers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/suranne-jones-university-of-york-honorary-graduate.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-568605\"  \/>Suranne Jones, York honorary graduate. Photograph: University of York<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/suranne-jones-honorary-graduate-university-of-york-2-yt.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-568603\"  \/>Addressing the students. Photograph: University of York \/ YouTube<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After receiving her degree she addressed this year\u2019s graduates. Suranne told them that a career in the arts had given her \u201cwonderful\u201d opportunities for \u201chuman connection and the sharing of knowledge\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStay curious, stay connected, and be confident that the little things will matter,\u201d Suranne told the young audience..<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe daily wins will build and strengthen community. Remember your local charities and offer expertise where you can because we need you to do that more than ever. And I promise to do that too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later she posted a picture of herself in the graduate\u2019s robes on Instagram and wrote: \u201cThank you University of York for my honorary doctorate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCongratulations to all who graduated today. What a beautiful thing and a wonderful day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A TV star has been honoured at the University of York. BAFTA-winning actor Suranne Jones is one of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-697343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}