Motherland viewers can’t help but love lead character Julia, as they laugh their way through her trials and tribulations every episode as she takes on the mum eat mum world of the school playground.
Now actress Anna Maxwell Martin, who plays her, has joked that - much to her surprise - her children think she’s very similar to her frazzled alter-ego.
Anna, who was also recently on screens as Line of Duty’s DS Patricia Carmichael, laughed as she explained her daughter’s reaction to the characters she plays.
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