So who is Jodie Whittaker and what do we need to know about her? Here's all the facts on the star from her career and net worth, to her personal life involving her children and husband.

Is it all rooted in truth? Here’s what we know about the inspiration behind Netflix’s Toxic Town.

It stars Jodie as Susan McIntyre, a real-life woman who rallied a group of mothers to take on the Corby council over toxic waste mismanagement that led to their children’s disabilities.

Jodie Whittaker leads the cast as Susan McIntyre, who has a son, Connor, born with a deformed hand. Article continues below “She meets several mums whose kids have been born with limb ...

Netflix's Toxic Town, starring Jodie Whittaker & Aimee Lou Wood, explores the true class action suit against a British company causing birth defects.

"For them, the mothers and these children, to have their story told... it's amazing. It's something that's been buried for a long time in terms of people's perception." In the drama, the Downton Abbey ...

follows a community challenge their town's council over alleged toxic waste mismanagement in the late 1980s and 1990s where toxic waste is proven to have affected their children. Jodie Whittaker ...

Jodie Whittaker has another hit series on her hands ... They have never publicly shared the names of their children. The actress met her husband at drama school (Picture: Dan Wooller/ Rex ...

In a special film made by Netflix, Jodie Whittaker is seen meeting the real ... court for their part in the issues that affected their children. Speaking about those days in court in 2009, Susan ...