Sophie Turner previously opened up about the tough realities of recovering from an eating disorder. The Warwickshire actress, who returns to our screens tonight in ITV real-life crime drama Joan, revealed her disorder was severe enough that she had a therapist live with her as she worked through it.

Turner portrays the character Joan Hannington, who is both a jewel thief and a single mother, in the upcoming ITV series Joan. She said the quote was “obvious from the original interview in The Sunday Times Culture section,” which was published on September 29.

Actress Sophie Turner has spoken of her loss after her twin died while they were in the womb. The Game of Thrones star, who played Sansa Stark, is back tonight in new ITV series Joan, based on the real life of a notorious jewel thief referred to as “The Godmother".

The Game of Thrones star portrays jewel thief Joan Hannington in the ITV crime drama, and her emotional performance moved viewers immeasurably.

For all its Eighties tunes, wigs and diamonds, ITV’s new drama about jewel thief Joan Hannington is middle-of-the-road, unable to move its anti-heroine beyond ‘victim’ and ‘girl boss’ templates

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Joan, which stars Game Of Thrones Sophie Turner, is an ITV drama series based on the real-life story of Joan Hannington, The Godmother in the criminal underworld of 1980s London

The Game of Thrones actress isn’t playing the victim any more. She talks motherhood, misogyny and why stepping into the shoes of a diamond-swallowing crime boss proved irresistible